Want to farm and don’t have the land? Well, you could try producing salt and drinkable water from the sea. Two enterprising small-scale farmers in the Far North have developed a unit for evaporating and...

Whangārei resident Jenni Moore makes her views known during the pre-meeting rally. Photo: Peter de Graaf / RNZ Whangārei District councillors have voted down a motion to abolish their Māori ward in a two-hour,...

Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Whangārei councillors have voted down a motion to abolish their Māori ward and return to the electoral system used in the 2019 election. Instead, they will retain the...

Thursday’s rally will take place outside Whangārei District Council’s new headquarters, Te Iwitahi. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Whangārei becomes the latest district council to decide the future of its Māori wards when...

Kerikeri retirees John and Lyn Logie, of Kerikeri, study their latest power bill. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The New Zealanders with the lowest incomes pay the nation’s highest power prices – and...

Joanna Sione-Lauaki’s body was found on isolated Ripiro Beach, which stretches more than 100km from Maunganui Bluff to Pouto Point. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Police investigating the death of a Dargaville woman...

Photo: RNZ A Northland man who led police on a slow-motion chase across the Bay of Islands has appeared in court on a raft of charges relating to his weekend escapade. Levi Johns, of...

Labour MP Peeni Henare, Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi chief executive Tia Ashby, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon, Far North Holdings chief executive Andy Nock, and Kāinga Ora Northland director Jeff Murray in May. Photo:...

The man swam across the channel to Ōkiato, followed by police in an inflatable boat. Photo: Supplied A suspected boat burglar has been arrested after jumping into the tide and leading police on a...

Red pineapples are among the fruits that Aaron McCloy grows. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round Growing pawpaw in Invercargill and bananas in Waikato is not such a weird idea these days, a tropical fruit tree grower...