Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police are making “steady progress” with the investigation into a man’s unexplained death following a suspicious house fire in Northland. Emergency services were called to the scene on Thomas...

Generic fire truck. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Police are investigating the death of a man after a Whangārei house fire they say is suspicious. Four fire crews were called out to the blaze...

Generic fire truck. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A person has died following a house fire in Whangārei. Four fire crews were called out to the blaze in the suburb of Tikipunga at 2.40am...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of (File photo) Photo: RNZ Warning: This article discusses child grooming and abuse that may be upsetting to some readers. A bus driver who groomed a boy through...

Whangārei’s long campaign for a four-star hotel in the central city may have finally paid off. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A major hotel chain plans to buy a site in central Whangārei...

From left, Kaikohe and Districts Sportsville board secretary Debbie Raphael, sports coordinator Kohi Woodman and co-chair Suzee Ross outside the almost-completed indoor stadium. Photo: RNZ A decades-old dream of an indoor sports stadium in...

Northland Regional Council’s hybrid council meeting where councillors attending in person and by online link from Kaitāia and Samoa decided to push back against signalled government Māori ward changes. Photo: LDR / Susan Botting...

Motatau 12-year-olds Te Maioha Tipene, left, and Zacchaeus Tua test their aquabot in the school pool. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A flood of donations from all over Aotearoa means four children from...

By Denise Piper of Linda Woods died when her dialysis valve was pulled out during a confrontation with Terrance Kiro, who entered her home shared with her daughter, two granddaughters and her great-grandchild. Photo:...

Gail Shepherd was dedicated to Northland through her work as a police officer and her role on the waka tētē Te Whānau Moana. Photo: Supplied / NZ police A Northland police officer who died...