Relatives of a 22-month-old girl shaken and dropped when she would not stop crying are upset at her attacker's sentence.

A lone hero dived into the swirling tide to save a drowning woman. But who was he?

A homicide inquiry has been launched after a Kaikohe woman died following what police allege was a domestic violence attack.

A teenager's New Year's Day fun turned to tragedy after he jumped from a 24m waterfall and never surfaced.

Police tried in vain to save the life of a 30-year-old woman at Ruakaka, south of Whangarei, after she was stabbed last night.

Thrill-seeking great-great-grandmother Violet Maskell celebrated her 90th birthday earlier this month by jumping out of a plane.

A Whangarei restaurant delivers on its promises.

Oliver Scott, developer of the Northgate Business Park, says he is thrilled that the Whangarei District Council has adopted the Marsden Pt/Ruakaka Structure Plan.

One of Zion Wildlife Garden's original big cats, Shia, has died of what staff believes were natural causes.

Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens will face charges over the death of animal handler Dalu Mncube, the Department of Labour said today.

A person has died after their car hit a bank in the second fatal crash in Northland this morning.