Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai at Wednesday’s Whangārei Airport relocation decision meeting, with the spade used to turn the original sod for the Onerahi airport in 1963. Photo / Susan Botting By Susan Botting –...

Hokianga Health Enterprise Trust, also known as Rawene Hospital, is closing its after-hours services for at least a week. Photo / NZME A Far North health provider has made the “very difficult decision” to...

This “smart bin” was vandalised just days after it was installed in Ōpononi. Photo / FNDC A vandal who dropped a phone top-up card into a new “smart bin” at Ōpononi caused more than...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Diversions were in place on Thursday night while the Serious Crash Unit examined the scene (file photo). One person has died after a single-vehicle crash on Taonga Ln, in Tutukaka, Northland. Police...

A person has died following a single-vehicle crash on Taonga Lane, in Tūtūkākā, tonight. Photo: 123RF Emergency services were alerted at 8.10pm. The person died at the scene, police said. Diversions are in place...

National says the loss of 24/7 access to a doctor at Rāwene Hospital is “not acceptable”. Dr Shane Reti. Photo: STUFF / Robert Kitchin Health worker shortages have become so bad there will be...

Hokianga residents are urging healthcare workers to “move to paradise” to ensure Northland’s Rawene Hospital can offer a 24/7 service. Staff shortages meant the hospital will temporarily stop its after-hours service from Monday. The...

Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro will present Queen’s Birthday Honours to seven Northlanders in Auckland this month. Photo / NZME Seven of the 10 Northlanders who received Queen’s Birthday Honours will have their investiture ceremonies...