By Thursday 27 February, the Waipoua forest blaze had grown to 96 hectares, with a 4.5 kilometre perimeter, Fire and Emergency NZ said. Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel There will be a big push...

The 300kg bottlenose dolphin is winched onto a pontoon after accidentally leaping into a small boat in the Bay of Islands. Photo: Supplied / DOC Fishermen in the Bay of Islands got far more...

By Thursday 27 February, the Waipoua forest blaze had grown to 96 hectares, with a 4.5 kilometre perimeter, Fire and Emergency NZ said. Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel A total fire ban is about...

A police officer at the scene on Thursday. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro A community is shocked after a shooting at a Whangārei waterfront park that has left one woman dead and another person...

By Thursday 27 February, the Waipoua forest blaze had grown to 96 hectares, with a 4.5 kilometre perimeter, Fire and Emergency NZ said. Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel Firefighters are bracing for a wind...

Police are at the scene and cordons are in place in the Whangārei suburb of Onerahi. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro A person is dead and a second has been left with life-threatening injuries...

Police are at the scene and cordons are in place in the Whangārei suburb of Onerahi. Photo: RNZ Police are responding to a serious situation in Onerahi, a coastal suburb of Whangārei, and St...

Smoke from the fire. Photo: Karen Thoresen & Eric Wright Dozens of residents from the Waipoua Settlement in the Kaipara District in Northland could be out of their homes for a week, as a...

The accident left the house abandoned and badly damaged on a rural road in the Far North. Photo: Supplied / Far North District Council Police are appealing for information about a bizarre incident involving...

Smoke from the fire. Photo: Karen Thoresen & Eric Wright The last few residents have reportedly been evacuated from Waipoua Settlement in Northland as the remote, forested area is threatened by a massive fire...