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

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

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.

Armed police raid Far North home in suspected drugs bust

Northland doctors and emergency departments are on alert for meningococcal disease

'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.

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.

Buck Shelford talks te reo, rugby and Goodhue ahead of Whangārei event

Oak was brought from England as an acorn in 1824 and was admired by Charles Darwin.

Ashley Cullen is urging Northland farmers to register for NAIT.

Know your limits: scallop season opens in Northland tomorrow.

Northland mum's Daffodil Day commitment for late daughter.

Far North gentleman Tim Trigg dies aged 102.

Hekenukumai (Hec) Puhipi, has been knighted for services to Māori.

A Kiwi couple were inseparable for more than 60 years. They died just hours apart.

Kids find joy as wet weather closes roads and causes slips across the north.

A man fleeing on a motorbike and another in a car arrested in separate incidents.

Man suffers critical injuries after car-surfing stunt goes horribly wrong.

In the fourth of a five-part series, we go to the extremities to gauge the state of rugby.

This coastal town serves up more than scrummy fish and chips, writes Elisabeth Easther.

Danielle Wright walks through history in a picturesque seaside village in the Far North.

Mangonui is the perfect base for exploring the Far North, and as Janetta Mackay finds, the fish and chips are pretty good too.