Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust, also known as Rawene Hospital, is closing its after-hours services for at least a week. Photo / NZME A Far North health provider has made the “very difficult decision” to...

This “smart bin” was vandalised just days after it was installed in Ōpononi. Photo / FNDC A vandal who dropped a phone top-up card into a new “smart bin” at Ōpononi caused more than...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Diversions were in place on Thursday night while the Serious Crash Unit examined the scene (file photo). One person has died after a single-vehicle crash on Taonga Ln, in Tutukaka, Northland. Police...

A person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Taonga Lane, in Tūtūkākā, tonight. Photo: 123RF Emergency services were alerted at 8.10pm. The person died at the scene, police said. Diversions are in place...

National says the loss of 24/7 access to a doctor at Rāwene Hospital is “not acceptable”. Dr Shane Reti. Photo: STUFF / Robert Kitchin Health worker shortages have become so bad there will be...

Hokianga residents are urging healthcare workers to “move to paradise” to ensure Northland’s Rawene Hospital can offer a 24/7 service. Staff shortages meant the hospital will temporarily stop its after-hours service from Monday. The...

Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro will present Queen’s Birthday Honours to seven Northlanders in Auckland this month. Photo / NZME Seven of the 10 Northlanders who received Queen’s Birthday Honours will have their investiture ceremonies...

Federated Farmers Northland president Colin Hannah says changes to the rules surrounding converting farmland into forestry won’t benefit Northland or the country Changes to the rules surrounding converting farmland into forestry won’t benefit Northland...

Te Whatu Ora Health NZ has ordered all districts to book appointments for patients on surgical wait lists. Photo / Michael Cunningham Northlanders waiting for more than a year for surgery could soon get...