Work underway to repair one of the 38 slips in a 13km section of Mangamuka Gorge. Photo: Supplied/Waka Kotahi Far North residents are in for the best Christmas present they could have hoped for...

When no doctors were available after hours, Dargaville Hospital was making use of telehealth service and transferring the sickest patients to Whangārei. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Dargaville Hospital has become a “political...

By Shannon Pitman, Open Justice multimedia journalist, Whangārei of Alexander Wright, 61, appeared for sentencing in front of the High Court at Whangārei District Court. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf WARNING: This story...

Doctors fear staff shortages at rural hospitals will increase pressure on Whangārei Hospital’s overcrowded ED. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf An Northland emergency doctor says the health system is in a death spiral...

A police spokesman said the vehicle fire was reported at 1.15pm. Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ A man has been airlifted to hospital after suffering burns to much of his body in a car...

Whangārei Harbour. Photo: Kennedy Warne Police are scaling back their search for an elderly man who went missing in Northland at the weekend. The 83-year-old has not been seen since Saturday evening. It was...

Channel Infrastructure’s Marsden Point Energy Precinct concept. Photo: Supplied / Channel Infrastructure Channel Infrastructure, formerly known as Refining New Zealand, aims to transform Marsden Point into an energy precinct with a range of projects...

Police were called to the school at about 1.30pm due to a report of trespassing. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Northland High School was put into lockdown for an hour after fighting...

The police Eagle helicopter has been brought in to assist with the search. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police Police are asking the public for sightings of an 83-year-old swimmer missing for more than three...

A bloom of harmless crystal jellyfish surrounds a diver at the Poor Knights Marine Reserve. Photo: Crispin Middleton Northland has been named on National Geographic’s Best of the World 2025, described as a list...