Robin Grieve, from the Mangakahia Sports and Community Complex, is at a loss to explain why thieves stole swings from a children’s playground which the local community and Poroti Marae helped fund. “Who’d want...

Holidaymakers have been warned they need to act before an intense storm descends on the Coromandel late on Wednesday afternoon, with heavy rain and increasing gale-force north-easterly winds on the horizon. The Thames-Coromandel District...

Police say two people died when a vehicle hit a tree in Ahipara shortly before midnight on Tuesday It’s been a tragic start to 2023 on Northland’s roads with two people dying when a...

Heavy rain and strong winds are expected to thrash much of the North Island on Wednesday as MetService has upgraded several weather watches to warnings. Northland, the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Tasman have...

A failed burglary ended in a head-on car crash in Whangārei on Wednesday morning. Photo / NZHerald Two people have been taken into custody following a failed robbery turned car crash during the early...

Senior Sergeant Haydn Korach said that drivers’ attitudes and behaviour need to change if we want to reduce the road toll. Photo / NZME Northland ended 2022 with the highest annual road toll it’s...

Holidaymakers are fleeing a Northland campsite in droves to escape an oncoming tropical storm, expected to hit the North Island on Wednesday. Whangaruru Beachfront Camp and Motel owner Robynne Cooper said “hardly anyone is...

(file picture) Photo: Photo / 123RF Heavy rain and gales have battered Northland overnight and Auckland is bearing the brunt of the summer storm this morning. MetService duty forecaster Jessie Owen told Summer Report...

A deserted Pukehina Beach in western Bay of Plenty this morning. Photo / Supplied Almost all campers have abandoned their summer beachside holiday at a Far North campground as strong winds start damaging tents...