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...

The clean up is continuing in Mangawhai with the council beginning to clear rubbish from the berms of the most affected areas. Sunday’s tornado left a trail of destruction in its wake. Kaipara District...

A white-stickered home on Old Waipu Road. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell Nine properties have been yellow-stickered and 26 white-stickered All cordons have now been lifted and roads opened – although a part of...

Residents in the Northland town of Mangawhai are reeling after the weekend’s suspected-tornado that devastated homes and landed two people in hospital. The storm was so powerful that power poles were snapped in half...

Three men, one using a chainsaw to cut down a fallen tree on Moir Street. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The township of Mangawhai has been described as looking like a war zone,...