Northland

The Kaipara mayor will not change his stance on banning karakia from council meetings and claims preventing a Māori councillor from delivering one was the correct way to handle the situation.

Police say an investigation into a large scale cannabis cultivation in Northland - Operation Peruvian - has come to and end with 6500 cannabis plants seized and destroyed.

One person has died following a serious crash north-east of Whangārei this morning.

The Kaipara District Council's first meeting since the local election has kicked off with a bit of verbal biffo between the mayor and a Māori ward councillor. Video

One person has died following a single-vehicle crash in Dargaville.

One person has died and a number of others were injured following a crash which involved a bus, a police vehicle and another vehicle on State Highway 1 at Warkworth, north of Auckland.

A traditionally-woven Māori sail is coming to Urenui this weekend, completing a circle begun a century ago.

The nearly $1 billion price tag and detailed plans for a Whangārei hospital redevelopment announced today brought relief to Northland health leadership.

The government has upped funding for a Whangārei Hospital redevelopment, announcing $759 million for Stage 1.

A major company has been fined $169,000 for letting banned and harmful 'forever' chemicals get into Whangārei Harbour in what a judge calls an "extraordinary" act.

An enormous fireball seen over the North Island has astronomers scrambling to find the meteorite, which is likely to have landed in Northland. Video

Whangārei is upgrading its public CCTV cameras so they can recognise car number plates.

The Marine Industry Association says more superyachts than expected have arrived since the sea border reopened just three months ago.

One person has died following a two-vehicle crash in the Far North.

Police involved in a murder enquiry following a man's death in Whangārei are appealing for information over the movements a car around the time of the incident.

The sister of a Whangārei murder victim has paid tribute to her "amazing" sibling this afternoon and acknowledged the pain his killer's family are also enduring.

A 21-year-old Whangārei man has been found guilty of murder after a street brawl in the centre of the city in June 2021.

Epidemiologist Michael Baker is appalled that one in five passengers on a cruise ship that recently visited the Bay of Islands have tested positive for Covid-19.

Ike Wellington Kingi, 42, has pleaded not guilty to murdering the 56-year-old found dead at an Onerahi address last month.