
Mother admits leaving kids home alone
Home alone with no readily available food or heating, police found four children in a darkened, dirty house, lit only by a computer screen's glow.
Home alone with no readily available food or heating, police found four children in a darkened, dirty house, lit only by a computer screen's glow.
A kayaker who capsized in wild Northland weather last night was embarking on his usual 10-minute commute home from work.
Severe rain and wind warnings and a drop in temperatures have been issued for parts of the South Island and lower North Island this weekend.
Cooking oil left burning on stoves has caused serious burns to an elderly lady and left a young family homeless in two separate house fires in Whangarei over the weekend.
A brief hail storm that covered the ground in Whangarei seemed to come out of nowhere, said a long-time resident.
The senior Northland police officer who suffered serious injuries in a BMX biking crash on Sunday has died.
No further Queensland fruit flies have been found since the potentially devastating pest was detected in Whangarei this week.
The unborn child of a woman who was seriously injured in a car crash in Whangarei last night has died.
A woman's shoulder was broken in two places during a daylight bag snatch and assault in Whangarei on Saturday.
Two people have been seriously burnt in several explosions and a fire at a rural property near Whangarei.
National MP for Whangarei and former Cabinet Minister Phil Heatley says he will retire from politics at next year's election.
A 36-year-old has been found dead at a house in Northland in what police are treating as a homicide enquiry.
A teenage girl appeared to be tied up and gagged in the front passenger seat of a car near Whangarei yesterday.
Police have warned retailers about an "erratic and highly strung" offender who robbed a Whangarei dairy at gunpoint yesterday.
A Whangarei man will have to wait to learn if he can avoid a conviction for drink driving so he can take up a professional contract playing rugby in Scotland.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority will formally apologise to a Whangarei family after releasing a report with incorrect information relating to drugs found in a car.