Whangārei probation officers and other Community Corrections staff protest outside the Department’s office after taking industrial action over pay and workloads. Photo / Tania Whyte Corrections industrial action Whangārei probation officers and other Community...

Supplied Shayden Perkinson got into an altercation with two men at the Raumanga Gull petrol station and was left with stab wounds as a result. Two men have been arrested and charged with the...

Thousands of Whangārei people say they have had enough of violent crime in the city, after the death of a man trying to protect a woman outside a Whangārei petrol station. Shayden “Kenana” Perkinson...

A new group formed to pressure the Government to make real changes to stem the rising tide of crime in Whangārei has taken off, with plans for a mass march through the city to...

The Government yesterday announced a ratio reduction in classrooms for Years 4-8. Photo / 123rf Reducing class sizes by one student is simply not enough to create meaningful change, say two Northland principals. The...

A new rail link to Northland’s Marsden Point is now one step closer, with a detailed business case being progressed by KiwiRail. It is now up to Government ministers to give the final green...

A Whangārei woman who thought she needed to raise $36,000 to have jaw surgery has now exceeded her goal thanks to generous donations from Stuff readers, including one ‘angel’ donor who wants to cover...

Work has just started on repairing Tūtūkākā Marina, badly damaged in January last year by the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai tsunami surge, which sank and wrecked boats and smashed infrastructure. The major repair is focussed on building...

Supplied The Waitere, also known as The Blue Ferry, sank two hours after the collision. A ferry passenger who helped rescue a critically injured skipper after a collision between the vessel and a boat...

Police said Shayden Perkinson’s death touched many. Photo: 123RF Two men have been charged with murder and another as an accessory following the death of a man in Raumanga, Whangārei. Shayden Perkinson, 25, was...