Stories by Peter de Graaf

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.

Someone has stolen Russel Blank's foot and he is, to put it mildly, "a bit pissed off about it".

Services scattered Whangārei are combining under one roof called Manaia House.

Despite the "intolerable risk" to life, their Pupuke Valley home isn't eligible. Audio

Former Northland teacher James Robertson Parker was convicted in 2013 of 74 charges.

A drugs and social crisis afflicting Northland is deepening, a Northland iwi leader warns.

The funds come from the Coalition government's Regional Infrastructure Fund.

The blaze was in steep terrain off Mangakahia Road, about 30 kilometres south of Kaikohe.

The biennial Te Āhuareka o Ngāti Hine Festival, held at Ōtiria Marae, near Moerewa, is described as "a celebration of all things Ngāti Hine".

More than 5000 people are expected to descend on Northland's Ōtiria Marae as one of the region's biggest iwi celebrates its culture, kai and unique dialect.

The Governor-General Cindy Kiro is on her first official tour of her home region, Northland - including visiting arts and community centres, marae, and taking her turn paddling on a waka.

The reasons for further delaying the release of former deputy principal James Parker have been suppressed.