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Veteran dies after being hit by car while crossing road in wheelchair

Two cars had stopped to let Bill Wiki cross the road but a third car hit him.

Injured person trapped, power lines down after crashes

Two people hurt, road blocked, power lines down after three crashes in Northland.

Tourist tells crash victim he won't pay for repairs

The tourist plans to fix his car and sell it before leaving the country.

First Maori policewoman laid to rest

First Maori policewoman from Northland has died.

Rain boosts cannabis crop growth

Police calling on public to report suspicious behaviour that could be linked to drug plots

Cannabis growing starts house fire

The indoor growing operation was discovered only when the smoke cleared.

Plea to slow after Northland's first road death

Fatal crash thought to have happened while driver overtaking at speed.

Argument heard before man shot dead

Michael John Paewhenua denies shooting an acquaintance from close range.

Service station robbed by masked trio

Moerewa_BP_3.JPG SELF SERVICE: Thieves help themselves to the tills at BP Moerewa.PHOTO/Supplied By Kristin Edge A stolen vehicle

Northland petrol station robbed

by Kristin Edge Cash and cigarettes were taken in an armed robbery of a Northland petrol station this morning and police are urgently

Kura gets $6.9m upgrade

The board chairman of a Northland school which lost several buildings in a fire says it is "awesome" knowing the school will be getting

P lab found in holiday home

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

Family 'still in shock' over patient's death

The family of Sonny Rawhiti Kemp, who died after the ambulance he was being taken to hospital in crashed, are making their way to the Far North to prepare for his tangi.

Patient killed in ambulance crash named

Sonny Rawhiti Kemp, 66, was on his way to hospital when the ambulance smashed into a power pole.

Paramedic stable after fatal crash

A St John paramedic involved in an ambulance crash in Northland this morning is now in a stable condition in hospital.

Missing boy's body found in pool

Searchers have found the body of a four-year-old boy who went missing in Northland last night. A diver found the boy in a pool beneath a small waterfall near Otiria Marae in Moerewa.