Transport Minister Simeon Brown recently announced roadside drug testing would be introduced by the end of the year. Northland road safety advocates are praising the Government’s move to introduce legislation enabling roadside drug testing...

Business Tai Tokerau chief executive Darryn Fisher says the Government needs to take bold and swift action to restore business confidence, while Dr Clair Mills from Child Poverty Action Group says Northland youngsters worry...

Young people and children in Northland are waiting up to 400 days to access mental health services, a wait which can exacerbate their situation, counsellors say. Photo / Lynda Feringa Northland youth in need...

Four people suffered moderate injuries in a crash, after earlier failing to stop for police near Paihia. Four teenagers were taken to hospital with moderate injuries after the vehicle they had allegedly stolen crashed...

Marchers listen to speeches at Whangārei’s Laurie Hall Park ahead of the hīkoi. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf More than 1300 people have marched through Whangārei as part of a national day of...

Photo: 123RF Four teenagers have been injured after crashing into a ditch while avoiding police in Northland. Police were alerted to reports of a stolen vehicle travelling on Puketona Road, outside of Paihia, around...

Enchanter skipper, Lance Goodhew, on trial in Whangārei on 6 May, 2024. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A three-week-long trial sparked by a maritime tragedy that claimed five lives near North Cape has...

About 60 people, many of them connected to the Hokianga-based Palestine Solidarity Group, turned out to show their support for a Far North District Council call for a Gaza ceasefire. Photo: RNZ / Peter...

Kaumātua Matutaera Clendon, centre, with nephew John Clendon and partner Bronna Brown at Whare Otupoho, a tiny house built on a DOC reserve on Moturua Island. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Northland...

The redesigned caulerpa suction dredge in action in the Bay of Islands, with sand extraction trommels and a second barge for offloading one-tonne bags of caulerpa. Photo: Supplied / Rana Rewha Dredging of a...