Northland

Police have released the names of two people who died in a crash near Kaeo on State Highway 10 on Saturday.

Can New Zealand grow peanuts suitable for peanut butter? Eight varieties are being trialed in Northland and one looks particularly promising...

A person's death in a caravan fire near Kaitaia in Northland is not being treated as suspicious.

The closure of most of New Zealand's last remaining scallop beds around Auckland and Northland is being labelled a dramatic last ditch effort to save the species.

Depleted scallop fisheries in Northland, most of Coromandel and the Hauraki Gulf are to be closed to allow them time to recover.

A new airport would be Whangārei District Council's single biggest infrastructure project, replacing Onerahi airport which started operating in 1939.

Water rates are to potentially climb by more than 30 percent as Whangārei District Council faces a $3.4 million double hit from the end of Marsden Point oil refining and extra three waters costs.

Northland local government is strongly in favour of Tai Tokerau becoming New Zealand's first renewable energy zone pilot.

A quartet of councillors has refused to fully support the operation of Northland's major regional landfill south of Whangārei.

A new record for heavy rainfall has been set by this week's torrential downpours.

Best of 2022 - Rich and Jose van Alphen say people either love or hate cherimoyas. They've been growing them organically in the Far North for more than 30 years.

A fifth body has been found during the search and rescue operation off North Cape.

One of the men killed in the Far North fishing boat tragedy was worried about the weather forecast before he went on the trip, his devastated father says.

There are likely weeks of clean up ahead for some homes in Auckland and Northland after the violent storm that hit the region yesterday morning.

A rāhui has been placed along a stretch of North Cape after four people died at sea after the fishing charter boat they were on sank last night. Audio

Residents in Northland and Auckland have been urged to take shelter this morning as a severe thunderstorm travels down the North Island. Audio

North Island residents are being warned to take care on the roads today, with heavy rain and thunderstorms forecast and the possibility of tornadoes.

Northland police have arrested a number of gang members after what they describe as a vicious and cowardly assault on a man in daylight on Kaikohe's main street.