Northland
Final Waitangi Tribunal hearings for Northland claim underway
The claim by Te Paparahi O Te Raki cover a range of issues from tino rangatiratanga, to te reo Maori, to socio-economic issues. Audio
Northland Regional Council thinks it knows who damaged pipeline
Northland Regional Council says it has strong lines of inquiry into who damaged the vital fuel pipeline that broke last month, stopping fuel supplies from the Northland refinery, and grounding… Audio
Ngāpuhi: Tribunal declines hearing over Crown withdrawal
The Waitangi Tribunal has turned down a request for a hearing over the Crown's withdrawal from pre-settlement talks with Ngāpuhi.
Locals block sports hub construction
A small group of local Māori in Kaitaia set up a road block early this morning to stop workers from accessing the Te Hiku sports hub construction site.
Volunteers called to help navigate Work and Income site
The Citizens Advice Bureau in Whangarei is appealing for super-sleuths who can find their way around government websites. It says it urgently needs volunteers to help people who don't know what… Audio
Citizens Advice Bureau calls for help for beneficiaries
Whangarei's Citizens Advice Bureau says desperate people are missing out on entitlements.
Landowner of site where pipeline was ruptured cannot be contacted
The investigation into the rupture of the Marsden pipeline has stalled because the local regional council has been unable to get in touch with the landowner where the pipe burst. Audio
No contact with owner stalls pipeline investigation
Despite repeated attempts the Northland Regional Council has still not been able to contact the owner of land where the Marsden pipeline ruptured.
Māori forestry firm claims regional development stardom
Thirty years on, a company growing trees on marginal Māori land has made $73m in profit and paid back a government loan with interest. Audio
Small Northland Maori forestry company hailed as model
Taitokerau Forests Limited started with a government loan 30 years ago. Now, according to economists, it's a regional development success story. Audio
Pair charged with fraud over disappearing $1m
Two trustees of a Māori-owned forest in the Far North have been charged with a million-dollar fraud.
Teaching the homeless to build new homes
He Korowai Trust in the Far North, which has been housing the homeless, has won a $2 million grant to set up the Sweet-As Academy to teach trades to people who have not had formal education.
Sweet-As Academy to train young Kaitaia Māori in trades
A Far North trust that's been housing the homeless, and helping needy families into their own homes, is embarking on a new project. He Korowai Trust is starting a trades training academy in Kaitaia… Audio
Northern iwi have numbers
Northland Māori have come up trumps post-election with a record nine members from regional iwi.
Kaipara mayor's resignation shocks colleagues
Kaipara District Councillors are stunned by the sudden resignation of the mayor Greg Gent, who was a year into his first term.
Two dead after crash north of Te Kuiti
Two people are dead and two others injured after a road crash north of Te Kuiti.
Burst pipe property owner could be prosecuted
The owner of a property where the fuel pipeline from Marsden Point burst could face prosecution even if someone else did the damage, the regional council says.
Last-ditch bid to save kauri spreads to Northland
Scientists are urging Northland landowners with kauri trees on their land to join a growing community action project to save them. Hundreds of kauri are dead or dying from Waikato to the Far North, as… Audio
'Last-ditch' community effort to save kauri moves to Northland
Landowners in west Auckland have been treating diseased kauri with phosphite - now scientists are looking to Northland.
Kauri dieback treatment 'not a long-term solution'
Scientists are urging Northland landowners with kauri trees on their land to join a growing community action project to save them. Hundreds of Kauri are dead or dying from Waikato to the Far North, as… Audio
