Shane Reti thinks emergency department wait time data hasn’t been checked. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone National and a nursing union boss are questioning the accuracy of official health figures about emergency department (ED)...

Thousands packed Mangōnui’s main street for the ninth Waterfront Festival in 2020 — but the 10th-anniversary event has been a long time coming. Photo / Peter de Graaf Organisers of Mangōnui’s Waterfront Festival are...

Kamo Wildlife Sanctuary faces an uncertain future after it was placed in involuntary liquidation. Photo / Michael Cunningham The Ministry for Primary Industries will provide advice where required but decisions about the next steps...

This slip near Wellsford, which threatened to disrupt Northland’s power supply, has remained stable, giving confidence the line can be bypassed. Slip near power line stable A slip near two Transpower towers carrying electricity...

By Brodie Stone of Salmonella bacteria (red) entrapped in a amyloid matrix (green) at an early stage of infection. Photo: (Supplied) Some students at Kaitaia College have been hospitalised after eating raw chicken supplied...

Former Whangārei mayoral candidate Alex Wright is concerned about the city’s new $59 million civic centre. Photo: NORTHERN ADVOCATE / Tania Whyte Whangārei’s new $59 million civic centre is a leaking monstrosity with potentially...

Kiwi/Aussie band Coterie will headline the Northland Fritter Festival in Whangārei on Saturday Northlanders love their music and their fritters – so there’ll be widespread relief when the Northland Fritter Festival returns this weekend...

A Northland school has apologised after served students uncooked chicken for lunch on Wednesday, with some taken to hospital over the incident. Kaitaia College, which has almost 900 students, said some of them “started...

Firearms seized during Operation Cobalt searches in the Far North. Photo / NZ Police Northland police have discovered guns, ammunition, drugs and stolen property while executing 10 search warrants under Operation Cobalt. The searches,...

Gary Loveland was on trial at the Whangārei District Court. Photo / Supplied A convicted meth cook has been cleared of gun charges after successfully arguing he had been set up after a car...