Photo: Supplied / Waitangi National Trust The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is celebrating Matariki weekend and the long-awaited reopening of State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyns with a free open day on Sunday. That will...

The figure was backed by economic consultancy Infometrics, whose chief executive Brad Olsen said the $60m came from analysis of public estimates of the economic cost of the 1998 Auckland blackout, adjusted for inflation,...

Brothers Te Manawanui and Te Hauroamairangi Tawhara-Crown – AKA Zentarge – will release their debut single ‘Balanced’ for Matariki on June 28 Two Far North-raised brothers hope their debut single released next week will...

Photo: RNZ/Marika Khabazi Media company Stuff is closing the last of its Northland community newspapers with immediate effect. The Northern News, which circulates in the Bay of Islands through to Kaikohe, and The Whangārei...

The pylon fell on Thursday, causing a power outage to most of Northland. Photo: Supplied / Kawakawa Electrical Ltd Northland businesses are considering banding together to seek compensation for losses suffered when a pylon...

Whangārei’s top building apprentice Jayden Hudson-Owen, 18, says being a building apprentice means he gets to do something different every day, as well as work outside. Whangārei’s top building apprentice says taking up a...

Cleaning the oven was Kevin Page’s final task before tenants moved into the house. Photo / 123rf Kevin Page is a teller of tall tales with a firm belief that laughter helps avoid frown...

(file image) Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Northland businesses are pushing for compensation from Transpower for last week’s blackout across most of the region. On Monday, Transpower chief executive Alison Andrew confirmed the...

Kaitāia Primary School is celebrating 150 years of schooling next year – but with teaching there going back further it possibly has the longest-running continuous history of education in the country. Kaitāia Primary School...

Students are posting the locations of planned fights on social media accounts – one such incident took place recently. Photo / 123RF Northland parents are being urged to take a more active approach regarding...