A Far North man has been found guilty of causing the death of one of his relatives.

Cate Foster takes a nostalgic drive through the hill country between Herekino and Hokianga.

Police arrested four members of one family after a motorbike was allegedly driven around a Kaikohe street in a dangerous manner.

A Far North district councillor has just days to stump up more than $800,000 or face bankruptcy.

A controversial new mussel farm off the Far North coast has been given the green light amid claims it will displace dolphins and deprive boaties of safe anchorage.

Thieves stole dozens of boogie boards from a tour bus that got bogged down in sand on Ninety Mile Beach at the weekend.

Danielle Wright walks through history in a picturesque seaside village in the Far North.

A Civil Aviation Authority report into a helicopter crash which killed two Far North men a year ago will be completed early next year.

If the Far North is on your list of places to go, here are a few suggestions to add a bit more excitement to your break, including dolphins, spirits and the deep blue sea.

The Northland Armed Offenders Squad has been stood down after being sent by helicopter from Whangarei to an incident in the Far North this morning.

A routine traffic stop at Umawera, in the Far North, led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab at Whangape, police say.

A Kaitaia evangelical church leader who secretly filmed a teenage girl and a woman has pleaded guilty to a raft of sex-related charges.

Editorial: It is hardly surprisingly that many state-house tenants in Glen Innes are angry about being asked to leave homes they have inhabited for years.

Police hunting a Far North man who pulled a firearm from his car before fleeing into the bush have issued a warrant for his arrest.

The Government's water rights consultation hui is not robust or long enough, according to Ngati Maniapoto leaders.