In the small, predominantly Māori town of Kaikohe, residents struggling with high living costs are using Afterpay to buy things like gas. The buy-now-pay-later service lets you purchase goods and services at a quarter...

Kaitāia flooding after heavy rain, March 2026. Photo: Supplied FNDC via LDR Auckland mayor and property developer Wayne Brown has criticised Northland Regional Council (NRC) after flooding hit Kaitāia’s $120m northern industrial and large-format...

MetService has forecasted heavy rain over for the upper North Island on Tuesday. Photo: Screengrab / MetService MetService is warning residents in Northland to prepare for severe gales, heavy rain and possible thunderstorms. Rainfall...

The driver died at the scene. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi One person has died after their vehicle plunged into a tree in Kaitaia, Northland. Emergency services were called to the crash near the...

Marsden Point. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The government will put more than $20 million towards additional diesel storage capacity at Marsden Point. The arrangement – funded through the Regional Infrastructure Fund –...

A family begins the enormous task of shovelling silt off their Whirinaki property. Photo: Supplied / FNDC Parts of the Far North are still cleaning up and some whānau are unable to return to...

Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver The government has committed millions of dollars in extra spending to support polytechnic courses in Northland and on the South Island’s West Coast for...

The newest section of motorway between Auckland and Northland, which opened in 2023, connects Pūhoi to Warkworth. The next stage will continue to Te Hana, north of Wellsford. Photo: Supplied / NZTA Waka Kotahi...

Former minister of foreign affairs Murray McCully chairs Whangārei District Council’s new council-controlled trading organisation, created to manage council-owned property where there are commercial or strategic opportunities. Photo: LDR / Susan Botting Sorting Whangārei’s...