Making great strides in the Bay of Islands
Elisabeth Easther visited Russell for a sneak preview of the Bay of Islands Walking Weekend and found a wealth of wanders on offer.
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Man accused of drugging backpackers
A Northland man who allegedly drugged male tourists before indecently assaulting them has appeared in court today.
Postwoman shot while making rounds
A wounded postwoman is believed to have been accidentally shot with a pellet gun while making her rounds in Northland yesterday morning.
Fatal fire after negotiations
A specialist police squad negotiated with a man in a rural Far North home for about four hours before he was found dead in a house fire caused by an explosive device.
Raw: Aerial footage of Kaeo flooding
An nzherald.co.nz reader's video of flooding in Kaeo. Courtesy YouTube/mrmaca
The project that gave a voice
100 low-income families were asked what they needed to get out of poverty. Here are their answers.
Bay of Islands: Winging it in Russell
The sky is the limit as a Northland town turns on the charm for a winter festival, writes Elisabeth Easther.
Kia ora: Houhora
Elisabeth Easther is tempted to stay in Northland's big-game fishing golden spot.
Four helicopters fight big blaze in Far North
A huge fire at Taheke, in South Hokianga, is likely to take days and cost tens of thousands of dollars to put out.
Kia ora: Ahipara
No matter what the weather, Elisabeth Easther finds plenty to do at the beach.
Far North teacher accused of assaulting pupil
A Far North teacher accused of attacking a student during class has made a brief appearance in court this morning.
Kerikeri: A place to dream
Danielle Wright takes her family to a Northland town so good they named it twice.
Victim: He threatened to kill my parents
A victim of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her husband says she stayed with him for more than two decades because he threatened to kill her parents.
Jones: Titford a 'destructive' influence
The man jailed for two decades for sex and violence offences was a "destructive" influence on Maori/Pakeha relations in the Far North, Labour MP Shane Jones says.
Ill-feeling precedes marae fire
A Far North marae hit by fire this week had been the subject of infighting over a new building on the site, a marae leader says.
Toby Manhire: Roast Busters questions scream for answers
The response was swift and pretty much universal: this was appalling, stomach churning, almost certainly criminal, writes Toby Manhire.
'She taught us who we were'
There was this woman astride a horse, on a beach, far away at the top of NZ. She moved forward because these were her people's lands and she wouldn't be denied.
Care worker charged with sex abuse
A Far North after-school care worker has been charged with child sex abuse.
Woman filmed as she slept
A man who broke into a woman's home and filmed her as she slept has been sentenced to eight years' imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of five years.
Kia ora: Kawakawa
Elisabeth Easther discovers a gem of a town in Northland where the train runs down the middle of the main street.
Russell: It's a top town
Elisabeth Easther finds New Zealand's former capital is still a capital place.
Northland: Dwarfed by immensity
Torn between a high-rise holiday and jungle, Tim Roxborough found both in one place.
Special Ks - Kaikohe, Kawakawa and oKaihau have it all
Finding true north in the Far North, Elisabeth Easther finds plenty there to spin her wheels.