Sam Olley

Whanau are leaving the farm trucks in the carpark and their gumboots on the doorstep to get vaccinated at the top of the country.

After initial lags, the Northland DHB is well ahead of its… Audio

Rough sleepers are being trespassed from a council park in Whangārei despite growing alarm about homelessness in Northland.

This week, RNZ revealed the homeless population in Whangārei - one of the… Audio

The number of people sleeping rough in one of New Zealand's 'homeless hotspots' is growing at an alarming rate.

In just two years, the homeless population of Whangarei has increased from 20 people to… Audio

Whangarei District councillors have rejected the government's three waters reforms after a heated debate today.

The government has so far put $760 million aside for the overhaul, that will take… Audio

Warning: This story includes distressing details of domestic violence.

The family of Northland woman Bridget Simmonds held back tears as her former partner was found guilty of her murder today.

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Warning: This story contains distressing details of domestic violence.

A jury in Whangārei has retired to decide whether Northland woman Bridget Simmonds was murdered.

The mother-of-two was… Audio

Bones dropped off on the doorstep of the Russell Museum are baffling staff, archaeologists and iwi.

They're also concerned the remains - found on Saturday - are human. Sam Olley reports. Audio

Warning: This report includes disturbing details of violence that will upset listeners.

Northland woman Bridget Simmonds warned she would soon die just before she went missing.

The 42-year-old… Audio

Warning: Details of this report may distress some listeners.

More than two years after a Northland mother went missing, two men charged over her death have gone on trial.

Bridget Simmonds, 42… Audio

In the last five years, around 80 people nominated for the New Zealand Honours list got the nod from their own partner.

The latest Honours list in the biannual tradition is revealed this Queen's… Audio

A year and half on from the Whakaari/White Island tragedy there is still confusion about the government's responsibility for public safety on the island.

Forty-seven people were on the island in… Audio

Northland is making a Covid-19 vaccine comeback after a scrambled start to the rollout.

Ministry of Health figures show the DHB has gone from being 3000 doses behind its weekly target in April, to… Audio

Kauri conservationists in Northland fear funding from Budget 2021 is nowhere near enough to protect the native tree from disease.

Twenty-eight million dollars has been allocated for to fight dieback… Audio

New Zealand's National Pest Management Plan for kauri dieback is incomplete, 3.5 years after government departments started working on it.

Budget 2021 allocated $28 million towards the plan.

But… Audio

A police investigation is underway in a rural area of the Far North after two men were found dead at a dairy farm this morning.

Police have spent the day in Awarua, which is just south of Kaikohe.

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An investigation is underway at a Northland dairy farm where two men were found dead after a shooting this morning. Officers were called to the scene in Awarua, south of Kaikohe, just after seven… Audio

Children at a rural Te Tai Tokerau school are learning in the corridor, in the staffroom and sometimes even outside due to a lack of classrooms.

Tautoro School south of Kaikohe has doubled in size in… Audio

Teachers running out of classroom space in Northland hope the government has got them in mind in today's budget.

The region's population is growing at the second-fastest rate in the country and… Audio

Travellers to New Zealand will soon be able to book managed isolation six months in advance.

The two-week hotel stays have been compulsory for more than a year but so far managed isolation and… Audio