Fishing personality Matt Watson captures some cyclone action from his property on the Purerua Peninsula. Video / Matt Watson Part of Matt Watson’s roof was ripped off during Cyclone Gabrielle and he’s now got...

Michael and Tania (nee Johnson) Heape were married at the Duke Of Marlborough in Russell in January – 85 years after Tania’s great-great-grandparents owned the famous hotel. Photo / Supplied Getting married is always...

Fire crews attending the blaze on Western Hills Drive. Photo / Angela Woods A man was injured in a fire at a unit on Western Hills Drive, Whangārei on Monday afternoon. Two fire appliances...

Jonathan Trask has only just managed to find a temporary accommodation after his house was red-stickered. Photo / Mike Dinsdale Jonathan Trask had just spent about $100,000 putting in a new kitchen and bathroom,...

The ‘suspicious activity’ police were called to investigate on Sunday night turned out to be a cat with a teapot stuck on its head. Cat in a hot tin… teapot? Northland police were called...

State Highway 25 between Hikuai and Whangamatā was closed by a washout on Monday. Photo: Supplied / Thames-Coromandel District Council State Highway 25 between Hikuai and Whangamatā was closed after a washout on Sunday,...

Whangārei Police Station should be open 24/7, National’s Whangārei-based List MP Shane Reti says. OPINION Many people have asked me why the counter services at Whangārei Police Station are only open for business hours...

A 37-year-old man was arrested after the pedestrian was seriously injured. Photo / NZME One person has been arrested after an incident where a person was seriously injured in Morningside, Whangārei on Sunday morning....

The judge described the attack on a mum holding her child as disgraceful and demeaning. Photo / 123rf Two friends intent on revenge barged into a woman’s house and shaved her head as she...

Denise Piper/Stuff The two boys, now aged 16 and 14, appeared in the High Court in Whangārei on Monday. (File photo) A teenager has pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of Northland man...