Rex and Fiona Wilson at their boarded-up shop, Gold n Gifts, with friend Jackie Lavell sweeping up the last of the broken glass. Photo / Peter de Graaf Three youths aged 15 and 16...

A $68m upgrade of Mangawhai wastewater scheme is being proposed. Kaipara District Council says it is looking to the future with a proposed $68 million wastewater scheme upgrade for Mangawhai. Just 136 connections are...

A Far North man is facing charges of indecently assaulting and physically hitting a vulnerable rest home resident. The 28-year-old man was due to appear in Kaikohe District Court on Tuesday to face five...

The man was sentenced in the Whangārei District Court before Judge Philip Rzpecky. Photo / 123rf A man who openly admitted to drinking a bottle of bourbon a day has been sentenced and given...

Once the food bowl of Ngāpuhi, today, Lake Ōmāpere is shallow, polluted and plagued by toxic algae. Photo / Tania Webb The chairman of Northland’s biggest iwi is calling for urgent action to clean...

Kaipara District Council/Supplied Tinopai Road Damage on the road to Kaipara Harbour’s remote harbourside community of Tinopai, which was initially cut off the outside world by the cyclone’s damage. Northland’s worst-hit Cyclone Gabrielle district...

Kevin Page is stumped about how to get out of weeding the garden – until he comes up with a cunning plan. Photo / 123rf OPINION Picture me, if you will, sitting at my...

The water bore being drilled at Tokareireia/Monument Hill in Kaikohe. Reliable water back-up Kaikohe could have a reliable back-up water source within months, when a bore project is due to be completed. Central to...