Stories by Peter de Graaf

Two doctors travelled the length of the North Island to see how people felt about the state of the health system.

Cyclone Tam took a large chunk out of Marsden Road/State Highway 11 near the town centre.

There are plans for a 250-berth marina, including a boat ramp and shops, at isolated Waipiro Bay.

The town was not just celebrating Dhcamad Armstrong's fighting achievements, but also his use of martial arts to help young men back onto the straight and narrow.

If nothing was done, the beachfront road and buildings would eventually be threatened.

Organisers say the event is as pertinent today as it was 180 years ago.

Far North District councillors have ordered an independent review of a Kaitāia water project dogged by delays and cost overruns.

The Whangārei man in his 80s was not at home when the crash happened.

That's the question organisers of Ans Westra: Kerikeri 2025, an exhibition by the acclaimed photographer, are hoping visitors will be able to answer.

The meth crisis is nothing new in Northland, but people are now openly using the drug on the streets.

With use tripling last year, groups trying to help people in the "meth capital" say they're totally overwhelmed. Audio

Both centres weresoaked by about four times their average rainfall for the month.

NZTA is warning motorists there are no alternative routes for the two road closures, as surface flooding hits Dargaville.

James Cross - Northland identity and co-star of one of New Zealand's most successful documentary movies of all time - has died aged 68.

Shane Jones says if the $2 million study proves it viable, it could turn Northland into a major power-exporting region and reduce prices nationally.

Two doctors are hoping to turn their anger and frustration over the decline of New Zealand's public health system into a bottom-up blueprint for change.

Two doctors are hoping to turn their anger and frustration over the decline of New Zealand's public health system into a bottom-up blueprint for change.

MetService says there is still a risk of thunderstorms in the upper North Island too. Audio

Road had been closed by a large slip since early Sunday.

The storm ripped the roof right off Taipā Sailing Club.

A replacement for State Highway 1 over Northland's Brynderwyn Hills will be built just to the east of the current road - a major change from the original plan.

About 25 properties in the Far North are without power following last week's storm damage.

Isey Cross, of Kawakawa, celebrated her 106th birthday on Saturday night with a party at Bay of Islands Yacht Club in Waitangi.

Local kaitiaki Arana Rewha estimated locals removed 300 tonnes of exotic caulerpa on Friday, first with buckets and barrows, and later with a digger.

A forecaster says last week's drought-breaking rain, though heavy, was delivered by a "common or garden" front.