A white-stickered home on Old Waipu Road. Photo: RNZ / Finn Blackwell Nine properties have been yellow-stickered and 26 white-stickered All cordons have now been lifted and roads opened – although a part of...

Residents in the Northland town of Mangawhai are reeling after the weekend’s suspected-tornado that devastated homes and landed two people in hospital. The storm was so powerful that power poles were snapped in half...

Three men, one using a chainsaw to cut down a fallen tree on Moir Street. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The township of Mangawhai has been described as looking like a war zone,...

Debris and downed power lines on Old Waipu Road. Photo: Peter De Graaf Houses have been destroyed, power poles have been ripped off the base, and trees have snapped like twigs after a storm...

Three men, one using a chainsaw to cut down a fallen tree on Moir Street. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The township of Mangawhai has been described as looking like a war zone,...

The tornado tore down trees throughout Mangawhai. “A lot of arborists’ chainsaws are running,” said one resident. Photo: Peter de Graaf Mangawhai residents have been left in shock after a tornado tore through the...

Photo: Northpower Trees are down and there are widespread power outages after a tornado in Northland’s Mangawhai. Hato Hone St John transported two patients from Mangawhai in a serious condition. One was transported to...

Photo: Marika Khabazi / RNZ Trees are down and there are widespread power outages after a tornado in Northland’s Mangawhai. Videos posted to social media showed several trees down across roads, with emergency services...

James Fisher-Harris during a Warriors media session at Go Media Stadium in Auckland. Photo: Photosport A pair of boots worn by one of rugby league’s best on its grandest stage have been stolen from...

Bream Bay residents prepare for this weekend’s protest rally at Ruakākā Beach. Photo: Supplied Allowing a company to apply for fast-tracked consent to mine sand off the Northland coast has galvanised opposition and brought...