Latest from Kaipara District

Harbour tragedy: The faces of Francie

Eleven men were thrown into the rough seas of the Kaipara Harbour on Saturday. Three survived, seven bodies have been recovered and one is still missing.

Skipper was 'accident waiting to happen'

A fellow boatie said he had laid complaints about skipper Bill McNatty's competence.

Kaipara tragedy widow dying of cancer

One of the widows of Saturday's Kaipara Harbour boating tragedy has revealed she has terminal cancer.

Investigators gathering evidence on Kaipara tragedy

Two Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigators are in Auckland gathering evidence into the Kaipara Harbour fishing boat tragedy.

Missing to the sea: 'Just want him home'

The daughter of the last unaccounted fisherman in the Kaipara boating tragedy says she just wants her dad home.

Kaipara victims 'men of the sea'

A Cook Island father-of-three who hailed from an island renown for fishing has been named by family as one of the victims of Saturday's water tragedy.

Kaipara tragedy: A community in shock

There's a chill in the air in Kaipara, strong winds whipping the flag lowered to half mast into a frenzy on the front lawn.

'Lord, please help me be strong'

Those are words a heartbroken wife has posted on social media after learning her husband was one of the seven men who died in the Kaipara charter boat tragedy.

Boy's death 'pulled us tighter together'

A high-school student's death in a car crash has pulled the five survivors in his school-based enterprise "tighter" together. Jamie

NRC rates for Kaipara unlawfully set or assessed, High Court rules

Mangawhai ratepayers have secured a partial victory in the High Court which ruled the Northland Regional Council rates for Kaipara

Councils assure residents of water safety

Councils around the North Island are assuring residents of the safety of their water supplies following a gastro outbreak in Hawke's Bay.

Northland's first fixed speed camera

Northland is getting its first fixed speed camera. This month, a camera will be installed on State Highway 1, just south of Kaiwaka

Teen caught wearing stolen clothes

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.

P lab found in holiday home

Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland.

Bombs away: Air force blow up dunes

Four plumes of smoke at South Head in Kaipara Harbour signalled the Royal New Zealand Air Force's six-monthly live bomb drop.

Meth ringleader pleads guilty

The Northland ringleader of the operation that produced the largest amount of methamphetamine ever cooked in New Zealand has pleaded guilty to a raft of charges.