Smoke from the fire. Photo: Karen Thoresen & Eric Wright Dozens of residents from the Waipoua Settlement in the Kaipara District in Northland could be out of their homes for a week, as a...

The accident left the house abandoned and badly damaged on a rural road in the Far North. Photo: Supplied / Far North District Council Police are appealing for information about a bizarre incident involving...

Smoke from the fire. Photo: Karen Thoresen & Eric Wright The last few residents have reportedly been evacuated from Waipoua Settlement in Northland as the remote, forested area is threatened by a massive fire...

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller The young boy who died after being hit by a vehicle in a driveway in the Whangārei suburb of Te Kamo on Sunday has been named. Police said 3-year-old...

Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller Four helicopters and multiple fire crews are on their way to a large blaze raging in Northland’s Waipoua Forest. The fire is off Waipoua River Road, near Waipoua Settlement...

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Police in Northland are investigating the death of a three-year-old in a driveway accident at the weekend. Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Pilmer, of Whangārei CIB, said police were...

The vehicle used in the offending is described as a white Toyota Aqua with registration PSR418. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police Police are appealing to the public for information following an aggravated robbery in...

Photo: 123rf.com Police in Dargaville have identified three teenage offenders involved in a string of burglaries this week. The burglaries targeted a retail store, dairy and petrol station in the early hours of Tuesday...

Former Ngapuhi Runanga chair Raniera (Sonny) Tau appears in Whangārei Court in October 2022 on charges of indecently assaulting a teenage girl then trying to pervert the course of justice. Photo: RNZ Ngāpuhi leader...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice reporter of Jake Hamlin was sentenced to 12 months’ home detention in the Whangārei District Court for driving drunk causing the death of Samantha Williams (inset) at Uretiti in...