The future of Kaitāia Airport has long been mired in uncertainty. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand’s northernmost airport has been saved from closure after a local iwi negotiated a deal to...

JOHN VELVIN/STUFF Data from 300 Pak’nSave, New World and Four Square stores in the North Island shows retail crime has increased by 59% in a year. A report based on data from 300 stores...

SUPPLIED Two Northland children were hospitalised with meningococcal disease and a further two infants hospitalised with whooping cough. (File photo) Two young Northland children have needed hospital care for meningococcal disease, while a further...

Google Maps/Supplied The future of Kaitāia Airport is now secured, thanks to the land being bought by Ngāi Takoto and returned to relevant hapū. (File photo) Two iwi working together have managed to secure...

Kaitāia Airport. Photo: Google Maps An iwi leader says protest action has been called off following a resolution to the land ownership dispute over Kaitāia Airport. The future of the country’s northernmost airport had...