Their rates will pay $1.1m for emergency services – more than half of which has typically gone to the North’s Whangārei-based rescue helicopter service – and $1.5m to the region’s sporting facilities. The record...

Far North Mayor/Kahika Moko Tepania with some of the 45 new Far North citizens sworn in at a ceremony in Kaikohe last week. Support for support workers Grey Power is calling on the Government...

It will next go to Parliament for further debate before becoming law, which is expected around July. Councils then have until September to make their Māori ward decisions. The report supported the polling push...

Depression is a mood disorder that affects how we feel, think and behave. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical issues, causing persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in...

Abdul the elephant now looks out over the Pacific Ocean instead of the traffic jams of Khyber Pass. Photo: Supplied / Kate Harris A life-sized elephant – familiar to generations of Aucklanders – has...

While trucks up to 50 tonnes could also use Paparoa-Oakleigh Rd, high-productivity motor vehicles (HPMV) have had to use SH12 and SH14 through Dargaville, adding hours onto truck driver’s trips. Waipu resident Cho Yun...

Johnson is also of the firm belief that the age for screenings should be lowered. The mother of three and grandmother of two used to own a salon in the Whangārei suburb of Tikipunga,...

Ireland’s Pirate Queen comes to Maungaturoto. Charges are being considered after a vehicle fled from police in Kaikohe on Saturday evening. Police signalled the vehicle to stop on State Highway 1, Kaikohe around 7pm....

They are in a range of often remote settings, including coastal sites and inland beside rivers. The effects of climate change will amplify the impacts of present-day river and sea flooding that the resilience...

Caped competitor Nathan Kirk, aka Jack the Rat, flies the flag for the UK at Russell’s Manu Masters. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf The coffin, the staple, the cheese-cutter, the flying squirrel, the tornado, the...