Uncontrolled dogs are savaging livestock in night-time raids on farms in the far north, leaving helpless owners with dead animals and big vet bills. The dogs have killed and maimed sheep, lambs, cows and...

File photo. Photo: Supplied / Waikato District Council Kaipara District Council (KDC)’s mayoral race has attracted six candidates. KDC’s Mayoral candidates are: Victoria del la Varis-Woodcock, Craig Eldon Jepson, Karen Joyce-Paki, Brenden Nathan, Ash...

Top chef Vaughan Mabee has been nominated for the prestigious top 100 chefs of the world award. Photo / supplied Top New Zealand chef Vaughan Mabee is not impressed with how cold it’s become...

Dargaville Medical Centre is juggling a tight staff roster with delivering health services to the west coast community. Photo / Michael Cunningham One of Kaipara’s biggest medical centres which is looking after over 12,000...

Julie Hepi says her son Kassius was a “cheeky” and “clever” boy. Photo / Tania Whyte The family of a late teen – the first Kiwi kid to be diagnosed with Pallister-Killian Syndrome (PKS)...

Cyril Chapman, chief executive of iwi radio station Tautoko FM, came home to Mangamuka in the 1970s. Photo / Peter de Graaf For residents in a small Northland town life has come to mimic...

The nine Far North candidates are among 22 Northlanders putting their hats into the ring to be one of the region’s three new Mayors. Photo / NZME The Far North District Council’s mayoral race...