Northland

A year on from the storm that destroyed a section of SH1 the original 26 slips have grown to 38, making completing the repair on time "more and more challenging".

Hundreds of mature mangroves have been cut down for Whangārei's new $20 million Okara marina, angering environmentalists who campaigned against their removal 30 years ago.

Northland is facing an at least 10-year-long battle to eradicate the new marine seaweed superspreader, caulerpa.

Dog owners letting their pets out for exercise instead of walking them on winter evenings could be a factor behind the recent spate of kiwi deaths in Northland, a conservation group says.

An elderly woman died after allegedly being dropped from her stretcher at Whangārei Hospital, the Herald understands.

A Bay of Islands conservation group is pleading with dog owners to keep their pets under control after the death of at least six kiwi in the past fortnight.

A man is due in court today after allegedly assaulting a woman, and then smashing his way into the Paihia Police Station using a brick.

Police believe they have cracked a spate of thefts of and from boats in the Bay of Islands with the arrest of Kerikeri man this week.

Destination Hauraki Coromandel says New Zealanders seem to have forgotten how good the peninsula is.

Far North mayor Moko Tepania has been named one of the world's top young leaders by a global organisation working to promote youth in politics.

A toilet block in a small Northland town is now officially one of New Zealand's most significant buildings.

Northland's first dedicated craft beer festival is about to put the fizz back into a region feeling flat from a long, wet winter.

A band of rain and wind is set to dampen the first of this week's FIFA Women's World Cup games in Auckland. Audio

Dune hoons are allegedly driving other beach-goers away, frightening families and causing concern for wildlife. Audio

The Auckland Anniversary floods have reactivated a landslide that now threatens a brand new $880m motorway north of the city.

Pothole pain is being felt up and down the country, particularly in Northland. Audio

The woman's car had gone through a fence and down a bank before resting in a creek off Whareora Road.

Northland may cop squally showers, thunderstorms and potentially "damaging" wind gusts and tornadoes of more than 110kmh on Friday evening, as an active front is forecast to hit the region.

The woman has been sentenced at Whangārei District Court after pleading guilty to five charges related to the December 2021 incident.

A council specialist is warning it may be the best option for those facing expensive and ultimately short-term fixes to deal with foreshore sand dune erosion in Northland.