Three investigations have been opened into a boat crash in the Bay of Islands that has left the skipper of the Paihia-Russell ferry in a critical condition. Police are calling for witnesses to a...

A plan to expand bus services in Whangārei has been thwarted by a nationwide driver shortage. Just 0.7% of Whangārei residents use a public bus to get to work, compared with 4.2% across New...

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission is investigating the collision. Photo: There are renewed calls for boat operators to have some kind of mandatory training or licence before they take the helm, following a collision...

The country’s largest iwi is calling for a joint effort to clean up Northland’s biggest lake, which has been plagued by pollution, foul smells and algae blooms for decades. Read this story in te...

Flood waters surround a Wairoa house days after Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked massive damage across many communities Photo: Nathan McKinnon Climate and health experts warn storms like Cyclone Gabrielle will have increasingly devastating public health...

The wreck of the Waitere, better known as the Blue Ferry, at Bay of Islands Boatyard in Ōpua. Photo / Peter de Graaf One of three organisations charged with investigating the sinking of a...

LIBBY WILSON/Stuff One person has died after a car crashed into a tree in Dargaville on Monday morning. One person has died after a car crashed into a tree in Dargaville on Monday morning....

Damage to the Blue Ferry after a collision with a motorboat. Photo: Supplied The wife of a ferry skipper hospitalised after a collision with a motorboat in the Bay of Islands says he is...

The Poor Knights Island Marine Reserve on Northland’s east coast is teeming with sea life, making it one of the best diving spots in the country, according to the Times of India. Northland’s diving...

Supplied Rawinia, 13, has been missing since April 6. Two Northland teenagers who have been missing for 11 days “may be together”, police say. Police named the teenagers as only Rawinia and Nape. The...