The toxic invader known as sea spurge typically grows to half a metre in height and can rapidly take over coastal areas, sightings should be reported to the hotline on 0800 80 99 66...

Kaipara councillor Mark Vincent said he’s getting used to the idea of feeling embarrassed about being a local politician in “an increasingly Mickey Mouse” local government organisation. Photo: LDR / Susan Botting A Kaipara...

Forget that other election – the 55mm-high, lake-dwelling Trithuria inconspicua has just been voted New Zealand’s favourite plant for 2024. Photo: NIWA / Dennis Gordon Forget the voting happening somewhere overseas – here in...

ENT surgeons Richard Douglas and David Waterhouse in the newly donated mobile ENT clinic. Photo: Supplied A surgeon from the legendary Māori Battalion has inspired a mobile clinic designed to bring health services to...

An earlier spate of sign damage in the Far North followed a lowering of speed limits between Kerikeri and Ōkaihau in 2021. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Far North ratepayers are being stung...

Rory Dean – a rural vet inspired to write Source link...

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...