Northland

All three - aged between 11 and 15 - targeted a retail store, dairy and petrol station.

Police said they received reports of four males entering a store on Broadway, Kaikohe armed with a hammer and tyre iron, who jumped the counter taking items including cigarettes and cash.

"For seven years I've endured lies and rumours about what happened to me in 2017 when I was just 16 years old," the former leader's victim told the court.

Jake Hamlin was sentenced to 12 months' home detention in the Whangārei District Court for driving drunk causing the death of Samantha Williams at Uretiti in 2023.

Making a council fluoridate its water is being slammed by New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters.

Frustrated residents complained to Kāinga Ora 13 times about a noise coming from the property, including continuous barking from a dog, several parties and loud music.

A town that has been under a temporary boil water notice for ten years, with brown water coming out of their taps, has New Zealand's water regulator wading in. Audio

The 80-year-old faces charges relating to four boys aged between 12 and 16.

A proposed housing development in Kerikeri could add as many as 3000 new homes to the Bay of Islands boom town - almost doubling the current 8000-strong population.

Whangārei District Council has again refused to put fluoride into the district's water supply, despite the government saying they have to.

A photo shared on social media claiming to be from Waitangi Day celebrations was taken at a different event last year, a tourism operator says.

Matt Wells was being stalked by the shark as he paddled his kayak off the coast of remote a Northland beach. Audio

Part of the protected Kaimaumau Wetland has been drained illegally and will take up to 10 years to recover, a local farmer and expert says.

Shayden Perkinson died trying to protect his cousin at an ATM in 2023.

A Whangārei based hāpu are going back to court for the latest in a legal saga spanning 30 years. Audio

Northland's largest wetland has suffered significant damage to an area the size of 54 rugby fields after a landowner allowed livestock to enter, sprayed pesticides and illegally installed drains.

Development opportunities to boost Te Tai Tokerau's economy are being put forward to the government.

Waka hit the water at the Treaty Grounds, while the PM was welcomed onto Ōnuku Marae in Akaroa and the Waitangi Hikoi made themselves known.

A pedestrian has died after a crash in Northland, south of the Bay of Islands, police say.