Kids line up to test the playground equivalent of a merry-go-round. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf It’s a playground, but not as we know it. At Kerikeri’s newest play area, alongside the usual...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook An 82-year-old man was left bruised, bloodied and bound after a violent home invasion by a stranger while renovating his property. The...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Whangārei District Court. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A 19-year-old was caught red-handed – with dye-stained palms – after helping uplift almost a kilogram of methamphetamine,...

Moko Tepania in the Far North district is the only Northland mayoral candidate who can be sure of their seat, having romped in for a second term with an unassailable 3600-vote majority. Photo: Peter...

Moko Tepania in the Far North district is the only Northland mayoral candidate who can be sure of their seat, having romped in for a second term with an unassailable 3600-vote majority. Photo: Peter...

Police were at the scene of the crash late Saturday. Photo: One person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Memorial Drive in Whangārei, police say. Police attended the scene around 11.20pm on Saturday...

QRC Te Tai Tokerau opened in Paihia in 2016. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Northland’s top hospitality training provider is about to close its doors, leaving hotels scrambling for staff and forcing school...

The region at the heart of a current measles outbreak has seen the biggest slide in child vaccination rates in in the country. The number of Northland children fully immunised at 24 months of...

The Health Minister is celebrating shorter wait-times, faster treatment and more timely access to care for patients. New figures from April to June this year, show the government’s progress towards its five key health...

When it comes to cancer more patients are starting treatment within the government’s 31 day target time according to new figures. Nationally 86.3 per cent of patients started treatment within that time frame up...