By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice multimedia journalist of Brian Borland outside the Whangārei District Court. Photo: NZME A prominent cannabis advocate, on trial after police discovered two cultivation sites and nearly 100 plants, simplified...

State Highway 1 closed through the Brynderwyn Hills for most of Saturday, but had reopened by 6:30pm. Photo: NZTA / Waka Kotahi State Highway 1 through the Brynderwyn Hills, between Kaiwaka and Waipū, has...

Part of State Highway 1 between Kaiwaka and Waipū is closed due to a slip. Photo: NZTA / Waka Kotahi State Highway 1 through the Brynderwyn Hills, between Kaiwaka and Waipū, has been closed...

Kersjes, 31, of Dargaville, appeared in the Whangārei District Court before Judge Bayley this week dragging with him a list of non-compliance charges from the past year. He was sentenced to community work and...

Police continue to search for two missing people that got into trouble in the water on the rocks in Cape Reinga. Photo / NZME Emergency services, including the Police Search and Rescue team and...

“When I went home, I pondered about what to do and as I went to sit down to eat my own dinner, I thought, ‘Wait a minute! If I saw six elderly without food,...

“We call ourselves the custodians of Waipu,” Boult said. An additional agreement to mow areas around Nova Scotia Estate, the coastal walkway and the area from the museum to Halifax Drive began in 2021....

Jo Tucker, centre, with other South Hokianga residents and Northland MP Grant McCallum at Friday’s petition handover. Photo: RNZ/ Peter de Graaf A petition of more than 1100 signatures will be presented to Parliament...

In a media statement last month, the NZFS – an arm of the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) – said its investigation into the contamination of the cheese “has concluded that it is highly...

The council received 422 submissions on its Long Term Plan. Cocurullo said all were considered and resulted in several changes. He urged anyone having financial difficulty paying their rates to get in touch. “While...