Whangārei Hospital. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon The mayor of Whangārei says the city is in desperate need of a new hospital after its emergency department was at more than 150 percent capacity on...

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon An earlier version of this story included the incorrect information that being in Code Black meant the ED was unable to accept more patients. Whangārei Hospital’s emergency department hit...

Bay of Islands Hospital in Kawakawa won’t be able to admit new patients this weekend due to a shortage of doctors, but the ED will remain open. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Doctors...

Photo: Supplied / Google Maps Bay of Islands Hospital will not be able to take any new admissions until Monday because of a shortage of doctors, according to hospital insiders. New patients will be...

The Northern Wairoa River, seen here flowing through Dargaville, is Northland’s longest river. Photo: Peter de Graaf/RNZ When Sam Erickson started hooking one sickly snapper after another he knew something was seriously wrong. Around...

Josie Kemp Baker and Pamela-Anne Simon outside of He Iwi Kōtahi Tātou Trust, Moerewa Photo: Justine Murray It was on a return trip from gathering kai from the beach that a family noticed a...

Hayden was last seen at her Tikipunga home on Sunday night. Photo: Police / Supplied A 14-year-old girl reported missing in Whangārei has been found. Hayden was last seen at her Tikipunga home on...

(File image). Photo: UnSplash/ Stephen Andrews The health watchdog has found a radiologist’s poor reporting of a CT scan may have delayed a bowel cancer diagnosis for a woman who died four months later....

Hayden was last seen at her Tikipunga home on Sunday night. Photo: Police / Supplied A 14-year-old girl reported missing in Whangārei has been found. Hayden was last seen at her Tikipunga home on...

(File image). Photo: Supplied Maritime New Zealand’s Rescue Coordination Centre and the Coastguard are conducting a flare training exercise in the Whangārei Harbour on Tuesday night. Residents in the Snake Bank area should expect...