Stuff can reveal Whangārei Boys’ High was visited by workplace safety inspectors two months before a student died on a trip to the Abbey Caves. In March 2023, WorkSafe visited the school to carry...

A father who pulled his son out of the deadly Abbey Caves trip at the last minute because he was concerned about the weather was “horrified” to find out the trip went ahead after...

The board of the Whangārei Boys’ High School has broken their silence after the Abbey Caves tragedy, where a 15-year-old student died. Karnin Petera was on a trip to the caves with 14 other...

The entrance to Abbey Caves, Whāngarei, where searchers looking for a missing student recovered a body, after a school trip to the cave network. Photo: RNZ / Tom Taylor A month long rāhui has...

Richard Burgess found his letterbox in the middle of the driveway but didn’t believe mail was stolen. Photo / Michael Cunningham Police and New Zealand Post are urging Northlanders to immediately report thefts from...

Chris McKeen/Stuff Secondary school and area school teachers across the North Island will be striking on Thursday. Secondary school and area school teachers from the Central Plateau to the top of the North Island...

A man who lives near the Abbey Caves has described the moment a teacher did a headcount of his students after the cave network flooded and broke down in anguish as he realised one...

David White/Stuff Flowers were placed at the entrance to Whangārei Boys’ High School on Wednesday after the death of one of their students while on a class trip to Abbey Caves. The 15-year-old schoolboy...

Police at Abbey Caves. Photo: RNZ / Tom Taylor A man who was at Whāngarei’s Abbey Caves where a group of students got trapped earlier this week says the teacher in charge collapsed in...