Then in April the council said the cost of the project was $13.5 million, but sources have told the Northland Age it could end up being $20 million-plus to complete. The council said at...

NZ Post has used the work of artist Shane Hansen to create a stamp collection to celebrate this year’s Matariki. This year NZ Post is celebrating Matariki with collectible Matariki stamps that represent artist...

The pavements where we’re staying are cracked and crumbling, ending suddenly in potholes that would spawn a batch of furious letters to the editor. But not here. The same with the unrailed, unlit and...

“That was his biggest passion — going out west and surfing. He did that with his jetski,” she said. Moir also ran his own building company, but was ready to down tools if the...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) said this month that the road is on track to reopen before Christmas, weather-permitting, and an exact date should be known in September. However, heavy rain on June...

Manpreet Brar, owner of the Hunter Star Hotel in Kawakawa. Photo: Peter de Graaf / RNZ Excitement and relief swept Northland on Thursday as the region’s main connection with the rest of the country...

This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons from a 44-gallon drum – impossible, surely. Well, not for The Panimals; Bream Bay College’s very own steel pan band. The group of students made...

Midweek Mediawatch – a PM forced to dish his own plaudits Source link...

In the Far North a rough road snakes its way through bush between the harbours of Mangonui and Whangaroa on the region’s eastern coast.  After a while the road dips steeply down to the...

Larsen has been a councillor with Kaipara since 2016 and was sworn in as deputy mayor in 2022. Larsen, who joined Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) in 1999, had served in various roles...