Photo: RNZ State Highway 1 is closed in Northland between Kaiwaka and the Brynderwyn Hills due to a fallen tree threatening power lines. The NZ Transport Agency said the highway was expected to remain...

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver The search for a small boat missing off the Northland coast and thought to be involved in a major drug smuggling operation is on hold until new information comes...

Northland Region Corrections Facility (file image). Photo: An investigation is underway after an inmate was found dead at a prison in Northland’s Kaikohe. In a statement, police said it was notified of a sudden...

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police and the Air Force are searching for a small boat missing off Northland’s east coast that’s thought to have 700kg of methamphetamine on board. Detective Superintendent Greg Williams,...

Whangārei District Councillor Gavin Benney wants to halt his council’s drinking water fluoridation implementation. Photo: Northern Advocate / Michael Cunningham A Whangārei councillor is pushing for his council to halt its fluoridation plans as...

A view towards Cape Brett. Photo: Kennedy Warne A commercial fishing boat has been caught in a marine protected area in the Bay of Islands during a crackdown on vessels flouting no-fishing rules. The...

Whangārei District Council would not say if any formal complaints had been laid. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Whangārei District Council says it’s looking into reports about councillors’ comments on social media relating to...

Health NZ general manager of surgical services for Northland, Katy Wilkinson, and Juliana Williams inside a giant inflatable bowel. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A health screening programme in Northland has picked up...

Tākou Bay farmer Ian Sizer studies an infestation of Madagascar ragwort. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A toxic weed spreading like wildfire through Northland pastures has a farmer so worried he’s petitioning the...

Kaitāia Commerce Street: Kaitāia’s main street is in for a spruce-up on Friday, ahead of next month’s reopening of State Highway 1. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf An entire Northland town is knuckling...