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Passenger admits aiding driver of fleeing car to shoot at police

Passenger in fleeing car admits steering car while driver fires directly at an officer.

Boat flips in surf off Mangawhai Heads

Sole occupant rescued, clinging to the hull of overturned tinny this morning.

'He looked down the sights at me': Cop shot at in pursuit

Passenger accused of deliberately assisting a driver to aim a gun at pursuing police

Former New Zealand women's rugby league team physiotherapist denied shot at Supreme Court appeal

Northland physio Skye Renes denied Supreme Court appeal against ACC fraud convictions.

For Whangārei school students, 'drama class is their safe haven'

A Whangārei school drama team fundraises to get to National Shakespeare Drama Festival.

'Northland young kids were getting addicted to vaping, while many parents have no clue'

Northland smoke-free adviser blames the increase in vaping retailers for more kids vaping

Legal aid lawyers getting a pay rise, debt repayment to be made easier

Nearly $14m paid to legal aid lawyers in Northland the past year.

'If a week is enough to solve the problems of a 'disturbed child', pigs can fly too'

Northland Principals worry the Interim Response Fund in the region is "just not enough".

Shane Reti: ED waiting times no longer being reported

Opinion: Emergency department wait times need to be reported publicly.

Butchered great white shark upsets Northland iwi and DoC

Kaipara iwi and DoC say the juvenile great white shark was butchered on a beach.

'Had I not had my stroke, had I been on top of my game, that fire would not have been lit' - Semenoff

Former Mayor says illegal rubbish fire was not his doing

Three arrests, firearm seized in Far North

Police have arrested three people and seized a firearm.

Ruawai College students revel in overhauled curriculum

Ruawai College gives students the liberty to choose their own learning modules.

Sick baby may have lived if he wasn't sent home from emergency department

The baby died two days after being sent home from a half-hour ED visit.

Uretiti Beach not patrolled despite being known drowning hot spot

Report highlights coroners' comments after four Northland drownings

'Breathe bro, just breathe': Off-duty lifeguard saves man's life - twice

Quick-thinking lifeguard Quinn Bedford successfully resuscitated the hurt man twice.

Northland's biggest tertiary education provider hopeful Budget 2022 breaks down barriers

NorthTec's chief executive welcomes Budget 2022 investment into vocational education.

14-yo armed robbery suspect walks free after police botch arrest

Judge believed police wanted to make sure teen didn't get bail again.