Whangārei District Councillor Gavin Benney wants to halt his council’s drinking water fluoridation implementation. Photo: Northern Advocate / Michael Cunningham A Whangārei councillor is pushing for his council to halt its fluoridation plans as...

A view towards Cape Brett. Photo: Kennedy Warne A commercial fishing boat has been caught in a marine protected area in the Bay of Islands during a crackdown on vessels flouting no-fishing rules. The...

Whangārei District Council would not say if any formal complaints had been laid. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Whangārei District Council says it’s looking into reports about councillors’ comments on social media relating to...

Health NZ general manager of surgical services for Northland, Katy Wilkinson, and Juliana Williams inside a giant inflatable bowel. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A health screening programme in Northland has picked up...

Tākou Bay farmer Ian Sizer studies an infestation of Madagascar ragwort. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A toxic weed spreading like wildfire through Northland pastures has a farmer so worried he’s petitioning the...

Kaitāia Commerce Street: Kaitāia’s main street is in for a spruce-up on Friday, ahead of next month’s reopening of State Highway 1. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf An entire Northland town is knuckling...

Kaitāia Commerce Street: Kaitāia’s main street is in for a spruce-up on Friday, ahead of next month’s reopening of State Highway 1. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf An entire Northland town is knuckling...

Students from kura kaupapa in Kaikohe, Kaitāia and Whangārei perform a haka. Photo: Peter de Graaf/RNZ It was not your typical council information evening. It was more like a multimedia show sprinkled liberally with...

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The hīkoi arrives in Whangārei, on Monday evening, after the first day of travel towards Wellington. Photo: RNZ/ Layla Bailey-McDowell Large crowds came out to meet Te Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in Whangārei, the...