Northland

Five people aboard the Enchanter died in 2022 and the skipper, Lance Goodhew, has been on trial for breaches of safety law for the past three weeks.

There were emotional scenes in the Far North today as district councillors passed a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The Department of Conservation has ordered Matutaera Te Nana Clendon to dismantle his illegal dwelling but he says he's not going anywhere. Audio

Dredging of the highly invasive seaweed could be finished by August, but only with another $5-million-plus in government funding, a Northland council leader says.

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown is pouring cold water on talk of his council's rubbish going north to a proposed $730 million Kaipara waste-to-energy plant.

If Geoff Crawford loses the role, it will be the third change at the head of Northland Regional Council council's top table in 19 months.

The helicopter is reported to have been a home-built kitset model.

The 17-year-old is accused of nearly crashing into a number of other cars as he fled police.

A Northland leader is calling on the government to provide financial support to businesses hard hit by the closure of State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills.

A group of doctors opposed to the facilities is warning of major potential human health risks if one goes ahead in Northland.

It had been due to reopen on 13 May but another seven weeks have been added to an already nine-week closure.

A mum living in a cold, mouldy sleepout with two kids says moving into the first of a kind housing will be life-changing for her whānau.

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.