File pic Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown One person has died following a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1, at Waiomio, in Northland earlier this evening. Another person has been transported to hospital in...

Ricky Wilson/Stuff Police are warning drivers to expect “lengthy delays”. One person has died following a serious crash involving two vehicles on State Highway 1 near Waiomio Road, just south of Kawakawa in Northland....

Photo: RNZ Sonny Tau’s trial has been aborted due to “legal reasons”, lawyers say. The former Ngāpuhi rūnanga leader, also known as Raniera Tau, was on trial in the Whangārei District Court, facing six...

Michael Ferguson/Supplied Michael Ferguson, 17, is calling on the voting age to be lowered. OPINION: I couldn’t vote in these local elections, but their outcome will affect me greatly. I live and grew up in...

A police officer whose dog was shot during an incident in Northland says his options were either to return fire or “end up with a big hole in my back”. The officer said the...

Kelly Stratford has been named the Far North’s new deputy mayor. Photo / supplied Kelly Stratford has been named the new deputy mayor of the Far North. Stratford’s appointment by newly-minted mayor Moko Tepania...

Declan Halford, 10, died on September 24 after falling from a tree at home. Photo / Supplied Exactly three weeks ago a hole was punched into the lives of Declan Halford’s family when the...

A police officer was justified in shooting at a man who’d fired on him and his colleagues, critically injuring a police dog, a report has found. The police officer fired four shots at the...