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...

Juken New Zealand’s Northland Mill, on Whangatane Drive on the northern fringe of Kaitāia. Photo: Peter de Graaf Long-time Kaitaia residents say the Far North town would be devastated if its big employer timber...

Juken New Zealand’s Northland Mill, on Whangatane Drive on the northern fringe of Kaitāia. Photo: Peter de Graaf One of Kaitāia’s biggest employers could be shut down with the loss of hundreds of jobs...

Senior Sergeant Clem Armstrong. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Two men are due in a Northland court on Tuesday after a school burglary police described as a “kick in the guts” for students....

The front is expected to bring “wet and windy weather whizzing through” some places, MetService said, but could also affect areas outside the yellow watch zone. Photo: Supplied/ MetService After last week’s battering more...

Kaitāia’s Pak’nSave, McDonald’s, car wash and Bells Produce stores were inundated this week, with water from the Awanui River, which runs behind the area. Photo: Supplied / Toto Nicholson Major upgrades to Kaitāia’s flood-control...

The front is expected to bring “wet and windy weather whizzing through” some places, MetService said, but could also affect areas outside the yellow watch zone. Photo: Supplied/ MetService After last week’s battering more...

A Northland community member helping with flood evacuations on Friday night says it was the worst weather he had seen so far this year. The region has been in cleanup mode this weekend after...