File photo: Northland is usually has one of the worst drowning figures in the country due to its long coastline, love of water sports, and reliance on kaimoana. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A...

CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF Kaumatua from far north iwi Te Aupōri have placed a rāhui on Ninety Mile beach in the far north after a body washed ashore on Sunday. Kaumatua from far north iwi Te...

Photo: PhotoAlto A body has been found on the Far North’s 90 Mile Beach. Police have yet to identify the person, and say it’s too soon to say if it was adiver reported missing...

A montage of pictures showing the tents and debris left behind after the 2023/2024 Northern Bass music festival in Mangawhai, Northland. Photo: Supplied The organisers of a music festival in the Kaipara district say...

In this summer series, the Country Life team is taking you back to some of the places we’ve been to over the past year.   A doctor, an island and oil: The olive journey of Peter...

Will Fransen was rescued after spending almost 24 hours in the water off Whangamatā when three boaties spotted the reflection of the sun off his watch. Photo: RNZ / Sarah Robson A 61-year-old man...