Rising Kiwi piano star Sylvia Jiang will soon be the toast of New York - but not before she wows Kerikeri.

A 15-year-old Northland boy died after succumbing to fatal injuries he sustained during an "absolute chance'' BMX accident, a coroner has found.

Danielle Wright takes her family to a Northland town so good they named it twice.

Mystery continues to surround the death of a young man whose body was found on Ninety Mile Beach in 2011, an inquest heard today.

No one has yet been arrested for throwing bleach into a regional council worker's face in a vicious highway attack in the Far North in June.

A domestic violence victim whose partner took her phone so she couldn't call police managed to raise the alarm via Facebook instead.

Elisabeth Easther finds a Far North town steeped in history.

A grandmother who pulled a young family from a crashed car moments before it burst into flames says she was "in the right place at the right time".

A Northland family have a quick-thinking passer-by to thank for saving their lives after a bizarre crash described by a policeman as the luckiest escape he has seen.

As Kerikeri solo dad Neil Arthur Phillips entered the dock for sentencing on dope dealing charges, his two teenage sons rushed over from the public gallery to give him a hug.

Police are investigating the possible theft of hundreds of historic photographs from a Far North museum.

A $70,000 1966 Lotus Cortina has been found after it was stolen in broad daylight from a golf course.

As the Herald reported this week, many national cycleway trails are open. But elsewhere progress is painfully slow. Kirsten Warner visits Hokianga to find out why

Quirky rooms are the icing on the cake on Rebecca Kamm's trip to Kerikeri, with its kauri forests, gourmet eats and stunning vistas.