Four fire trucks are at the scene. File picture. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller Fire and Emergency is urging drivers to avoid State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills in Northland due to a...

Photo: Peter de Graaf/RNZ All but essential water use has been banned in Dargaville as Northland’s big dry continues to worsen. Under level 4 restrictions introduced this week, town supply water may be used...

Kelly Tarlton’s aquarist Bella Jansen and DOC senior marine science advisor Karen Middlemiss return one of the turtles to the sea. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf Five endangered turtles have been returned to the wild...

Whangārei has been resisting the government’s directive to fluoridate its drinking water. File photo. Photo: Alexia Russell Whangārei councillors will meet behind closed doors today to discuss the legal ramifications of refusing to fluoridate...

Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the government would accelerate work on the new four-lane expressway between Auckland and Whangārei last year. Photo: NZME / Michael Cunningham The government is opening procurement for a public...

Whangārei’s Whau Valley water treatment plant. Photo: NZME Whangārei District Council is holding a sudden closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning about fluoridating its drinking water. The closed meeting comes just 17 days ahead of...

The sole occupant died at the scene, police said on Saturday. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller One person is dead following a crash in the Far North. The single-vehicle accident happened on State Highway...

Twenty firefighters will return to the scene of a wildfire in Northland on Saturday morning. Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ Twenty firefighters will return to the scene of a wildfire in Northland on Saturday...

Firefighters dampen down one of the last hotspots at the Waipoua fire. Photo: Supplied / FENZ Mangakahia Road or State Highway 15 has been closed south of Kaikohe due to a major wildfire burning...

Dry Northland conditions seen in a previous drought. Photo: RNZ / Liz Garton A drought has been declared in the Northland, Waikato, Horizons and Marlborough-Tasman regions, and the government has pledged financial support for...