Originally from Japan, sika are smaller and more wily than other species of deer found in New Zealand. Photo: DOC / Steve Pilkington An ambitious plan to make Northland the first region in New...

Waves pound through The Gap in the aftermath of 2015’s Cyclone Pam. Photo: Supplied/Cliff House The fishing spot where two men went missing this week is notorious among locals as a danger zone. The...

Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The man who died following a suspicious house and car fire in Northland has been named as 61-year-old Hoani Reupena-Tuoro. The Whangārei man was also known to friends and...

The men were fishing in Taiharuru (file image). Photo: Supplied / Google Maps A search is resuming this morning for two fisherman in Northland’s Taiharuru who failed to come home last night. Police said...

Excavators at work near Waterfall Corner as part of a major roading project on the SH1 Brynderwyn Hills road. Photo: Supplied/ NZTA The reopening of State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills will be...

A Department of Conservation ranger with the Rosvall Sawmill’s unexpected kiwi bird visitor. Photo: Supplied / Department of Conservation Workers at a sawmill near Whangārei had a surprise visitor to their workshop – a...

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police are making “steady progress” with the investigation into a man’s unexplained death following a suspicious house fire in Northland. Emergency services were called to the scene on Thomas...

Generic fire truck. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Police are investigating the death of a man after a Whangārei house fire they say is suspicious. Four fire crews were called out to the blaze...

Generic fire truck. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King A person has died following a house fire in Whangārei. Four fire crews were called out to the blaze in the suburb of Tikipunga at 2.40am...