New Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson in the former Dargaville Borough’s Mayoral Chair. Photo / Susan Botting By Susan Botting – Local Democracy Reporter for Northland New Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson has fired a shot...

The Ruawai Flats are home to considerable agriculture and horticulture production, including a large portion of New Zealand’s kumara production. Photo / supplied Farmers on flood plains hope to be ready if climate change...

Seventy-six-year-old Chris Radich says he’s been left traumatised from a near-fatal dog attack and wants harsher action from FNDC against the dog owner responsible for the dog that attacked him. Photo/Myjanne Jensen A Far...

A man who had just been assaulted was urged by a gang member to pay up $2500 and was watched over until he went to the bank to withdraw cash. There, the victim sent...

Easy access to booze is having an impact on our roads in the form of alcohol-related crashes. Photo / NZME OPINION Earlier this month I spent a day and a bit back in council...

The site on Carruth St, central Whangārei, (in blue) that has previously been tagged as a potential $60m hotel site, is up for sale while being used as a carpark. Photo / Supplied A...

While milk bottles can be recycled their cardboard counterparts prove more difficult. Photo / NZME Aotearoa may have a clean and green label but on a worldwide scale, we are not an environmentally friendly...

Students were also taught the importance of scooter safety and understanding stop and go while riding to school. Photo / Myjanne Jensen A Far North primary school is using the “fear of missing out”...

Ross Giblin/Stuff The roadworkers had to dodge two cars driving through the closed road area at the first day of roadworks on Kerikeri Rd. (File photo) Roadworkers have copped abuse, had road cones thrown...