More and more Northlanders are sharing their difficulties securing a GP in the region. Photo / 123rf Questions about which general practices in Northland are taking on new patients have become a weekly ritual...

Northern Advocate/Supplied Pakiri seabed sand mining protestors voice their opposition as a McCallums sand mining ship moves by. More than 1000 Pakiri seabed sand mining protestors are expected at an event in Northland’s Mangawhai...

A reported truce between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen is considered an “incredibly tricky” achievement, a gang expert says. Gang researcher Dr Jarrod Gilbert says there are no guarantees the gang ceasefire will last....

Kerikeri High School’s Joe Howells with Masterton College’s Sheryl Chand after both were named winners of the annual Race Unity Speech Awards. Photo / supplied A Kerikeri High School student has been crowned the...

A unique rāhui, or customary ban, against gang violence in Kaikohe has been broken by a drive-by shooting. No one was hurt in the incident, in which shots were fired from inside a car...

Water restrictions are expected to be a thing of the past with the start-up of Kaitāia’s major new $15.3 million Sweetwater supply. The Kaitāia water project official blessing crew at the Sweetwater pumping plant...