EXCLUSIVE: The survivor of one of the country's worst maritime disasters tells his story for the first time.

A Northland man has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of arson and elected to have a jury trial. Andrew Lee Searle, 20, of Te Kopuru

Toys, food, vouchers and newly-knitted blankets are just some of the items that have been donated to help a family of six who lost

A fire investigator will be looking into the cause of a house fire in Dargaville, in Northland, today.

Mangawhai residents' empty water tanks are being filled, thanks in part to the milk of corporate kindness. Last weekend's rain eased

A Northland man has been charged with lighting 10 fires in the Kaipara area that have destroyed areas of conservation land and a forest

Some Mangawhai residents are out of water and facing longer delays to replenish their tanks after WaterCare turned off the taps at their closest filling stations.

A 20-year-old Kaipara man is appearing in the Whangarei District Court today on one charge of arson.

SUP080117NADFIRE3.JPGA number of suspicious or carelessly-lit fires, like this one at Pipiwai on Saturday has sparked a total fire

A truck driver is flown to hospital after a crash north of Auckland this morning.

Members of the New Zealand public are giving generously to the families of the men who tragically died in a boating accident in Kaipara

Givealittle page raises over $10,000 in less than a day in support of family who lost a husband and father killed in the Kaipara Harbour boating accident.

The recovery yesterday of the last of the men lost when a fishing boat capsized on the Kaipara Bar gave some relief to mourners at a memorial service.

Fisherman Fred Marsters who died in the Kaipara tragedy has been remembered for his passion, enthusiasm and love for life.

Family and friends of one of the men killed in the Kaipara boating tragedy have paid tribute to him in an emotional church service tonight.

The search for the missing Francie has been called off for tomorrow after efforts to recover the vessel failed today.

Two men who died in the Kaipara Harbour tragedy will today be buried by their families.

Police say its possible the fisherman still missing after the Francie disaster​ is still on board the boat.

Fisherman tells of desperate attempts to stay in contact with those on board the charter boat Francie, which sank in heaving seas, claiming eight lives.

The search for the man still missing after the Francie capsized in the Kaipara Harbour is continuing.

Eleven men were thrown into the rough seas of the Kaipara Harbour on Saturday. Three survived, seven bodies have been recovered and one is still missing.

A fellow boatie said he had laid complaints about skipper Bill McNatty's competence.

One of the widows of Saturday's Kaipara Harbour boating tragedy has revealed she has terminal cancer.

Two Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigators are in Auckland gathering evidence into the Kaipara Harbour fishing boat tragedy.

The daughter of the last unaccounted fisherman in the Kaipara boating tragedy says she just wants her dad home.

A Cook Island father-of-three who hailed from an island renown for fishing has been named by family as one of the victims of Saturday's water tragedy.

There's a chill in the air in Kaipara, strong winds whipping the flag lowered to half mast into a frenzy on the front lawn.

Those are words a heartbroken wife has posted on social media after learning her husband was one of the seven men who died in the Kaipara charter boat tragedy.

Naked, with two lifejackets pinned under each arm, Iripa Iripa crawled up Muriwai Beach.

A survivor of the Kaipara Harbour disaster was too big for the lifejackets, and desperately clung to the flotation devices while he swam to shore badly injured.