The wife of a pedestrian killed in the Far North in the early hours of New Year's Day went to bed thinking he'd gone for a walk.

Both the holiday road toll and last year's entire toll are the worst they've been in years.

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The holiday road toll stands at 17, rising overnight with the deaths of two pedestrians in Northland.

New Year's Eve has got off to a disastrous start to two people who were injured in a dune buggy crash in Northland this evening.

One person has died in a water rescue at Doves Bay Marina, near Kerikeri in the Far North.

A fire that came within a metre of a ute and a few metres of a Kerikeri home was a blaze waiting to happen, the town's fire chief

A Northland culinary school which closed down suddenly last month, putting tutors out of work and students in limbo, was owned by

Don't let the morning cloud fool you - it is set to be a fine Boxing Day for New Zealanders, with Central Otago tipped as the best place to be.

The owners of a Kerikeri jewellery business are reeling after thieves targeted the best bling in the shop. Manufacturing and retail

SUP191016NADKIWI.JPG The dead kiwi is thought to be one of four that lived on Peter Nash's Puketotara Rd property. PHOTO / SUPPLIED by

Olympic gold medal-winners Blair Tuke and Peter Burling will be honoured with a parade through Kerikeri's main street on Friday. The

A 22-metre long blue whale washed up on a private Far North beach has excited a marine mammal expert but also sparked a health warning as the giant sea creature decomposes.

Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland.

Police have arrested three young men following a number of burglaries in the Kerikeri region over the past couple of weeks.

The two people who died, Vernon Lawrence-Samuels and Ryan Wikaira, both 23, had been at rugby training before the accident.

Northland farmer who lost hundreds of thousands in income is offering a $50,000 reward for evidence that leads to a conviction.

The low immunisation rate of Northland teenagers could help a measles outbreak spread across the region, health officials fear.

The driver of a vehicle involved in a double fatality in Northland has been charged with causing the deaths and will appear in court this morning.

For a decade Garry and Cynthia Moran have seen first-hand the human carnage created by vicious dog attacks in their Northland street.

A 20-year-old man has drowned while swimming at the popular Charlies Rock waterhole in Kerikeri.

A man is in custody after a police armed offenders squad callout in which Kerikeri residents were evacuated from their homes.

Two people are seriously injured after their car crashed through a barrier and down a cliff in Kerikeri early this morning.

Rising Kiwi piano star Sylvia Jiang will soon be the toast of New York - but not before she wows Kerikeri.

A 15-year-old Northland boy died after succumbing to fatal injuries he sustained during an "absolute chance'' BMX accident, a coroner has found.

Danielle Wright takes her family to a Northland town so good they named it twice.