The first half of 2024 brought with it droughts, deluges, endless westerlies and a terribly cold end to autumn. So what’s ahead? Jamie Morton looks at three big questions facing forecasters regarding the months...

Whangārei District Council proposes lowering the speed around several schools, including Ngunguru. Photo / Michael Cunningham Dialling back the speed Community feedback is needed on Whangārei’s Speed Management Plan as submissions for the proposal...

There are four major lifestyle factors proven to reduce the risk of chronic disease by a whopping 80 per cent and exercise is one of them. Photo / 123rf OPINION Carolyn Hansen is the...

Up to 560cu m of rock fell in the slip, on Kaipara District Council reserve, and onto the Mangawhai Heads Surf Lifeguard Service. Photo / Mangawhai SLS presentation Slip fix still waiting Mangawhai Heads...

The huia tail feather sold at auction for $46,521. OPINION Joe Bennett is a Lyttelton-based writer and columnist. He has been writing a column since 2017. The winning bid was $46,521. The auction room...

One of the 1308 piles sunk into the Mangamuka Gorge repair project on State Highway 1 in the Far North. The four-year repair job to fully fix State Highway 1 over Mangamuka Gorge in...

Anchors securing the wall deep into the hillside are installed at slip site A12. Photo: Supplied/Waka Kotahi The nation’s most troublesome stretch of State Highway 1 – through Mangamuka Gorge south of Kaitāia –...

Northland identity Heather Ayrton, who died earlier this week, with her iconic photo of Dame Whina Cooper firing a rifle (at a possum) Northland identity and fierce supporter of the country’s heritage Heather Ayrton...

Fire and Emergency and Hato Hone St John crews also reportedly attended the scene. Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen One person has been confirmed killed in a crash that blocked a road in Northland...

What the? A Parua Bay couple came home one day to discover their previously unobstructed coastal view had been interrupted, without warning, by the construction of this 10.1m-high tsunami siren. Other Whangārei Heads residents...