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...

Photo: Peter de Graaf A person is trapped and critically injured after a quad bike incident in the Far North. Police said emergency services were responding after the bike rolled near Whangaroa Harbour. The...

The police Eagle helicopter has been brought in to assist with the search. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police More resources have been brought in today to help with the search for an 83-year-old missing...

Ilchi Lee inspects one of the young hwangchil trees. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf The sight of a crop never grown before in New Zealand has been puzzling residents north of Kerikeri. The...