State Highway 1 north of Mangamuka township, prior to the scheduled reopening Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf In the tiny Far North settlement of Mangamuka, the excitement is palpable. For the past two and a...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Lance Hall was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 13 years. Photo: NZME From the dock, Lance Hall pulled faces, pretended to cry,...

SH15 in Northland has been blocked in both directions. File photo. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Three people – including two children – have been injured after a logging truck and a car collided...

(File image) Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ Firefighters from seven brigades have been working to extinguish a house fire in Oakleigh, south of Whangārei, on Sunday night. Fire and Emergency’s Northland manager, Wipari Henwood,...

Shane Reti symbolically breaks the ground for Whangārei Hospital’s new child health unit, with, from left, Health NZ Te Tai Tokerau operations director Alex Pimm, Health NZ head of infrastructure delivery Blake Lepper, and...

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Tiki and Trent Garton Photo: RNZ/Sally Round Former freestyle motocross champ Trent Garton is on a new track these days developing the family farm. He and his wife Tiki are proud owners of Kainamu...

Photo: French Customs Northland has the highest consumption of methamphetamine in New Zealand, with nearly 2000 milligrams per day per 1000 people. While ‘Southern’ – comprising of Otago and Southland – has the lowest...

The future of Kaitāia Airport, to be renamed Te Hiku Airport, is expected to be secured on 13 December 2024 after almost a decade of uncertainty. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf An agreement...

Dave Davan, right, with his youngest son Conrad Davan. Photo: Peter de Graaf Three years after the alleged murder of a Far North farmer with a bottle of poisoned port, a $50,000 reward for...