Michael and Tania (nee Johnson) Heape were married at the Duke Of Marlborough in Russell in January – 85 years after Tania’s great-great-grandparents owned the famous hotel. Photo / Supplied Getting married is always...

Fire crews attending the blaze on Western Hills Drive. Photo / Angela Woods A man was injured in a fire at a unit on Western Hills Drive, Whangārei on Monday afternoon. Two fire appliances...

Jonathan Trask has only just managed to find a temporary accommodation after his house was red-stickered. Photo / Mike Dinsdale Jonathan Trask had just spent about $100,000 putting in a new kitchen and bathroom,...

The ‘suspicious activity’ police were called to investigate on Sunday night turned out to be a cat with a teapot stuck on its head. Cat in a hot tin… teapot? Northland police were called...

State Highway 25 between Hikuai and Whangamatā was closed by a washout on Monday. Photo: Supplied / Thames-Coromandel District Council State Highway 25 between Hikuai and Whangamatā was closed after a washout on Sunday,...

Whangārei Police Station should be open 24/7, National’s Whangārei-based List MP Shane Reti says. OPINION Many people have asked me why the counter services at Whangārei Police Station are only open for business hours...

A 37-year-old man was arrested after the pedestrian was seriously injured. Photo / NZME One person has been arrested after an incident where a person was seriously injured in Morningside, Whangārei on Sunday morning....

The judge described the attack on a mum holding her child as disgraceful and demeaning. Photo / 123rf Two friends intent on revenge barged into a woman’s house and shaved her head as she...

Denise Piper/Stuff The two boys, now aged 16 and 14, appeared in the High Court in Whangārei on Monday. (File photo) A teenager has pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of Northland man...

Murdoch Ross on his beloved 1954 Massey Ferguson tractor. Photo / John Stone Whangārei Heads stalwart Murdoch Ross lived a life true to his favourite saying: “Aim for the top and don’t look back.”...