A police officer at the scene on Thursday. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro A community is shocked after a shooting at a Whangārei waterfront park that has left one woman dead and another person...

By Thursday 27 February, the Waipoua forest blaze had grown to 96 hectares, with a 4.5 kilometre perimeter, Fire and Emergency NZ said. Photo: RNZ / Calvin Samuel Firefighters are bracing for a wind...

Police are at the scene and cordons are in place in the Whangārei suburb of Onerahi. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro A person is dead and a second has been left with life-threatening injuries...

Police are at the scene and cordons are in place in the Whangārei suburb of Onerahi. Photo: RNZ Police are responding to a serious situation in Onerahi, a coastal suburb of Whangārei, and St...

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...