A 20-year-old man has drowned while swimming at the popular Charlies Rock waterhole in Kerikeri.

A man is in custody after a police armed offenders squad callout in which Kerikeri residents were evacuated from their homes.

Two people are seriously injured after their car crashed through a barrier and down a cliff in Kerikeri early this morning.

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.

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

An owner of a children's entertainment company says she is "extremely remorseful'' for the injury caused to three children when a bouncy slide blew away.

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.

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