Shane Jones has big ambitions for a $1 billion regional economic development fund.

Police are returning the girl to her worried family.

Children suffering from exposure to meth in the womb are arriving at schools.

Police are appealing for a member of the public who came to the rescue of a motorist being choked by passenger as he drove through Whangarei last night.

A century ago New Zealand was in the grip of World War I, in which 18,500 members of the country's 1.16 million population were killed

A woman is in a serious condition after suffering severe burns to 25 per cent of her body in a car fire.

Three people were left clinging to their boat after it capsized about 500m off the Northland Coast this afternoon.

A motorcyclist has collided with a van in the suburb of Otangarei in Whangarei.

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.