Northland
Stores not reporting crime because they don't think police will turn up
But police and a business leaders are imploring shopowners to report all crime, saying it's essential they have the full picture.
'Shame on Shane': Protesters show out against fast-track projects
Up to 100 demonstrators came despite driving rain to voice their feelings over marina and offshore sand-mining projects currently going through the fast-track consenting process.
Council's $52,000 report slammed as 'anti-Māori'
Mayor Craig Jepson claimed the document would serve as a guide for staff, councillors and the public
Father of three identified as man who died kayaking
Matthew Taylor's body was found in Ruakākā Estuary on Monday, a few hours after his upturned kayak was discovered.
Teens arrested after school staffer robbed
The Mandarin language assistant was allegedly threatened with a knife while walking through an alleyway near Onerahi School
Consultation on cutting crayfish catch limits begins
Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says the options include seasonal or year-round closures to commercial harvesting of spiny rock lobster.
New metal on roads tearing up tyres, say Dargaville locals
Kaipara motorists are demanding compensation after their car tyres were ripped up by razor sharp road metal, which they said was wrongly laid, and left them with big bills.
The Panel with Deborah Hart and Andie McCombs Part 1
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Deborah Hart and Andie McCombs. First, a controversial West Coast mine has been declined for the fast track process. Is the legislation… Audio
Child killed in Kaikohe crash to be farewelled
Staci Walkley was less than two months away from her 12th birthday when the people mover she was in was T-boned by a car travelling at speed.
Northland gets more police to help handle 'unprecedented' crime wave
A spate of violent crimes and a significant police shortage has seen more than 90 officers called in to bolster Northland's thin blue line. Audio
Students rostered to stay home during winter staffing crisis
It comes on top of a recent scathing Education Review Office report for Northland College. Audio
'A totally avoidable tragedy': Witnesses sought to crash that killed girl
A detective leading the investigation said a car carrying a family rolled several times into a bank after being T-boned at an intersection in Kaikohe.
Could Marsden Point be NZ's first 'Special Economic Zone'?
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters have visited Northland to inspect a jet fuel storage project on the site of the old oil refinery.
'Deeply saddened': Locals stunned as toddler found in bus luggage hold
A 27-year-old woman has appeared in court after a two-year was left in a suitcase in a luggage compartment for nearly an hour.
Cold Call: Kauri Museum in Matakohe
Matakohe is a village in the Kaipara district, about 45 kilometres south of Dargaville. It's famous for the Kauri Museum so we decided to give the museum a cold call to find out what visitors can… Audio
Operator of troubled Kāeo water scheme trespassed from plant
Last month the Far North town marked 10 years under a boil-water notice due to the presence of E. coli bacteria in the water supply.
Northland MP promises polytechnic won't close
Grant McCallum says the government has "no intention whatsoever" of closing NorthTec, despite being on a list of institutes facing potential closure or merger.
Kaitāia's aquifer project costs revealed
A report has found the project took 14 years instead of five and cost millions of dollars more than expected because of a lack of planning.
Twenty years of Kerikeri's world-class events facility
The Turner Centre is unusual in that it was planned and paid for by locals, not the council or government.
'It's just idiotic': Man tries to set police station on fire to impress woman
Zayne Gordon attempted to set the Kaikohe Police station on fire with a Molotov cocktail.
