Stories by Peter de Graaf

Japanese longliner Chokyu Maru No.68 hit The Noises 25km northeast of Auckland last year.

An ambitious plan to restore the health of Northland's largest lake is set to begin within a year, funding permitting.

Northland has been battered by record-breaking rain, a cyclone, a tornado and a harsh drought. So what's being done to fix the area's long-running water woes? Audio

A kapa haka group with a difference is practising furiously for its first-ever public performance in Kerikeri this Matariki weekend. Audio

This year has already brought almost every possible weather extreme to Northland, with record rain hot on the heels of a drought, a cyclone and even a tornado. Is this a sign of things to come? Audio

The region has been hit by drought, record rainfall and a cyclone just this year.

That led the investigation team to conclude an electrical fault was the most likely cause of the fire.

The collapse of the national grid operator's tower in Northland cut electricity to 88,000 customers.

Work was just about to start on repurposing the historic ship Tui when it was destroyed in a fire on Wednesday.

The cause of a fire that destroyed a historic ship at the Paihia waterfront may never be known, a fire investigator says.

Dargaville suffered after a massive outage caused by four separate pipeline ruptures last week.

Kaikohe sought to remember Catalya Remana Tangimetua-Pepene whose death has rocked the small town.

Fisheries Minister Shane Jones said consultation on the proposal would start soon, and would be controversial.

Neighbours of a girl, 3, who died at her Northland home last week say her smile was so bright it 'lit up the whole world'.

A derelict old ship with a vivid history is about to get a new life, recommissioned as a marine education centre.

The country's first super-sized grid-connected battery will help improve Northland's energy resilience in future power outages, Meridian Energy says.

The site covers an area the size of two rugby fields and consists of 80 shipping-container-sized batteries.

Part of it is disappearing into the sea - a problem that could have been avoided with a few hours' work, a resident says.

Keegan Jones, 26, has been named as one of the world's most influential young people.

Two doctors travelled the length of the North Island to see how people felt about the state of the health system.

Cyclone Tam took a large chunk out of Marsden Road/State Highway 11 near the town centre.

There are plans for a 250-berth marina, including a boat ramp and shops, at isolated Waipiro Bay.

The town was not just celebrating Dhcamad Armstrong's fighting achievements, but also his use of martial arts to help young men back onto the straight and narrow.

If nothing was done, the beachfront road and buildings would eventually be threatened.

Organisers say the event is as pertinent today as it was 180 years ago.