Local hapū put a customary ban on gang violence in Kaikohe a fortnight ago Since then, there has not been any reported gang violence The tikanga Māori approach to gang violence could work in...
Read More
3 Minutes
0 Minutes
49 new Covid-19 community cases, Northland to move to level 3 tonight
There are 49 new Covid-19 cases today but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that only seven of these were infectious while in … source...
Read More
2 Minutes
Far North Police make number of arrests and seize methamphetamine and cash
As stated by Northland District Organised Crime Co-Ordinator Detective Senior Sergeant Kevan Verry: Police in Kaitaia have arrested eight people and seized a quantity of methamphetamine and cash following an incident in Allen Bell...
Read More
1 Minute
Gaelene Bright murder-accused appears in court
A 65-year-old charged with murdering Far North woman Gaelene Bright has appeared in the High Court at Whangārei. Photo: Ministry of Justice website He is accused of shooting her at Waimamaku about May 1...
Read More
2 Minutes
Former Whangārei District Council chief executive Rob Forlong head of Predator Free 2050
Former Whangārei District Council chief executive Rob Forlong (left) and Simon Weston, who was appointed new chief executive. Former Whangārei District Council chief executive Rob Forlong has swapped his council hat for an environmental...
Read More
5 Minutes
Lack of consistent mental health care in lead up to death of young man ‘concerning’
Lawrence Smith/Stuff Before his death, Cian Nilsson had been reducing the amount of antipsychotics he took. (File photo) The mental health care a 20-year-old man received in the lead up to his death was...
Read More
0 Minutes
'What's going on?' PM Jacinda Ardern addresses Northland's COVID-19 situation | Newshub
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern weighs in after New Zealand’s Northland was plunged into alert level 3 on Friday night. source...
Read More
1 Minute
NZ police appeal for information after poisoning death in Northland
Northland Police are appealing to the public for information following the suspicious death of a man in December last year. David Davan, aged 67, from Herekino died in Auckland Hospital on 9th December, 2021...
Read More
5 Minutes
Residents call for council to cut down avenue of magnolia trees
Residents in a Kamo cul-de-sac want an avenue of 34 magnolia trees cut down in the wake of two broken arms, a twisted ankle, falls and more. Rebecca Van Altvorst, 81, no longer takes...
Read More
3 Minutes
Bodies of more than 100 little blue penguins/kororā dumped in Northland
Pauline Wilson/Supplied The 100 little blue penguins/kororā were found next to a Department of Conservation vehicle track in Cable Bay. A pile of more than 100 little blue penguins was found dumped at Cable...
Read More