Northland

Anaru Morunga has been on trial on eight charges, including murder, related to events surrounding the death of his ex-partner, Jasmaine Reihana.

Emergency services were called to Mahuta Gap in Te Kopuru about 7.15am.

Northland Regional Council says a woman whose teaching registration was cancelled for serious misconduct is no longer employed by them.

The Public Service Association says cuts to Health NZ's digital team mean they have lost IT experts who know how to patch up outages quickly.

It is the second critical IT failure in less than a month, the union says.

April Marie Nordstrom has had her teacher registration cancelled.

Emergency crews were called to Kamo Road just after 9:35am on Thursday.

Mihiata Te Rore, 62, was attacked by three dogs while visiting a property in Kaihu. Audio

Mihiata Te Rore, 62, was killed while visiting a home in Kaihu, Northland.

Simon Watts is asking for urgent advice, as the SPCA calls for an overhaul of dog control laws. Audio

Animal management staff responded to complaints about the dogs four separate times, including the day before Mihiata Te Rore was killed.

The three dogs are now in care of Animal Management.

His comments follow the third death of a person by dogs in Northland in the past four years. Audio

"There's been so many complaints about them in the last year - the council know and haven't done anything," one local says. Audio

Three other people were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Wayne Brown says splitting off north Rodney would require law changes and risk major investment.

Annual monitoring since 2017 has shown growing variety, numbers and size of fish - with a seven-fold increase in snapper leading the resurgence. Audio

Students cut off from their high schools by a monster slip northeast of Whangārei are instead taking lessons at a temporary 'education hub' set up at a local primary school.

Far North mayor Moko Tepania has confirmed he will not be standing as an MP at the coming general election.