The pylon fell on Thursday, causing a power outage to most of Northland. Photo: Supplied / Kawakawa Electrical Ltd Northland businesses are considering banding together to seek compensation for losses suffered when a pylon...

Whangārei’s top building apprentice Jayden Hudson-Owen, 18, says being a building apprentice means he gets to do something different every day, as well as work outside. Whangārei’s top building apprentice says taking up a...

Cleaning the oven was Kevin Page’s final task before tenants moved into the house. Photo / 123rf Kevin Page is a teller of tall tales with a firm belief that laughter helps avoid frown...

(file image) Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Northland businesses are pushing for compensation from Transpower for last week’s blackout across most of the region. On Monday, Transpower chief executive Alison Andrew confirmed the...

Kaitāia Primary School is celebrating 150 years of schooling next year – but with teaching there going back further it possibly has the longest-running continuous history of education in the country. Kaitāia Primary School...

Students are posting the locations of planned fights on social media accounts – one such incident took place recently. Photo / 123RF Northland parents are being urged to take a more active approach regarding...

Far North farmer Paddy Gleeson is happy that repairs to SH10 outside his Kaingaroa paddock, that saw three vehicles in a week spin off, seem to have worked with no more vehicles leaving the...

SH1 over the Brynderwyns is set to finally open both ways for Matariki weekend. Northlanders are celebrating the announcement that State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills is finally set to open ahead of...

Northland businesses are outraged at the fragility of the region’s infrastructure as they continue to mop up from this week’s major power cut. More than 100,000 Northland power customers were without electricity on Thursday,...

The Chase’s Shaun Wallace at the NZ Rugby Museum in Palmerston North. Photo/ Brendan Lochead Chasing the Kiwi experience Shaun Anthony Linford Wallace is an English barrister and lecturer. He is also one of...