A swimmer airlifted to hospital after suffering hypothermia during an Otago ice-swim competition had never competed in the icey tournament before, organisers have revealed. The competitor, a middle-aged Northland woman was new to ice...

AIMAN AMERUL MUNER/Stuff The woman was found by police already dead, a spokesperson said. (File photo) A woman has died after a single car crash in Whangārei early on Friday morning. Emergency services were...

Some Northland businesses are standing tall in the face of devastation from Cyclone Gabrielle and other severe weather, which has seen the region cut off from the rest of the country. Nearly 900 businesses...