Northland

A Whangārei man charged with having a homemade bomb and firearms including an AK47 has made a second court appearance.

Chairman of the Tamarillo Growers association, Robert Morris.

Housing New Zealand has asked the Whangārei District Council to publicly notify a proposal for the controversial Puriri Park social housing development.

Northland now ranks third when it comes to approval for grants from the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund.

Water storage projects in Northland will receive $18.5 million from the Provincial Growth Fund.

Shane Jones is defending claims that comments he made about a court case against a Northland trucking company amounted to a conflict of interest.

Police are appealing for any sightings of a 42-year-old Northland woman who has been missing for five weeks.

Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash says commercial and recreational catch limits for longfin eels could be cut to prevent numbers dropping further.

The legal definition of mānuka honey could change, if new evidence shows the chemical makeup of the honey is different in Northland, MPI says.

A Northland baby has been diagnosed with the new W strain of meningococcal disease.

The Transport Agency wants to talk to drivers working for a Whangārei trucking firm whose fleet has been ordered off the road for safety breaches.

A man charged with the murder of a Kaitaia baby has been granted continued name suppression at his second court appearance.

The union representing truck drivers says tough action by the New Zealand Transport Agency is long overdue against a major Whangārei trucking company.

Ngāwhā marae near Kaikohe has welcomed a giant to its grounds today - a huge swamp kauri log.

Police and fire investigators have been at the scene of a suspicious gun club fire in Kaitaia this morning.

One person has died and two are injured following a serious crash between a car and a motorbike in Northland.

A swimmer has died at a popular swimming spot in Northland this afternoon after getting into trouble.