Kaumātua Matutaera Clendon, centre, with nephew John Clendon and partner Bronna Brown at Whare Otupoho, a tiny house built on a DOC reserve on Moturua Island. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Northland...

The redesigned caulerpa suction dredge in action in the Bay of Islands, with sand extraction trommels and a second barge for offloading one-tonne bags of caulerpa. Photo: Supplied / Rana Rewha Dredging of a...

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown. Photo: NZ Herald / Dean Purcell Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is pouring cold water on talk of his council’s rubbish going north to a proposed $730 million Kaipara waste-to-energy plant....

Northland Regional Council chairperson Geoff Crawford. Photo: LDR / Susan Botting Northland Regional Council chairperson Geoff Crawford is facing the axe next week after just over 170 days in the top job. If Crawford...

A helicopter has crashed at Uretiti Beach, injuring two. Photo: CreativeNature.nl Rudmer Zwerver/ 123rf Two people have been injured after a home-built helicopter crashed on the eastern coastline of Northland. Emergency services were alerted...

Photo: 123rf.com A Far North teen on electronic bail stole a car from a hospital car park and sped down the wrong side of State Highway 1, police say. Northland police had been trying...

Excavators at work on the ridgeline above Kauri Tree Corner, where two fresh slips stymied plans to reopen State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyns this week. Photo: NZTA / Waka Kotahi A Northland leader...

An artist’s impression of the south Canterbury waste to energy plant which the company linked to Kaipara’s proposed equivalent wants to build. Photo: South Island Resource Recovery Ltd via LDR Northland A group of...

Excavators at work on the ridgeline above Kauri Tree Corner, where two fresh slips stymied plans to reopen State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyns this week. Photo: NZTA / Waka Kotahi The re-opening of...