Te Whatu Ora Health NZ has ordered all districts to book appointments for patients on surgical wait lists. Photo / Michael Cunningham Northlanders waiting for more than a year for surgery could soon get...

Police at Liquor World Waipapa after Monday night’s bungled ram-raid. Photo / Peter de Graaf A 16-year-old has been charged with a raft of offences after an alleged crime spree in the Bay of...

Beam e-scooters are proving a popular mode of transport in Whangārei – they are also a popular target for vandals. Photo /Tania Whyte Vandals target e-scooters Last Saturday five e-Scooters were pulled out of...

The Far North Deputy Major says major arterial roads have been left looking like an ‘earthquake zone’ after wild weather hit the region last week. Waka Kotahi says a temporary track has been cut...

Waka Kotahi/Supplied There are now 18 slips in total on SH1 at Mangamuka Gorge, with the worst ones seeing material fall away beneath the road. While the indefinite closure of State Highway 1 at...

Health worker shortages have become so bad in the Far North there will soon be no doctor on site at Rāwene Hospital in the evenings or overnight. Photo: 123rf The 26-bed hospital serves Hokianga,...

Waka Kotahi says the Mangamuka Gorge is likely to be closed for some time. Photo / Supplied It was open for 413 days but despite a $13.8m repair job State Highway 1 through Mangamuka...

Constructions have started for the $3.3m Town Basin facilities upgrade. Photo / Michael Cunningham A major revamp of the Town Basin’s bus and visitor facilities has kicked off and is paving the way for...