Photo: 123rf.com Police have released the name of the Northland motorcyclist fatally shot in Otaika this week. He was 18-year-old Kyle Zachary Jenkins, of Maungatapere. Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Pilmer said an investigation has...

The man was found in a creek, with his motorbike parked nearby. Photo: 123RF Police say a motorcyclist who died in Northland last week had been shot. They said on Saturday morning passers-by and...

Northland MP Grant McCallum and Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell outside the Mangawhai home where a woman was seriously injured by a tornado. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell has toured...

Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Documents released under the Official Information Act reveal tensions between clinical staff, local managers and national health bosses over a proposal to close Dargaville Hospital due to a lack...

A North Island brown kiwi. Photo: Supplied / Rod Morris The Department of Conservation (DOC) is considering whether it needs to revise trap standards after a “determined” kiwi was killed when its bill was...

The man’s body was found in a creek next to Otaika Valley Road. File picture. Photo: Google Maps Northland police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a motorcyclist in Otaika. Detective...

A doctor was rostered overnight at Dargaville Hospital for just five of the 55 nights between 10 October and 1 December last year, according to documents released under the Official Information Act. Photo: RNZ...

A doctor was rostered overnight at Dargaville Hospital for just five of the 55 nights between 10 October and 1 December last year, according to documents released under the Official Information Act. Photo: RNZ...

Settlers Way, Ōkaihau. Photo: Google Maps A resident in a Far North town has described seeing a “pool of blood” on the road after a hit and run. Emergency services were called to the...

SH15 will remain closed between Otaika and Maungatapere while police carry out a scene investigation. Photo: Pretoria Gordon / RNZ Whangārei police are investigating the death of a motorcyclist just south of the city...