St John Ambulance staff are dealing with an increased number of emergency calls in Northland. Photo / NZME Northland ambulance staff are under increasing pressure with a higher workload, not just this winter but...

Contractor Jimmy Daisley said he was disappointed but not surprised Whangārei District Council appealed his $6m high court win. Photo / Michael Cunningham The case of the wrongly-filed resource consent which cost Whangārei District...

Roadside drug testing will become another tool for police to tackle impaired driving alongside breath testing. Photo / NZME OPINION Six weeks ago I had a knee replacement. The operation had been lined up...

Jason Dorday/Stuff Ngātiwai say the Crown must reassess its offering of properties on Aotea Great Barrier Island to Hauraki iwi. Local iwi on Aotea Great Barrier Island may have found evidence that could put...

The general ward at Dargaville Hospital has been closed after patients tested positive for Covid-19. Photo / NZME Dargaville Hospital’s general ward has temporarily closed after a spike in patients testing positive for Covid-19....

Volunteers are urgently needed to raise puppies who will become guide dogs for vision impaired New Zealanders. In the next three months, Blind Low Vision NZ, an organisation that trains and provides guide dogs,...

Te Paki Costal Track – coastal erosion is already a very real threat to our region, Liz Oliver says. Photo / David Kirkland OPINION We have reached a point where there is no longer...

Thunderstorms have rolled through Northland and north Auckland, causing treacherous driving conditions and closing a road. There was substantial rain over Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, caused by a front embedded with isolated thunderstorms,...