A police officer’s use of force on a man he tackled at the top of a staircase inside the Kaitaia Police Station was unjustified, the IPCA has found. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf...
State Highway 1 through the Mangamuka Gorge has officially reopened today, providing a critical link for Northlanders and offering much-needed relief ahead of the busy summer period, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says. “The Mangamuka...
Police acknowledge the findings by the Independent Police Conduct Authority into the use of force during a meeting in Kaitaia. On April 11 2024, a man attended a resolution meeting at the Kaitaia Police...
On 11 April 2024, a man attended a resolution meeting at the Kaitaia Police Station regarding an incident his son had been involved in. During the meeting, the man became aggressive towards a Police...
State Highway 1 north of Mangamuka township, prior to the scheduled reopening Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf In the tiny Far North settlement of Mangamuka, the excitement is palpable. For the past two and a...
By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Lance Hall was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 13 years. Photo: NZME From the dock, Lance Hall pulled faces, pretended to cry,...
SH15 in Northland has been blocked in both directions. File photo. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Three people – including two children – have been injured after a logging truck and a car collided...
(File image) Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ Firefighters from seven brigades have been working to extinguish a house fire in Oakleigh, south of Whangārei, on Sunday night. Fire and Emergency’s Northland manager, Wipari Henwood,...
Shane Reti symbolically breaks the ground for Whangārei Hospital’s new child health unit, with, from left, Health NZ Te Tai Tokerau operations director Alex Pimm, Health NZ head of infrastructure delivery Blake Lepper, and...