A former Whangarei Department of Corrections worker awarded $7000 after she complained of sexual harassment - including an allegation

More than half of New Zealand's 41,000 homeless people are now families with children, according to new Otago University research.

"Stupid idiots" smashed through a fence, knocked bollards out of the ground and left skid marks across a Whangarei sporting field

A repeat dope grower caught cultivating nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis commercially inside a garage has been jailed for more than

A 54-year-old woman has been attacked from behind, dragged and had cash taken from her bag during an early morning walk to a Whangarei

Mark James Lang was an engineer and used his skills and knowledge to construct one of the biggest clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in the country.

A logging truck driver will go through "intensive training" before he returns to the road after a truck rollover in Northland, says

A mentor for troubled young Maori in Whangarei "blotted his copybook" by being involved in a night-time punch-up with the occupants

The board chairman of a Northland school which lost several buildings in a fire says it is "awesome" knowing the school will be getting

A woman's house was burgled and a few days later she saw a teenage stranger wearing her clothes.

The Northland B rugby team will take on the Manu Samoa A team in a game at Toll Stadium, Whangarei, tonight. The match kicks off

Part of a one-lane bridge gave way as a truck carrying a trailer tried to cross it in Whangarei. The Brownlee General Carriers and

A baby has been injured in an accident in Whangarei this afternoon when a car crashed into a house.

A former Corrections worker has been awarded $7000 after claiming she was harrassed by a man who crawled under her desk and touched

A homeowner has partially succeeded in her appeal to the Supreme Court, alleging negligence by the Whangarei District Council in a leaky building case.

Tenant had been drinking and was stressed after a bad day. So she lit a fire in the kitchen of her Housing New Zealand home.

The High Court has ruled a young Northlander's conviction for unlawful assembly during a brawl by rival gangs was disproportionate

A Whangarei house was 10 minutes away from being fully engulfed in flames but thanks to neighbours who saw the smoke, fire crews were able to extinguish the fire.

A Whangarei man was forced to jump from a moving car after he was allegedly kidnapped then assaulted. Police confirmed the man suffered

The Lion Man is facing a raft of cruelty allegations after being accused of separating a baby giraffe from its mother just hours after it was born.

The man accused of carrying out a vicious sexual attack on a woman during her early-morning jog in Whangarei has pleaded guilty to all charges.

A Northlander arrested during a major drug bust told a jury he had no knowledge methamphetamine was being manufactured at a rural

Daniel the albatross, who crash-landed on Ninety Mile Beach last week, spread his wings before being released back into the wild off

A man charged with fleeing police after a pursuit that saw a stolen car crash into a barrier on State Highway One south of Whangarei has been remanded in custody.

This town is reeling from its 10th homicide in just seven years, a situation that has a senior police officer concerned at the level of violence.

A former senior Northland policeman jailed for stealing methamphetamine from an evidence lock-up at Whangarei police station and supplying

Can't afford to buy a house in Auckland and think you're running out of options? Ruled out Tauranga and Hamilton? Where are the next northern property hotspots?

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

Charges of receiving kauri gum worth $25,000 have been withdrawn against a Whangarei man.

From the "doh" files: An eagle-eyed Advocate reader today drew our attention to this recently-erected sign on State Highway 1 just