Photo: St John One person has died after being thrown from a vehicle in a late-night crash west of Whangārei. Emergency services were called to a single-vehicle crash on Knight Road in Ruatangata West...

Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown in his central city office. File photo. Photo: Supplied / NZME via Local Democracy Reporting Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has fired a shot over the bow of Kaipara’s proposal to...

Maitai Bay, on the Karikari Peninsula, is a popular Far North holiday spot. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Life is returning to a Far North bay once compared to an underwater desert, eight...

Students cut off from their high schools by a monster slip northeast of Whangārei are instead taking lessons at a temporary ‘education hub’ set up at a local primary school. Photo: Supplied / Ngātiwai...

Far North Mayor Moko Tepania at the council’s head office in Kaikohe Photo: Northern Advocate / Michael Cunningham Far North mayor Moko Tepania has confirmed he is definitely staying on in the elected council’s...

A generic image of a mixed-breed dog. Photo: Unsplash / Michael Anfang Residents in the Far North community of Ahipara are arming themselves with sticks to protect against roaming dogs in their neighbourhood. Local...

The latest crash came just as Northland police were highlighting the severe injuries suffered by a three-year-old boy being doubled on his father’s dirt bike. Photo: File Coopersgrl / Reddit A dirt bike rider...

An unidentified Northland couple noticed cracks and movement around their home near Whangārei in 2018. Photo: Calvin Samuel A Northland couple denied Earthquake Commission (EQC) cover for their landslip-damaged home finally got a payout...

Northland’s currently southern boundary with Auckland here at Topuni would disappear under a Kaipara-North Rodney Council. Photo: LDR/SUPPLIED Kaipara District Council (KDC) wants the creation of a combined Kaipara-North Rodney Council to be considered...

Dirt bikes have become a menace on some New Zealand streets. Photo / File Photo: Coopersgrl / Reddit A three-year-old child has suffered severe facial injuries after his father crashed while doubling him on...