Whenua is a New Zealand Herald project to show and tell stories of our land and explain how our history affects the present day. In the 1970s, a historic Ngāpuhi pa, Pākinga, was seized...

AA Northland District Council chairwoman Tracey Rissetto said the news was “fantastic”. “It’s a game-changer for Northland. “You look at what a game-changer it’s been for Hamilton. “It’ll release the capacity we have up...

Artist’s impression of a major public housing development on the former Casa Blanca Motel site on Kauika Road, Whangārei. Photo: Supplied / Kāinga Ora Kāinga Ora has put two major social housing projects in...

But National MP for Northland Grant McCallum said Transpower leaders have now agreed to a community goodwill payment of some form. He met with acting chief executive John Clarke and executive general manager customer...

“It’s always brought up … more so in the last nine months, we’ve been getting phone calls and letters of complaint about insurances going up. “They’re [pensioners] cancelling their life insurance. “If the unfortunate...

The Whangārei man, who is aged in his 30s, appeared briefly during a list fixture this morning in the court. Counsel Harvena Cherrington sought remand without plea for a further three weeks and interim...

Gail Shepherd was a popular police officer in the Far North also known for her commitment to kaupapa waka. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police A Northland man has been charged with causing the death...

“The perfectly typed four-page document was found in the Kemp House collection, though very little else is known about it,” Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga’s collections advisor, Belinda Maingay said. A page from the...

DoC ranger Fern Donovan discovered three shortjaw kōkopu “nests” – more than 50 eggs in a cluster – in autumn 2023. This was the first time a shortjaw nest had been documented in Northland....

The southern end of the Brynderwyn Hills road construction project, 2024. Photo: Supplied/ NZTA A Northland businessman says a decision to build a Northland expressway as one big public-private partnership has given him hope...