Joanna Sione-Lauaki’s body was found on isolated Ripiro Beach, which stretches more than 100km from Maunganui Bluff to Pouto Point. Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Police investigating the death of a Dargaville woman...

Photo: RNZ A Northland man who led police on a slow-motion chase across the Bay of Islands has appeared in court on a raft of charges relating to his weekend escapade. Levi Johns, of...

Labour MP Peeni Henare, Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi chief executive Tia Ashby, Green MP Hūhana Lyndon, Far North Holdings chief executive Andy Nock, and Kāinga Ora Northland director Jeff Murray in May. Photo:...

The man swam across the channel to Ōkiato, followed by police in an inflatable boat. Photo: Supplied A suspected boat burglar has been arrested after jumping into the tide and leading police on a...

Red pineapples are among the fruits that Aaron McCloy grows. Photo: RNZ/Sally Round Growing pawpaw in Invercargill and bananas in Waikato is not such a weird idea these days, a tropical fruit tree grower...

Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf Dargaville Hospital will remain open during a nurses’ strike next week and outpatients should attend their appointments unless told otherwise, Health New Zealand says. New Zealand Nurses Organisation...

Photo: RNZ / Peter de Graaf A Whangārei man has been arrested over a house fire that killed 61-year-old John Reuben. Reuben, also known as Hoani Reupena-Tuoro, died after a fire, allegedly started in...

Photo: Four men have been arrested following a terrifying armed robbery of a Far North electronics store earlier this month – but police are still hunting for two more. A Bay of Islands man...

Far North mayor Moko Tepania. Photo: Susan Botting / Local Democracy Reporter Northland Far North mayor Moko Tepania says he will support a challenge to a new rule around polling on Māori wards. Under...

Tangipo Ryder has to travel seven hours each way for a face-to-face consultation with her GP. Photo: Peter de Graaf/RNZ Kaitāia residents are being forced to drive as far as Auckland – and in...