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

A learner driver being pursued by police allegedly rammed into three patrol cars. It was the second police pursuit in Northland in the space of three days.

A Whangarei man has been jailed for blackmailing a 14-year-old girl into sending him naked pictures over Facebook.

A tug boat's joined the efforts to put out a boat fire in the entrance to Marsden Point marina in Whangarei.

McDonald's has given $5000 to a man who can't walk after he crushed his spine tripping on a kerb outside one of its restaurants.

A man has been charged with murder after the death of a 61-year-old man at a house north of Whangarei last night.

The man who died in the quad bike crash yesterday was Bruce Murray Stenning, 82, of Auckland.

Lucy Casley explores Whangarei's stunning scenery and mouthwatering cuisine.

Noel Hendry, 79, of Ruakaka, died in the blaze which engulfed his home on Bream Bay Dr, Ruakaka, near Whangarei, early this morning.

A teenager who allegedly burgled a Whangarei home and left his driver's licence in the house next to a smashed stereo has made an appearance in court.

Police are still looking for the person who broke into a Whangarei home at the weekend, leaving behind a driver's licence and cap at the scene.

While investigating a truck fire thought to have been deliberately lit, police came across a property with 12 stolen vehicles in the backyard.

A Hundertwasser art centre would attract visitors to the northern city, says Paul Rush.

Alcohol and chocolate bars were the target for young people on a looting "rampage" at a Whangarei supermarket last night, police say.

One person is still trapped in a vehicle after a head-on collision on State Highway 1 south of Whangarei about 2pm.

An "open-invitation" party left terrified residents cowering in their homes waiting for police to arrive.

A Whangarei Boys' High School boarding student is in a coma in Auckland Hospital two weeks after being assaulted on his way home from a church youth group.

Whangarei police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett said officers were called to a family violence incident at Arcus St, Otaika, about 6pm yesterday.

A wanted man on the run from police since early April has been arrested and charged over the serious assault of two Korean fishermen at Ti Point Wharf.

This morning's fog wreaked havoc with flights and weekend plans, but it couldn't stop a pair of proud grandparents from completing a journey 15 years in the making.

The ringing of the fire alarm was followed by a ring of another kind at a Whangarei primary school yesterday, as a firefighter proposed to his teacher sweetheart.

Up to 50 Northland teens flouted Whangarei’s liquor bans at an after ball function in the city, with several arrested and five needing medical treatment for heavy intoxication.

A 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital after being injured during a rugby game this afternoon.

One person is dead following a single car crash near Whangarei this afternoon.

The funeral for a 14-month-old toddler who was fatally hit by a car in Kamo last week will be held today at the Pehiaweri Marae in Whangarei.

A man killed when his car plummeted off a bridge and into a river northwest of Whangarei last week has been named by police.

One person is dead after their car went off a bridge and into a river about 120km north-west of Whangarei tonight.

A Northland teacher convicted of sexually abusing two girls and physically abusing six children placed in his care by Child Youth and Family has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed.