Northland

A 79-year-old man died at the scene after his vehicle crashed into a ditch south of Mangōnui.

Residents on Moturoa, in Ipipiri, have been forced to relocate the reclusive birds after their population swelled into the hundreds.

It's the last day of the kumara harvest at Dunsmore Gardens, a farm on the outskirts of Dargaville. It's also time to celebrate after the grower lost 99 percent of his crop last season.

An average wait of 50 days for a bed at Auckland's forensic psychiatric service the Mason Clinic, means many patients are held in prison.

Skipper Lance Goodhew has broken his silence on the tragedy, telling a court about his dramatic escape from his submerged vessel, and how he survived on one last air pocket.

Police are now looking for a person captured on CCTV footage.

Two men were originally missing, but the body of one of them was found just days into the search.

Barrier Air has announced it plans up to four return flights a day between Auckland and Kerikeri.

The only passenger to see the wave before it hit the boat said it was so big "I had to look up to see it", and estimated it was 10m high.

A deckhand on the ill-fated fishing boat Enchanter has revealed what happened in the hours after the vessel capsized - and his desperate efforts to save some of the passengers.

Soil is continuing to move at the top of the slopes above a big landslip on State Highway One over the Brynderwyns.

Lance Goodhew is on trial for allegedly breaching his duties as skipper of the Enchanter and putting individuals at risk of serious harm or death.

A Northland business owner says it was horrific to see yet another slip on the Brynderwyn hills, just weeks away from when it was supposed to re-open. Video

After the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Gabrielle, Kaipara's kumara growers are celebrating a bumper harvest.

New Zealand's highest-ranked civil defence emergency response leader says systems, rather than people, are at the heart of major criticisms in a new report.

The body of one of two fishermen missing in Northland since Wednesday has been recovered, but the other man remains missing.

The spot they were fishing at, known as The Gap, is notorious for its large swells and known among locals as a danger zone.

An ambitious plan to make Northland the first region in New Zealand to eradicate wild deer is underway near the Bay of Islands. Audio

The Gap is a "spectacular sight when the sea is rough". It's also treacherous, a local says.