Road damage has contributed to the proposed increase, the council says. Photo: RNZ The Far North District Council is meeting to debate a potential rates increase next year of almost 17 percent. The council...

New Zealand’s $33 million Hundertwasser Art Centre looks over boats, only metres from the Whangārei Town Basin where sea level is predicted to inch ever higher. Photo: LDR/Susan Botting Northlanders are being encouraged to...

By Shannon Pitman Open Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei of Mount Manaia watches over the entrance to at-risk Whangārei Harbour, less than 100 kilometres from new invasive super spreader seaweed on Great Barrier Island. Photo:...

Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person has died in a crash in the Northland township of Poroti. The crash, between a car and a motorbike, occurred about 3.20pm Sunday on State Highway 15,...

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver A third person has been arrested in relation to a homicide investigation in Mangamuka. Police said they were not seeking anyone else. A man died in the Far North...

Banana bunches ripening at the Kotare Subtropicals nursery in Maungatapere southwest of Whangārei. Photo: RNZ/Leah Tebbutt A Northland horticulturist is hoping to slash the carbon miles of one of the country’s most popular fruits....