Even though it is a new year, there are many issues still facing the health sector, Dr Shane Reti says. OPINION Surgical wait times across the country are currently some of the worst on...

Supplied Emily Gurnick-Peacock, 16, has not been seen since December 30. The family of a teenager who has been missing for 10 days are “worried about her safety” as police seek sightings of her....

Visitors to Baylys Beach are met with exposed sandbags at the entrance, image from November 2022. Photo / Supplied Northland is well known for its pristine beaches and abundance of locals who take pride...

A Northland angler captured the ‘unreal’ moment he caught a whale. Video / Steven King What’s it like is a series capturing the accounts of everyday Northlanders who have done not-so-ordinary things. Today reporter...

Joe Bennett remembers the days of the milkman’s early morning whistle. Photo / 123rf OPINION Who whistles any more? Whistling seems so quaint, so old-fashioned, so pre-digital. I’ve barely heard a whistler in years....

Ideas are being sought for a revamp of Paihia’s Horotutu Park, seen here crowded with visitors and locals counting down to the New Year’s Eve fireworks in 2019. Photo / Peter de Graaf Paihia...

The three boys share a bedroom and, each autumn, a single birthday party. They play budget-friendly organised sport – one code each – and have fun at home with mum and dad instead of...

A house in Tūtūkākā was badly damaged by fire on Thursday night. Photo / Michael Cunningham Fire and Emergency NZ investigating Tūtūkākā house fire Fire and Emergency NZ were called to the same house...