Whangārei District Mayor Vince Cocurullo used his casting vote to break the tie. File picture. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Whangārei District Council has again refused to put fluoride into the district’s water...

Hone Mihaka Photo: Supplied/Hone Mihaka A tourism operator has hit back at a photo which falsely claimed warriors welcoming government representatives at Waitangi last week were wearing ankle monitors. The photo was shared to...

A fisherman’s filmed himself pleading “Please don’t attack me bro” to a great white shark as it stalked him in his kayak off the coast of remote a Northland beach. Matt Wells, an avid...

Hone Mihaka Photo: Supplied/Hone Mihaka A tourism operator has hit back at a photo which falsely claimed warriors welcoming government representatives at Waitangi last week were wearing ankle monitors. The photo was shared to...

DOC says the Kaimaumau-Motutangi wetland contains many rare and even nationally-critical plant species Photo: Supplied/ Department of Conservation Restoring a Northland wetland illegally drained and sprayed for a watermelon farm will take huge effort...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Shayden Perkinson, 25, died after an altercation outside Whangārei Gull Service Station on April 15. Photo: Photo / Givealittle Two brothers have admitted their roles in the...

Ngāti Kahu o Torongare spokeswoman Nicki Wakefield and kaumatua Richard Shepherd, with Onoke Pā in the distance. File picture. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Whangārei based hāpu are going back to court...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei of New Zealand Watermelon Distributors Limited’s Paul Martin Harvey was ordered by the Environment Court to stop developments on the protected Kaimaumau-Motutangi Wetland, and to undertake...

Photo: Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ After a three-year restoration project, the 101-year-old Te Tii Marae wharenui at Waitangi has reopened its doors.  The marae glow-up includes a paved courtyard, new carvings, and earthquake strengthening...

Boosting Northland’s economy provides major benefit says joint regional development committee chair and FNDC councillor John Vujcich. Photo: NZME via Local Democracy Reporting Development opportunities to boost Te Tai Tokerau’s economy are being put...