The Health Minister is celebrating shorter wait-times, faster treatment and more timely access to care for patients. New figures from April to June this year, show the government’s progress towards its five key health...

When it comes to cancer more patients are starting treatment within the government’s 31 day target time according to new figures. Nationally 86.3 per cent of patients started treatment within that time frame up...

Northland’s community is grappling with the imminent closure of its leading hospitality training provider. The shutting of the QRC Te Tai Tokerau will force school leavers to travel large distances to seek qualifications, and...

Waitomo Papakāinga chief executive Katie Murray at today’s hīkoi. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf More than 100 people marched down Kaitāia’s main street on Thursday morning to highlight what organisers describe as a...

South African oxygen weed, or lagarosiphon, could have completely choked Lake Ngatu if left unchecked. Photo: Supplied / NRC / Trevor James An invasive aquarium plant that threatened to choke a Far North lake...

Marino Wikaira was exceeding the 100 kilometre speed limit when the fatal crash occurred. (File photo) Photo: RNZ A Northland mother who drank 18 premixed vodkas one night before Christmas then drove while still...

Waipiro Bay. Photo: supplied A Bay of Islands residents’ group is challenging a government decision to allow a controversial marina proposal to go through the fast-track consent process. Hopper Developments and Azuma Property are...

The Environment Court has granted consent for a major expansion of Northport, located near Whangārei at Marsden Point. Photo: Supplied Northland’s port company has been granted consent for a major expansion by the Environment...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Blade Herbert has been sentenced for his role in a home invasion and kidnapping. Photo: NZME A man who had been kidnapped in a “drug deal gone...

There are now a total of nine measles cases across Northland. Photo: Supplied/ US CDC Three new cases of measles have being reported in Northland, and people who have attended exams at Kerikeri High...