Police say they do not believe the incident is gang related. (File picture) Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver A 25-year-old man was seriously assaulted before he died from his injuries in Whangārei on Saturday...

Community advocates fear a looming recession will add to a growing list of the working poor in Northland and force families struggling in bigger cities, especially Auckland, to head north. Their fears follow a...

Peter Martin/Stuff Sonya Costello, an early childhood education teacher, has had her teacher’s registration cancelled. An early childhood centre manager has had her teacher’s registration cancelled for force-feeding toddlers, making racist remarks and rough...

Flooded roads in Kaipara District, Northland. Photo: RNZ / Soumya Bhamidipati A series of pop up clinics are being organised for Māori businesses in Northland still feeling the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle. The clinics,...

Tracey Rissetto, AA Northland District Council chair, says more resources need to be put into road engineering and enforcement to make Road to Zero work. Photo / Tania Whyte The Road to Zero programme...

A commercial fisherman who didn’t report catching 2.5 tonnes of snapper, kahawai and gurnard has been fined $26,500. Hamish Robert Apatu, 54, was sentenced on Monday in the Kaitāia District Court on three charges...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei of Early childhood education teacher Sonya Costello has had her teacher’s registration cancelled. Photo: NZ Herald / Michael Cunningham An early childhood centre manager who roughly...