Latest from Kaipara District

Officials rubbish 'vaccination without consent' claim

Claim a child was vaccinated without consent has been investigated - and dismissed.

Profit down for Marsden Maritime Holdings

Net surplus of $4.444 million for the interim six-month reporting period to December 31.

More than 400 Northlanders queue for a state house

117 per cent hike in people wanting state houses in Northland in just one year.

Mechanic suspended from issuing WOFs

Garage owner suspended from issuing warrant of fitness certificates.

Town on waiting list for water deliveries

Mangawhai water carriers want urgent action as people run low on tank water.

Eighty illegal fires lit during restriction period

Eighty illegal fires lit since restrictions started, fire boss says

Kaipara link by fast ferry a possibility

A fast ferry joining Kaipara district to Auckland might one day become a reality.

Marsden Pt rail link more a promise than a maybe

Geotech study on proposed Marsden Pt rail line complete but no start date yet.

Notorious Northland road claims another life

Another death on notorious stretch of Northland road prompts calls for four-lane highway.

Swimmers and surfers watch shark feeding

Beachgoers at Waipū Cove scared by a bronze whaler.

$8.3m Lotto-winning Granny still working

Northland grandmother still working despite winning $8.3m in Powerball.

Woman issues warning after narrowly avoiding email scam

Pat Fowler has a warning for others.

'He'd rather go with Sandy': 95yo who lost 'best mate' in dog attack flooded with support

Jim Morgan's fox terrier cross, Sandy, put down on Monday due to severity of leg injuries.

Attack was spearfisherman's second encounter with a shark that day

The mako attack wasn't the Kerikeri man's first encounter with a shark that day.

95-year-old devastated after 'best friend' put down following attack by 6 dogs

Jim Morgan's dog was attacked by six dogs while the pair were walking in Kaikohe.

95-year-old Northland man's pet has to be put down after attack by six dogs

Jim Morgan, an ex-serviceman, is virtually blind and Sandy was his companion.

Spearfisher frees himself from jaws of 2m mako shark

The attack hasn't made the Kerikeri man more wary of being in the water.

Spearfisher survives shark attack with fish intact

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