Moerewa School will remain closed until the end of week, principal announced.

Police are investigating the circumstances of a death in Northland earlier this week.

Four men charged over cannabis-growing operation remain in custody.

Hollie Mcintyre has been given just months to live.

Man jailed for stabbing police dog trying to ram police cars, aggravated burglary.

Whangārei man appears in court for murder of Bridget Simmonds.

News snippets from across the region.

Derek Lynn jailed for part in tyre stabbing crime spree.

The mother of Whangārei woman said the ordeal had been highly frustrating

Middlemarch has registered New Zealand's coldest June temperature since 2015.

Much of the Central North Island and South Island woke to frosts this morning.

Police have set up a direct phone line for people to call with information about the case.

Police use excavator at rural location where they believe missing woman is buried .

More water storage facilities in Northland in the pipeline.

Bridget Simmonds, then 42, was reported missing on March 6 last year.

Simmonds' mother just wants closure for the family.

Suspicious fire destroys rural community hall.

Union slams Carter Holt Harvey's plan to make more than two thirds of workers redundant.

Head-on crash near the summit of Brynderwyn Hills.

Business leaders and sporting organisations in Northland are delighted to move to level 1.

Power outage for Far North.

Neighbours felt 'something not right' before hearing of death.

There is snow down to 400m in places of the South Island, what's in store for the north?

"I would like to think we could reach out to those people and possibly help them."

Drug dealer's sentence stands despite Court of Appeal guideline shift.

Two community groups targeted in burglaries.

Northland Orca sightings wanted as one could be entangled in cray pot line

Four people arrested in police drug operation named in court.