Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced the government would accelerate work on the new four-lane expressway between Auckland and Whangārei last year. Photo: NZME / Michael Cunningham The government is opening procurement for a public...

Whangārei’s Whau Valley water treatment plant. Photo: NZME Whangārei District Council is holding a sudden closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning about fluoridating its drinking water. The closed meeting comes just 17 days ahead of...

The sole occupant died at the scene, police said on Saturday. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller One person is dead following a crash in the Far North. The single-vehicle accident happened on State Highway...

Twenty firefighters will return to the scene of a wildfire in Northland on Saturday morning. Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ Twenty firefighters will return to the scene of a wildfire in Northland on Saturday...

Firefighters dampen down one of the last hotspots at the Waipoua fire. Photo: Supplied / FENZ Mangakahia Road or State Highway 15 has been closed south of Kaikohe due to a major wildfire burning...

Dry Northland conditions seen in a previous drought. Photo: RNZ / Liz Garton A drought has been declared in the Northland, Waikato, Horizons and Marlborough-Tasman regions, and the government has pledged financial support for...

A Whangārei bus route has been changed to avoid a street where repeated rock-throwing has damaged buses and puts drivers and passengers in danger. A Whangārei bus route has been changed to avoid a...

People spell out the words Say No! on Ruakaka Beach, in protest of plans to establish sand-mining operations there. Photo: Supplied A petition of 14,000 signatures in opposition to sand mining at Te Ākau...

A horse roaming in the Bay of Plenty town of Ōpōtiki. File picture. Photo: RNZ / Jean Bell Northland horse riders are kicking up a stink over a proposed new rule that would mean...

NorthTec Level 4 cookery student Astyn Hobman-Williams with a ‘Tex-Mex wallaby quesadilla with parmesan mayonnaise’ at Northland Field Days. Photo: suppled People who tasted wallaby quesadillas at the recent Northland Field Days are still...