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

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

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

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

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.

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

80-year-old man flown to Auckland City Hospital in critical condition.

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

The army could be called in to help run dozens of meningococcal vaccine clinics.

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

Foreign national charged over serious SH10 crash.

Emergency services are attending a major incident in Northland.

'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.

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.

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

Northland's high number of meningococcus deaths leads to health authority's warning.

North MP credits Markle with opening up once-taboo topic of period poverty.

Corrections Minister says he's in Government to make a difference for Māori.

The offending driver fled the scene but handed himself in the next morning.

Shocked family calls for return of stolen Acer tablet, bags and clothing.

'It looks like I'm chasing a windsurfer down the street!'

Police at scene of homicide in Moerewa in Far North.

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