When no doctors were available after hours, Dargaville Hospital was making use of telehealth service and transferring the sickest patients to Whangārei. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Dargaville Hospital has become a “political...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei of Alexander Wright, 61, appeared for sentencing in front of the High Court at Whangārei District Court. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf WARNING: This story...

Doctors fear staff shortages at rural hospitals will increase pressure on Whangārei Hospital’s overcrowded ED. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf An Northland emergency doctor says the health system is in a death spiral...

A police spokesman said the vehicle fire was reported at 1.15pm. Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ A man has been airlifted to hospital after suffering burns to much of his body in a car...

Whangārei Harbour. Photo: Kennedy Warne Police are scaling back their search for an elderly man who went missing in Northland at the weekend. The 83-year-old has not been seen since Saturday evening. It was...

Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct concept. Photo: Supplied / Channel Infrastructure Channel Infrastructure, formerly known as Refining New Zealand, aims to transform Marsden Point into an energy precinct with a range of projects...

Police were called to the school at about 1.30pm due to a report of trespassing. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Northland High School was put into lockdown for an hour after fighting...

The police Eagle helicopter has been brought in to assist with the search. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police Police are asking the public for sightings of an 83-year-old swimmer missing for more than three...

A bloom of harmless crystal jellyfish surrounds a diver at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve. Photo: Crispin Middleton Northland has been named on National Geographic’s Best of the World 2025, described as a list...

Photo: Peter de Graaf A person is trapped and critically injured after a quad bike incident in the Far North. Police said emergency services were responding after the bike rolled near Whangaroa Harbour. The...