With a real risk of an outbreak now on New Zealand’s horizon, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) representatives and leading industry officials were working hard to prepare for the possibility, focusing on such issues...

Whenua is a New Zealand Herald project to show and tell stories of our land and explain how our history affects the present day. In the 1970s, a historic Ngāpuhi pa, Pākinga, was seized...

AA Northland District Council chairwoman Tracey Rissetto said the news was “fantastic”. “It’s a game-changer for Northland. “You look at what a game-changer it’s been for Hamilton. “It’ll release the capacity we have up...

Artist’s impression of a major public housing development on the former Casa Blanca Motel site on Kauika Road, Whangārei. Photo: Supplied / Kāinga Ora Kāinga Ora has put two major social housing projects in...

But National MP for Northland Grant McCallum said Transpower leaders have now agreed to a community goodwill payment of some form. He met with acting chief executive John Clarke and executive general manager customer...

“It’s always brought up … more so in the last nine months, we’ve been getting phone calls and letters of complaint about insurances going up. “They’re [pensioners] cancelling their life insurance. “If the unfortunate...

The Whangārei man, who is aged in his 30s, appeared briefly during a list fixture this morning in the court. Counsel Harvena Cherrington sought remand without plea for a further three weeks and interim...

Gail Shepherd was a popular police officer in the Far North also known for her commitment to kaupapa waka. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police A Northland man has been charged with causing the death...

“The perfectly typed four-page document was found in the Kemp House collection, though very little else is known about it,” Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga’s collections advisor, Belinda Maingay said. A page from the...

DoC ranger Fern Donovan discovered three shortjaw kōkopu “nests” – more than 50 eggs in a cluster – in autumn 2023. This was the first time a shortjaw nest had been documented in Northland....