Photo: Supplied/ Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner The Health and Disability Commissioner has criticised Kaitaia Hospital for its insufficient treatment of a woman who died from a diabetes-related infection. The woman, named...

The Northland Tarara on training night at Taipā, ahead of a four-match tour of their Croatian homeland. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The descendants of some of Northland’s earliest European settlers are using...

A container truck leaves Northport in Whangārei. Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers A Northland hapū battling plans to expand the region’s only commercial shipping port says members were disappointed to see the project given...

The pylon that fell on 20 June, disrupting power supply to parts of Northland. Photo: Transpower The Electricity Authority has confirmed it is investigating national grid operator Transpower following the collapse of a pylon...

Transpower and its contractor Omexom have agreed to pay $1 million towards projects benefiting Northland following the collapse of a power pylon earlier this year. Photo: Supplied / Kawakawa Electrical Ltd Transpower and its...

An alternative route for State Highway 1, avoiding the slip-prone Brynderwyn Hills, is one of 11 projects on Northland’s fast-track consenting list. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro A Northland business group is welcoming the...

The three youths were carrying knives, but no one was hurt, police said. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Police say they have rounded up three knife-wielding offenders within hours of an aggravated robbery in...

An aerial picture of the blaze advancing across the gumfields between Ahipara and Herekino. Photo: Supplied / FENZ Fire investigators are still working to establish the cause of a blaze that scorched almost 180...

The normally quiet Northland town of Dargaville has been shaken by a series of ramraids and burglaries as well as two homicides in the area. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Concerns about a...

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller A large vegetation fire in Northland has now been contained. Earlier, Fire and Emergency said it was using four aircraft and 25 firefighters on the ground to get the...