A Kangaroo claw backscratcher – harvested from real kangaroos – has caused some consternation for Joe Bennett It was a gift. From Australia. Bought at the airport, that place of time to kill and...

Northland’s three outgoing mayors – Jason Smith, (Kaipara), John Carter (Far North) and Sheryl Mai (Whangārei) are all standing down at October’s local body elections. Northlanders have 235 candidates to choose from when local...

Channel Infrastructure CEO Naomi James and operations manager Karl Philpott discuss the decommissioning of the refinery. Photo / Tania Whyte There’s no going back to refining crude oil at Marsden Pt. That’s the word...

Pounamu the Northland green gecko. Photo / Supplied Did you know that New Zealand geckos give birth to live babies? There are more than 1500 species of geckos worldwide, living on every continent except...

Northland beaches and lifestyle offerings are helping to drive the return of buyers to the region’s property market. Photo / NZME Northland’s property market has embraced the tag of the Winterless North by bucking...

The site where Rev Henry Williams’ ship “Herald” was launched from in Paihia in 1826. A reunion of the Williams family – one of the country’s first missionaries – is being held next year....

​Pat Newman has watched fetal alcohol spectrum disorder change the landscape of New Zealand classrooms over the past 40 years, but support for students and teachers to deal with it has been sparse. Newman...

Abrasive Tom Robinson is back and will lead the Northland Taniwha as the team looks for its third win in a row against Waikato. Photo / Michael Cunningham George Konia could not have put...

The Heke St house was “burning end to end” and fanned by a 20-knot wind when firefighters arrived. Photo / Peter de Graaf A top firefighter says a Northland man saved his partner’s life...

Whangārei Airport at Onerahi – contributing up to $440 million to New Zealand’s economy. Whangārei District Council will soon decide “where to from here” over the district airport’s vexed future, a facility contributing as...