Five helicopters with monsoon buckets have been dispatched to the Far North in a bid to bring a large scrub fire under control.

The holiday road toll stands at 17, rising overnight with the deaths of two pedestrians in Northland.

She started her schooling in Kaeo as a barefoot child in 1957. She came back as a teacher in 1986 and stayed for 30 years, the past

For hundreds of struggling Mid North families it won't be Santa bringing joy this Christmas but a group of volunteers calling themselves

Kaitaia-based Highway Patrol constable Darren Critchley thought his working day was over at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon but it was only just beginning...

Power has been restored to the Far North after a major outage earlier today.

Teenager Hautafataha Livai was feeding the pigs out the back of his family's Far North dairy when he saw two masked heads pop up from the long grass.

Incredibly strong young Kiwi Destiny O'Brien opened up about the abuse she endured from her own father.

A man has died in a single car crash in Ahipara south east of Kaitaia.

Three fire trucks are rushing to a bushfire in the Far North.

Kelvin Davis has never walked a full marathon before but the Te Tai Tokerau MP has committed to walking 40km every day for a week

The unsafe use of vehicles on 90 Mile Beach, particularly at Ahipara, has long been a source of aggravation for many residents, especially

A man has died after the vehicle he was travelling in flew off the road and hit a tree along State Highway 1 in Northland early this morning.

A 28-year-old Kaikohe man has been charged with receiving after ram raids on two Far North service stations in the early hours of

Fourteen months ago things were looking up for Takahue teenager Georgia Buckingham. She was back at home with her parents, Glenn

The male driver of a car wasn't hanging around after a spectacular crash.

Kaitaia is a community in crisis, says a community leader, after a spate of suspected suicides in the Far North town.

Three years ago, there were seven Far North mayoral candidates. This year there are two - incumbent John Carter and Kerikeri man

Two young Kaitaia men have established a campaign (#rebuildkaitaia) aimed at lifting the town's image and self-esteem. Kii Small

Many visitors to Ahipara last week were mourning the disappearance of the landmark that gave Shipwreck Bay its colloquial name. The

Ten-year-old Kaitaia boy Alexander Campbell-Lewis had his first haircut on Thursday, some years earlier than Samoan custom demands

"Why are we seeing so much anger? Why are some people resorting to violence at the drop of a hat?" Those were two of the questions

Property is stolen from Kaitaia Hospital on a regular basis.

A Northland fisherman who tipped police off to suspicious boaties on 90 Mile Beach which led to a record seizure of methamphetamine is fearful of gang retribution.