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Woman dies after boat flips in festive season's fourth water tragedy

A woman in her 60s after the boat she was in flipped in the Far North.

Best of 2019: Ice cream does make you happy, says dairy owner

Dieticians NZ head says messages around ice cream need to be responsible.

Land owners block vehicle access to beach amid 'hoon' concerns

Waikato Bay, next to Maitai Bay on Karikari Peninsula, is a popular boat-launching spot.

Drug addled youth now running rehab programme

A Kaitaia youth that went through a drug rehab programme, is now helping to run it.

Higher honours on Cooper's horizon

Could we see Onerahi Central's Henry Cooper in a Black Caps uniform in the near future?

Gun buy-back: Criminals and gangs should be focus of police - sport shooting representative

Government rushed process and should have waited for inquiry to be completed - opinion.

Householders could lose homes after rating arrears

Far North homeowners could lose their properties due to long-overdue rates.

Dehydrated monkey discovered in container of wood from South America

Dead monkey found in a container of wood products shipped from North America

Appeal board rules that ice cream makes you happy

Whangārei resident complained over sign outside a Maunu dairy.

Scammer ordered to pay back $7000 to victims in online ticket scam

A Whangārei woman has been ordered to pay back money to victims she "ripped off".

Community charged after landlord requests removal of EV station

The EV charger was installed five years ago by Northpower.

Northland's newest pro golfer keeping his head

With a baby coming and a potential Japan Golf Tour card, Brown will have his hands full.

Can NRU get junior rugby right?

Changes are afoot for Northland junior rugby, possibly including the Taniwha Shield.

Northland crippled: Mass power outage affects 92,000 homes

Update: Electricity expected to gradually be restored over the next few hours.

Hallowed sporting ground abandoned to homeless

Inside Whangārei's Jubilee Park, a former league ground and now a home for the destitute.

'Mother Load' wool nappy idea turns heads at competition

A Kaikohe mum has come up with the idea of biodegradable disposable wool nappies.

Cricket: NZ A hold on under England barrage

At 99 for 6, NZ A were in trouble as England's bowlers looked to pounce.

Drone used for the first time in arrest of Northland man

Police-operated drone tracks fleeing man across paddock in a first for Northland.