I mention this because the other day I discovered something about the woman I have worshipped since I looked into her amazing eyes at that social at the tennis club all those years ago...

“There are 130 rateable properties in our area now, and they want to smash a highway through it. “I don’t want it coming through my backyard or the other 130 rateable properties … there...

In response, Jepson said he would not resign over his Māori ward push. “I don’t think people should divided by race,” Jepson said. He had been elected by a large majority on a plank...

Northport had applied for a raft of resource consents related to a major expansion. Photo: Supplied Northland’s port company is appealing a decision to refuse consent for a major expansion, saying the commissioners made...

Ngātiwai chairperson Aperahama Edwards says Kaipara District Council has bigger problems to be worrying about than prioritising a decision on Māori wards. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Northland iwi Ngātiwai have called their people...

Kaipara Harbour as seen from nearby Shelly Beach. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf An ambitious project to clean up New Zealand’s biggest harbour is just weeks away from cracking the milestone of planting...

A death previously described as unexplained in Ruakākā is not being treated as suspicious, police say. A death previously described as unexplained in Northland is not being treated as suspicious and appears to be...

A few days later, I’m reading about our Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, using the phrase “retard comment” in Parliament. It was in Question Time, during which NZ First leader Peters had to withdraw...