Firefighters dampen down one of the last hotspots at the Waipoua fire. Photo: Supplied / FENZ Mangakahia Road or State Highway 15 has been closed south of Kaikohe due to a major wildfire burning...

Dry Northland conditions seen in a previous drought. Photo: RNZ / Liz Garton A drought has been declared in the Northland, Waikato, Horizons and Marlborough-Tasman regions, and the government has pledged financial support for...

A Whangārei bus route has been changed to avoid a street where repeated rock-throwing has damaged buses and puts drivers and passengers in danger. A Whangārei bus route has been changed to avoid a...

People spell out the words Say No! on Ruakaka Beach, in protest of plans to establish sand-mining operations there. Photo: Supplied A petition of 14,000 signatures in opposition to sand mining at Te Ākau...

A horse roaming in the Bay of Plenty town of Ōpōtiki. File picture. Photo: RNZ / Jean Bell Northland horse riders are kicking up a stink over a proposed new rule that would mean...

NorthTec Level 4 cookery student Astyn Hobman-Williams with a ‘Tex-Mex wallaby quesadilla with parmesan mayonnaise’ at Northland Field Days. Photo: suppled People who tasted wallaby quesadillas at the recent Northland Field Days are still...

No Sand Mining Bream Bay protest banner hangs at Ruakaka Beach. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A 14,000-signature petition against a proposed fast-tracked sand mining operation off Northland’s Bream Bay is due to be...

The 91-hectare fire was mostly in young pines and slash. Photo: Supplied / FENZ A major clean-up is underway at Northland’s Waipoua Settlement as residents return after last week’s ferocious forest fire. Iwi leader...

Photo: 123rf The ‘world’s worst marine pest’ continues its spread, the government has responded with a $6 million boost in funding, it has been a shocking month for shootings in Whangārei, a dolphin has...

Newly-discovered dense caulerpa meadow on sandy shoal at Motukiekie Island, Bay of Islands. Photo: Supplied / LDR / NRC The government is throwing more than $6 million at developing world-first industrial-scale technology to fight...