A_JS251016NADBITE028.JPGTyree Walters was attacked by a dog and had his home burgled and his dead father's play station was taken

A_JS311016NADCHPR226.JPGA specialist cliff rescue team recovered the bodies of two men killed in a helicopter crash into dense bush

The two men who were killed in a helicopter crash near Whangarei have been named.

The Northland forest in which a helicopter crashed, killing two people, is so dense no wreckage was visible even from the air soon

It was a wild day of weather for the upper North Island yesterday, but what will today bring?

JS271016NADSCHOLS083.JPG Chris Pidgeon, one of 16 scholarship winners, with John Ma and Callum Hill who have attended the same schools

Lifeguards have cautioned motorists to drive to conditions on Northland beaches this summer following a crash between two cars put

A_JS251016NADBITE034.JPG The dog that attacked 6-year-old Tyree Walters will be returned to its owners. PHOTO/JOHN STONE By Mikaela

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.

A Whangarei man has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for assaulting, abducting and sexually violating a woman jogger in an early morning attack.

A man who admitted snatching a woman from a popular Whangarei walking track and assaulting her at his home will be sentenced today.

Rachael Beardsall says she and her partner have had to go without to ensure their three children do not starve. So when she heard

Police have named the man who died yesterday morning after he was taken in a critical condition to Whangarei's St John station in a dash to get him medical help.

The familiar red and gold colours of surf lifesavers are about to make a return to Northland beaches this weekend as the weather and

They're exhausted, but striking Whangarei resident doctors found time to do some good in their community during their brief time off

Police have confirmed there are three scenes of interest after a suspected homicide victim died at the Whangarei ambulance station this morning.

A man dropped off in a critical condition at Whangarei St John Ambulance Station this morning has died.

An online Lotto ticket buyer from Whangarei is $1 million richer after Wednesday night's draw.

The Tangiteroria Tavern is now the pub with no beer after 90 years of serving locals and travellers between Whangarei and Dargaville. Owner

A kitesurfer has cheated possible death after becoming tangled in his kite lines at Muriwai Beach.

Winston Peters is calling for immigrant employers caught underpaying workers or forcing them to work long hours to be deported.

Northlanders' generosity is overflowing -- so much so a new processing centre and outlet shop for donated items to hospice has opened. The

Moses Mahanga was found dead in a vehicle in Otangarei on William Jones Dr on October 4.

Aucklanders are not only snapping up residential properties in Whangarei for investment but also commercial and industrial buildings

They're the organisation that's aiming to go out of business. But Whangarei's Tai Tokerau Emergency Housing Trust is busier than

MC051016NADSHOOTING1.JPG: A man was found dead in the driver's seat of a white-coloured Mitsubishi car parked on the side of William

Gunshots heard as police investigate a suspicious death in Whangarei overnight.

Sean Hay and John Wallace could be in the middle of a maths class one minute and fighting a fire the next. The Kamo High School 17-year

New Zealand's most expensive new residential lodge will open its doors to guests from the start of next month.

Good information from Whangarei store workers led to the arrest of a "professional shoplifter" and her co-offender, police say.