A crash involving a logging truck in Otaika Valley Road has become the seventh logging truck crash in Northland just over seven weeks.

A Northland man out shooting possums with his family at night was confronted by a neighbour who tried to wrestle a slug gun off the hunter before stabbing him, a jury has heard.

Property manager calls for a public register naming tenants who contaminate rental properties with methamphetamine.

The quota system needs to change to ensure commercial fishermen are not illegally dumping catch, says fisherman.

A sentence of home detention for four Northland teenagers for a burglary spree totalling nearly $80,000 in stolen property has been labelled "inadequate" and too lenient.

Young men full of bravado stole boats, fishing gear, outboard motors and tools worth nearly $80,000 for an adrenaline rush.

A sex offender who raped a young girl says he was the victim, but he has forgiven the girl.

Residents on a popular logging truck route say their lives are being put at risk by the hundreds of heavy trucks passing their homes each day.

Five logging truck crashes in less than a month across Northland deemed "totally unacceptable and intolerable", says transport industry leader.

An American tourist has admitted careless driving causing the deaths of two women, and injuring a man, near Kerikeri on Saturday.

The driver of a vehicle involved in a double fatality in Northland has been charged with causing the deaths and will appear in court this morning.

A young woman was subjected to a vicious sexual attack on Friday while on her morning jog.

At least 1000 walkers have gathered for a "take back the loop" walk at Whangarei's popular Hatea Loop walkway.

A man wielding a hammer and advancing towards another person during a scuffle outside the Whangarei courthouse was stopped in his tracks by security officers.

Police want information on the aggravated robbery of a pizza store in Whangarei last night, which left a worker with knife cuts.

An act of "absolute stupidity and dangerous driving" by a fleeing motorist put innocent lives at risk, Northland's top traffic officer says.

For a decade Garry and Cynthia Moran have seen first-hand the human carnage created by vicious dog attacks in their Northland street.

An American pitbull dog responsible for the attack on an elderly man and his dog in Kaikohe has been handed over to authorities and is likely to be destroyed.

A Whangarei man has been jailed for blackmailing a 14-year-old girl into sending him naked pictures over Facebook.

Whangarei District Council found to have breached a man's privacy and awards $2000 for humiliation, loss of dignity and injury to feelings.

Kelly Lynch soaks up the old-world feeling in Waipu's ancient caves.

A Hundertwasser art centre would attract visitors to the northern city, says Paul Rush.