Supplied Many retired people and people with mobility restrictions enjoy getting out on the beach at Uretiti for a fish, locals say. A public meeting about vehicles on a popular Northland beach descended into...

Officials announced New Zealand’s first case of rabies on Thursday, in a person who contracted the virus overseas. So what is rabies, and how concerned do we need to be? To start: the Ministry...

An artist’s impression of the new-look Oruku Landing development. Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo says the chances of having a new $64 million Oruku conference and event centre in the city won’t be compromised by...

State Highway 1 at the top of the country has reopened as good weather conditions helped in the fight of a 400ha scrub fire, but the blaze is not yet contained. Helicopters and ground...