Northland
Shuan Hern Lee from Australia wins New Zealand piano competition
A 16 year old from Australia has taken out the top prize at the Kerikeri International Piano Competition held over the weekend. Shuan Hern Lee won the first-prize playing works by Prokofiev and Chopin
…Waipu residents escape house behind burning shop
A Waipu resident has described what it was like as the shop in front of his house went up in flames.
Ngāpuhi and Oranga Tamariki to provide service for young offenders
Ngāpuhi is teaming up with Oranga Tamariki to provide an iwi-led service for Northland rangatahi.
1080 drop to go ahead at Cape Brett
A 1080 aerial drop will proceed at Northland's Cape Brett over the weekend after a similar pest-poisoning operation at neighbouring Russell State Forest ended without incident today.
Winning violinist and pianist team up for a Chamber Music New Zealand tour
Eva Radich talks with visiting Romanian violinist Ioana Cristina Goicea and pianist Andrey Gugnin. Goicea was the winner of the 2017 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. She’s back in New… Audio
DOC investigates power co blocking access to reserves
Department of Conservation staff in Whangārei have been forced to climb fences to visit its reserves to investigate complaints that Northpower is blocking public access to them.
Small airline competes against Air NZ on Whangārei flights
A small Auckland airline is about to take on Air New Zealand by starting a competitively-priced service to Whangārei.
Roading contractors dump hazardous bits in stream
Transport Agency contractors were caught dumping rubble from road works into a stream near Whangarei.It feeds into the harbour and in or beside it were road slabs dug up from near the Oakleigh River… Audio
Multi talented and unconventional pianist here to judge Kerikeri International Piano Competition
Multi-talented American pianist Awadagin Pratt is in New Zealand to serve on the judging panel for the Kerikeri International Piano Competition. Video, Audio
Man accused of toddler's murder named
The 30 year-old man charged with murdering a two year-old in Mangawhai will go to trial next year.
Two teenagers arrested over hitch-hiker robbery
Two teenagers have been arrested after an elderly man was assaulted and robbed when he picked up two hitch-hikers in Northland.
Appeal threatened over 1080 drop in Russell Forest
Two men who lost their court bid against a Northland 1080 drop say they will take it to appeal.
Hitchhikers steal car from elderly man near Kerikeri
Police in Kerikeri are asking for help to find two men who thumbed a ride with an elderly man then stole his car.
Undie FiveHundy: The Far North's Waimamaku
Waimamaku is a tiny town just south of the Hokianga Harbour. It's quiet most of the year, but every February you'll see gun-toting horseriders dashing down the main street in the Wild West Festival. Audio
Undie FiveHundy: The Far North's Waimamaku
Waimamaku is a tiny town just south of the Hokianga Harbour. It's quiet most of the year, but every February you'll see gun-toting horseriders dashing down the main street in the Wild West Festival.
AudioOmapere Rangihamama Trust: a country comeback story
In 2007 the Omapere Rangihamama Trust was broke. But new leaders and strategies saw it by 2017 winning the Ahuwhenua Trophy. Video, Audio
Omapere Rangihamama Trust: a country comeback story
In 2007 the Omapere Rangihamama Trust was broke. But new leaders and strategies saw it by 2017 winning the Ahuwhenua Trophy.
Video, AudioFish and Game object to hydro station consent
Northland Fish and Game is objecting to the renewal of resource consent for Northpower's Wairua power station. Audio
Work starts for Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangārei
Work's begun in earnest this week on Whangārei's Hundertwasser Art Centre.
Five arrested in Karangahake mining protest
Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty is one of five people arrested for blocking a road used by a gold mining company in the Coromandel.
