The coalition government is bracing for a confronting reception at Waitangi this morning as Māori leaders promise a united front. Thousands have already begun gathering for the annual commemorations and to carry on the...

Police say they were alerted shortly after 5pm on Sunday that a diver had been rescued unresponsive from the water at Ōakura Bay in Northland. Photo: Google Street View A diver has died at...

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A host of organisations from te ao Māori were welcomed at Te Whare Rūnanga on the Treaty grounds on Sunday 4 February, as part of the second day of Waitangi commemorations. The manuhiri (visitors)...

Northland fire crews have been kept busy battling three separate scrub fires across the region since Friday. File photo. Photo: RNZ / Amber Woolf Northland crews have been working to contain three scrub fires...

Armed police outside the house in Kaikohe. Photo: RNZ Armed police are guarding a house in Kaikohe after the town’s second shooting in less than 24 hours. The incident occurred about 12.20pm on Tawa...

Armed police outside the house in Kaikohe. Photo: RNZ Armed police are guarding a house in Kaikohe after the town’s second shooting in less than 24 hours. The incident occurred about 12.20pm on Tawa...

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller Two helicopters equipped with monsoon buckets are on their way to a large scrub fire near Doubtless Bay in the Far North. The blaze, in 1.5 hectares of pines...