Auckland’s Mason Clinic is the region’s forensic psychiatric service, but spaces for new patients often take more than 50 days to become available. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly An average wait of 50 days...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Skipper Lance Goodhew is on trial in Whangārei District Court. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Tears flowed as families of the Enchanter tragedy victims listened to...

Photo: Supplied / Police Police have launched a homicide investigation after a fire in the Northland town of Tikipunga last month. Whangārei man Hoani Reupena-Tuoro, known to friends and whānau as John Reuben, was...

Barrier Air’s new Auckland-Kerikeri route will be served by a 14-seater Cessna Grand Caravan Photo: Supplied Air New Zealand is about to get some competition in the Far North with Barrier Air announcing it...

Ferzil Babu (left) and Sarath Kumar. Photo: Supplied / Givealittle Another full-scale search for Saturday is being planned by police for a fisherman that went missing more than a week ago near Whangārei Heads....