Karnin Petera, 15, died when he was swept away in a flooded cave during an outdoor education trip. Photo: SUPPLIED Whangārei Boys’ High School has been ordered to pay more than half a million...
Karnin Petera died after being swept away while on a school trip to Abbey Caves in May 2023. Photo: RNZ / Tom Taylor Sentencing is due to get under way in the Whangārei District...
Northland railway line when 88km of the track had been rebuilt. Photo: KiwiRail Trains are returning to the Northland railway line after it was closed for 20 months to rebuild from Cyclone Gabrielle and...
Tens of thousands of people were without power when the pylon fell over in June. Photo: Supplied / Top Energy The associate energy minister wants heads to roll after a report into the Northland...
Northlanders affected by the “entirely avoidable” toppling of a power pylon earlier this year have welcomed Wednesday’s report into the debacle – but say it fails to address the issue of compensation. The report,...
Kerikeri crime writer Catherine Lea now sets all her books firmly in the Far North. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf First came Tartan Noir, then Outback Noir. Now author Catherine Lea is helping...
Entirely avoidable, this is the conclusion of a report into a collapsed pylon that cut power to thousands of Northland businesses causing economic losses of up to 80 million dollars. The much anticipated Electricty...
A massive Northland power outage caused by a toppling Transpower pylon was entirely avoidable and a senior engineer had raised concerns about maintenance crew training two years earlier. This is according to a report...
A massive power outage across most of Northland was entirely avoidable, a major report into the cause has found. The Electricity Authority has just released its review into the collapse of the electricity transmission...