“It’s always brought up … more so in the last nine months, we’ve been getting phone calls and letters of complaint about insurances going up. “They’re [pensioners] cancelling their life insurance. “If the unfortunate...

The Whangārei man, who is aged in his 30s, appeared briefly during a list fixture this morning in the court. Counsel Harvena Cherrington sought remand without plea for a further three weeks and interim...

Gail Shepherd was a popular police officer in the Far North also known for her commitment to kaupapa waka. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police A Northland man has been charged with causing the death...

“The perfectly typed four-page document was found in the Kemp House collection, though very little else is known about it,” Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga’s collections advisor, Belinda Maingay said. A page from the...

DoC ranger Fern Donovan discovered three shortjaw kōkopu “nests” – more than 50 eggs in a cluster – in autumn 2023. This was the first time a shortjaw nest had been documented in Northland....

The southern end of the Brynderwyn Hills road construction project, 2024. Photo: Supplied/ NZTA A Northland businessman says a decision to build a Northland expressway as one big public-private partnership has given him hope...

During Covid lockdowns, Men-Tall expanded into online meetings as a forum for men to chat. Now, the organisation is a registered charitable trust, with weekly face-to-face meetings in Whangārei’s Kensington and plans to expand...

Tensions are flaring up again in the Bay of Islands where Ōpua residents and local hapū oppose a housing development. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Police have been called to a protest in...

Neighbours were concerned the development would cause upheaval to the existing Kāinga Ora residents, many of whom are elderly, as well as disrupting the close-knit feel of the village. Murray said the community will...

Ariki Estate posted an update last week stating they were “actively investigating” several potential conflicts of interest, alleged financial mishandling and relationship issues involving Heke. Heke told the Advocate he was “deeply focused” on...