File image. Photo: A person is dead after a car crash in Ruawai, Northland on Friday afternoon. Police responded to reports of the single-vehicle crash near the intersection of State Highway 12 and Greenhill...

More than 40 extra freight trucks per day will be on the already fragile roads of Northland after a major slip on the region’s main rail network. Photo: RNZ / Rayssa Almeida Hundreds of...

JASON DORDAY/STUFF/Stuff Northland, Auckland, Waikato and Tararua are moving into a transition period as the national state of emergency lifts. (File photo) The national state of emergency is over for several regions hit by...

ESR/Supplied Recent severe weather that lashed Aotearoa has impacted the ability to collect wastewater samples for Covid-19 surveillance. (File photo) Whole regions have had their Covid-19 wastewater testing affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and further...

A slip on Northland’s rail line from the air. Photo / KiwiRail The damaged rail line connecting Northland and Auckland is likely to remain closed for at least 10 to 12 weeks. Between Swanson...