The Government yesterday announced a ratio reduction in classrooms for Years 4-8. Photo / 123rf Reducing class sizes by one student is simply not enough to create meaningful change, say two Northland principals. The...

A new rail link to Northland’s Marsden Point is now one step closer, with a detailed business case being progressed by KiwiRail. It is now up to Government ministers to give the final green...

A Whangārei woman who thought she needed to raise $36,000 to have jaw surgery has now exceeded her goal thanks to generous donations from Stuff readers, including one ‘angel’ donor who wants to cover...

Work has just started on repairing Tūtūkākā Marina, badly damaged in January last year by the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai tsunami surge, which sank and wrecked boats and smashed infrastructure. The major repair is focussed on building...

Supplied The Waitere, also known as The Blue Ferry, sank two hours after the collision. A ferry passenger who helped rescue a critically injured skipper after a collision between the vessel and a boat...

Police said Shayden Perkinson’s death touched many. Photo: 123RF Two men have been charged with murder and another as an accessory following the death of a man in Raumanga, Whangārei. Shayden Perkinson, 25, was...

Two young people have been arrested following an aggravated robbery in Northland’s Tikipunga earlier this week. The robbery happened at a commercial address on Paramount Parade, Tikipunga, about 5.20pm on April 10, police said....

Screenshot/Supplied This curious creature was wandering around Matt Watson’s home in the Bay of Islands. ITM Fishing Show host Matt Watson has captured a surprise visit from a curious kiwi inside his Northland home....

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...