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Girl renamed herself 'Mrs Ugly' after repeated abuse
Details of a young girl's ordeal and that of two others were revealed during the sentencing of their attacker, Keith Stewart Luke.
Parents 'organised fights' to settle playground rows
Police are investigating claims parents have organised after-school fights between Northland teenagers to settle playground disputes.
Happy ending for orca family after stranding
Whale's calls of distress brought mother and brother dangerously close to shore.
Engine's roar alerts locals to fatal crash
Neighbours heard the roar of a car engine before it hit the kerb and became airborne twice before skidding into the creek on its side.
Pataua North: Eco-retreat is natural flight of fancy
Tahi, once an old farm, is now a haven for endangered bird life, says Jim Eagles.
Marsden Pt ship victims named
Police have identified the two victims of the worst New Zealand port tragedy in years.
Two crewmen die in ship rescue drama
Two crewmen died of suffocation and another was critically hurt in a log ship's hold at Marsden Pt wharf yesterday.
Two dead in Northland port log accident
Two crewmen are dead after suffocating in a ship's timber hold at Marsden Point wharf near Whangarei this afternoon.
Owner cries foul over email
A restauranteur claims her business was pushed to the brink of closure by an email from a disgruntled customer spread "all around town".
Police shooting of Whangarei drug addict justified - IPCA
An IPCA report defends the fatal shooting of an armed drug addict by a police officer in Whangarei in 2008.
Zion companies plead not guilty
The companies that run Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens, where a big cat handler was mauled to death, have pleaded not guilty to two health and safety charges.
Frantic rescue efforts fail to save drowning man
A 20-year-old Auckland man was walking in shallow water with four mates when he was knocked down by a rogue wave and swept to his death at a normally safe Northland beach.