The Kerikeri man was spearfishing when the shark "came out of nowhere".

Nicky Dodd was sentenced to four years, four months for manslaughter.

Moerewa grandmother wanted her mokopuna to experience joy of Christmas in their own town.

Hapū have been holding hui around Northland to vote on the new plan.

Over 100 young Northland players will be exposed to a more professional approach to rugby.

Woman who tried to bring peace to 1984 Queen St riot has died aged 74.

Eradication programme funded by regional council and Biosecurity NZ to begin.

A second blow to the head killed Kaikohe man Chris Vujcich.

Families not given enough warning whales about to be put down, volunteer rescuer says.

Little ball of fluff had little choice but to roll with his rough start in life.

The whales, believed to be pygmy whales, are the second stranding in three days.

87-year-old had been at a music club get-together and was just minutes from his home.

"It looked like the car was overtaking, and hit the truck head-on."

Northland doctors and emergency departments are on alert for meningococcal disease

Jan Burch cycled 5500km across the US without trouble - then she came to Northland.

Sunday's eight-hour planned power outage could be the Far North's last.

Foreign national charged over serious SH10 crash.

None of the six Auckland cases were related to camps on Motutapu Island.

'I thought I was a monster and I wasn't cut out to have children.'

An absorbent boom was used to soak up an oil leak from a faulty Refining NZ fuel line.

NZ Warriors to take on West Tigers in Whangārei in March

'Having these sailors come is like having Michael Schumacher do a lap or two.'

The walk was also aimed at raising awareness of and funds for Lifeline.

The Northland Environmental Protection Society is celebrating the Supreme Court ruling.

Thousands start voting on new Ngāpuhi Treaty negotiations plan.

The funding announcements ends uncertainty over phase 2 of the Kawakawa hospital rebuild.

Woman, 24, rescued from rugged Raetea Forest south of Kaitaia.

Company cites rising costs and regulation as reasons for walking away on November 23.

Northland health board accused of keeping meningococcal cases quiet for six months.

Te Rā, the only Māori sail still known to exist, is stored at the British Museum in London