Kororāreka Marae chairperson Deb Rewiri says global recognition could revive the town’s name debate. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, The Pyramids of Giza… and Russell? Believe it or...

The venture currently has 3 hectares in strawberries. Photo: Supplied / T&G Kaikohe Berryfruit A joint venture between a horticulture company and the country’s biggest iwi could see Northland become a major producer of...

A rider gets some air on the advanced jump line. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Waitangi Mountain Bike Park has just undergone its biggest expansion since the first trails opened a decade ago...

Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER A driver who refused to stop for police led officers straight to three wanted men, a gun and a cache of ammunition. Senior Sergeant Rene Rakete says officers spotted...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice Journalist of A Whangārei couple face 35 charges of alleged abuse against four children in their care. (File photo) Photo: 123RF Warning: This article discusses allegations of child abuse...

Norty Jensen Heta is at student at Whangārei Boys High School. Photo: Susan Botting / LDR What a difference a day makes could well be Whangārei teenager Norty Jensen Heta’s theme song when it...

Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Far North police are appealing for information about a burglary where multiple firearms and two vehicles were stolen. An investigation began this week into the burglary at a rural...

The late Gwen Daly with the Mick Griffin Memorial Trophy, named in honour of her axeman father, in a photo taken around 2011. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf Peter reports on the sentencing of a man...

The Whangarei District Court ruled to lift name suppression earlier this month. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A second Northland man facing sex offence charges, who is linked to a secretive sect known...