About 40 pilot whales stranded on Ruakākā beach on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Facebook / Joseph Hack Most of the 40 pilot whales that were stranded on a Northland beach have been refloated following a...

Toa Pitman. Photo: Supplied / Police Police are hunting a Black Power member considered dangerous and under the influence of drugs. In a statement, Detective Senior Sergeant Aaron Crawford said Whangārei Police were appealing...

Photo: RNZ State Highway 1 in Northland, between Kaiwaka and the Brynderwyn Hills has now reopened after a fallen tree was removed. Lines company Northpower said work to remove the tree, which was hanging...

Photo: RNZ State Highway 1 is closed in Northland between Kaiwaka and the Brynderwyn Hills due to a fallen tree threatening power lines. The NZ Transport Agency said the highway was expected to remain...

Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver The search for a small boat missing off the Northland coast and thought to be involved in a major drug smuggling operation is on hold until new information comes...

Northland Region Corrections Facility (file image). Photo: An investigation is underway after an inmate was found dead at a prison in Northland’s Kaikohe. In a statement, police said it was notified of a sudden...

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police and the Air Force are searching for a small boat missing off Northland’s east coast that’s thought to have 700kg of methamphetamine on board. Detective Superintendent Greg Williams,...

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...