Rain is forecast to follow high temperatures - including 28.5C in Dargaville.

The latest news bites from around the region.

Between 60,000 and 80,000 people are expected at Waitangi this year.

The latest newsbites from around the region.

'My time spent in the house taught me to be a better human being.'

The 58-year-old was flown to hospital with critical injuries.

A small investment in youth wellbeing goes a long way in making a difference.

Marcel Syron still has no use of his legs and limited use of his fingers and hands.

I wonder about the extent of sense-checking around some speed limit changes.

Can you guess which baby names proved the most popular in Northland?

Fifty-six of the country's best young singers to perform

Friends of Maunu Cemetery help tidy the grounds once a week as a way to give back.

Motorists should expect diversions to be in place.

Sky was a stray a Kawakawa man wanted to adopt, but council took her from a locked kennel.

Ōmāpere bach expecting strong interest from Auckland buyers.

The white pointer, believed to be 3m long, was spotted leaping out of the water.

Water safety education appears to be having an impact in the north.

Twenty-month-old girl Azalea-Reign Kiani May Samuels died after being struck by a vehicle.

The last 10 to 15 days of January are ones to watch in terms of possible heavy rain.

A bull died at last year's event but that was the exception, organisers say.

The improvements were vital in a town which had no public transport.

News snippets from Northland

Far North's Suzanne Duncan and Mark Osborne to head regional development agency board.

The extra costs for taking the detour will have to be passed on, truck drivers say.

After deaths of two cousins in Far North swimming hole, council to make road safer.