A wildfire that came within 1.5km of Cape Reinga lighthouse is now officially under control, a week after the blaze started. On Tuesday evening, firefighters would hand management of the site back to Ngāti...

The offender put the victim in a complex MMA hold and elbowed him in the face and head. Photo / 123rf A man who knocked a stranger to the ground three times before putting...

The main highway to Kaitāia will be closed for at least another year as workers clear 15 major slips in the Mangamuka Gorge. The ongoing closure of State Highway 1 means losses for businesses,...

Pohe Island Adventure playground is closed until Easter for minor renovations. Photo / Tania Whyte Pohe Island Aventure Playground opened in December last year, and just months prior to opening, borer was found in...

Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust/supplied A teenage boy is in critical condition after a crash in Kaikohe on Monday night. A teen has been airlifted to hospital after being critically injured in a car crash...

Rock lobster will be one of the many species of shellfish people cannot harvest if a temporary fishery closure is put in place at Tutukaka Harbour, Ngunguru Bay and Ngunguru River. Depleting resources have...

Judge Greg Davis has sentenced a Northland mother to home detention for repeated drug offending. A Whangārei woman arrested three times in just over a year for possessing substantial amounts of methamphetamine has escaped...

Pacing up and down the worn carpet waiting for his wife and daughter gave columnist Kevin Page a zen moment Right next to my front door, by the little table with the key basket...