The Far North Deputy Major says major arterial roads have been left looking like an ‘earthquake zone’ after wild weather hit the region last week. Waka Kotahi says a temporary track has been cut...

Waka Kotahi/Supplied There are now 18 slips in total on SH1 at Mangamuka Gorge, with the worst ones seeing material fall away beneath the road. While the indefinite closure of State Highway 1 at...

Health worker shortages have become so bad in the Far North there will soon be no doctor on site at Rāwene Hospital in the evenings or overnight. Photo: 123rf The 26-bed hospital serves Hokianga,...

Waka Kotahi says the Mangamuka Gorge is likely to be closed for some time. Photo / Supplied It was open for 413 days but despite a $13.8m repair job State Highway 1 through Mangamuka...

Constructions have started for the $3.3m Town Basin facilities upgrade. Photo / Michael Cunningham A major revamp of the Town Basin’s bus and visitor facilities has kicked off and is paving the way for...

Whangārei Boys’ High School has had to close its doors to two lots of its year groups of students after Covid related staff shortages. Photo / Tania Whyte Hundreds of Whangārei students will have...

Bay Bush Action co-founder Brad Windust, left, with forest workers Ariki Baldwin and Miller Kake and an automated AT220 trap. A Northland trial of an automated rat and possum trap has been such a...

A taonga named after Heta Te Tai, pictured with grand-daughter Kaila McNamara, will be contested between Northland and Southland. Photo / Supplied Northland and Southland rugby teams will be playing for the inaugural Heta...