Plea after man punched Police are appealing for information after an 18-year-old was punched in the neck as he worked on his tablet

Anti-GM campaigners have launched a video on social media urging the Māori party to condemn Government's proposed changes to the Resource Management Act, which would remove their right to remain GM Free. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Police are appealing for a member of the public who came to the rescue of a motorist being choked by passenger as he drove through Whangarei last night.

Holiday traffic is set to build from 9am as Aucklanders make a break for the regions.

Mangawhai residents' empty water tanks are being filled, thanks in part to the milk of corporate kindness. Last weekend's rain eased

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A 4-year-old girl has suffered serious facial injuries after being attacked by the family dog.

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Northland DHB risks losing $1.5 million in elective surgery funding, chief doctor says

Unionised resident doctors are reported to be working through the strike at some hospitals.

A member of a Whangarei "cannabis club" facing drugs charges has been given bail.

In the front yard of her Whangarei home Cassandra Moar sits under a tree with flax in her hand weaving a wahakura waikawa - a woven

Priti Patel and husband Hitesh were pretty excited when they discovered they'd sold a winning First Division Lotto ticket - but it's

A 20-year-old Kaipara man is appearing in the Whangarei District Court today on one charge of arson.

Two people arrested during a police bust on the Daktory Whangarei cannabis club have been further remanded in custody for bail applications next week.

A protected green gecko which suffered severe burns to its four feet during a scrub fire in Northland is expected to survive but won't

A man received serious facial injuries in the "horrific, unprovoked attack by two cowards", police say.

By Kristin Edge Five teenagers in a stolen car, including a 14-year-old passenger, were involved in a pursuit lasting 45 minutes

One person may be trapped after a car crash near Whangarei this evening. Emergency services have just arrived on the scene of the

A woman is in a serious condition after suffering severe burns to 25 per cent of her body in a car fire.

Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast this afternoon.

A police chase in Northland ends abruptly after a fleeing car crashes into a paddock.

A weak cold front will bring cloud, drizzle and showers to the country over the next few days but should clear in time for New Year celebrations.

A Whangarei man has been jailed for exposing himself inside a preschool and outside a primary school before offending again within

What will start out as a cloudy morning for most of the country should clear as the Christmas day wears on, but the odd shower is in store too.

Wet weather today will clear throughout the country making way for a mainly fine Christmas weekend.

A 10-year-old Whangarei boy who was hit by a car while on a pedestrian crossing remains in a stable condition in Starship Children's

A boy is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Whangarei this afternoon.

The Armed Offenders Squad cordoned off part of Raumanga, Whangarei, this morning in the hunt for a wanted 25-year-old.