Critically-injured Whangārei builder Marcel Syron is making slow progress in a Panamanian hospital. Photo / Supplied A Whangārei yachtie who suffered serious critical spinal injuries in Central America during his sail-around-the-world adventure is making...

Smoke still billows from a Hihi home destroyed in a blaze on Thursday. A Far North whānau spent Friday morning combing through the charred remains of their home completely decimated in a blaze. A...

Armed police were called to Matauri Bay Rd last night following reports of a shooting. Photo / File A Far North beach settlement was reportedly rattled by gunshots early yesterday evening as a rumoured...

Kipa Munro from Ngāti Rēhia (left), Jeremy Nicolle, chief executive of Arvida, and Kelly Stratford, FNDC councillor, at the laying of the Mauri stone at Arvida Retirement Village. Residential clubhouse gets Mauri stone The...

Rhonda Zielinski (centre) is comforted in the blackened remains of her Influence Kaikohe women’s gym by gym member Michelle Treadwell and son Rawiri Winder. Photo / Peter de Graaf A business owned by a...

The North Haven Hospice Shop on Robert St, Whangārei, was targeted by thieves. Photo / Michael Cunningham Two rings worth more than $4000 were stolen from a charity shop that raises vital money to...

Locals rearranged the hearing venue to accommodate a large crowd opposed to the resource consents. Photo / Peter de Graaf Opononi-Omapere and Kohukohu wastewater treatment plant consent hearings, Rawene Town Hall, 15 May 2023...

Far North Mayor Moko Tepania during the pōwhiri for the new Far North District Council at Waitangi Treaty Grounds in October. Photo / Tania Whyte A breakdown in the relationship with Far North Mayor...

The three-storey building described as an “eyesore” will be getting a clean after the Age spoke with the Auckland owner. Photo / David Fisher Some of the shabbiest buildings on Kaitāia’s main street were...