Northland

Protest action has been called off following a resolution to the land ownership dispute over Kaitāia Airport.

An $8m plan to improve transport and connections through Dargaville has been met with criticism by some who say the money should be spent improving current risk areas.

A Northland company has been ordered to pay almost $400,000 after the death of a Korean tourist in a "horrific" sand boarding incident.

A well-known Northland dive company has avoided prosecution over an incident in which two children were trapped in a sea cave by agreeing to a raft of measures to improve safety and help the victims.

A Northland woman has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering two young children earlier this year.

One year ago, landslides transformed Mangamuka from a busy travellers' stop to a quiet backwater on a dead-end road. Audio

As emotional statements were being read by the family of a woman who was killed 'execution-style', her killer collapsed in the dock.

The skipper charged in connection with the Enchanter boat tragedy that claimed the lives of five men off North Cape plans to defend the allegations against him and his company.

Plans for a multi-million-dollar conference centre in Whangārei appear to be on the rocks after the government withdrew its share of the funding.

Officers in Whangārei arrested four people, aged 13 to 15, after a pursuit in which the alleged offenders rammed a police car, rendering it immobile.

Te Aupōuri leader Penetaui Kleskovic says the region needs to boost its ability to respond in the event of future maritime emergencies.

A lack of helicopter fuel supplies delayed the search for victims of the Enchanter maritime tragedy for more than four and a half hours. Audio

The calls of two pairs of surviving kiwi have been heard in Ōpua Forest - giving a conservation group hope its efforts over the last 12 years have not been in vain.

The occupation began after the landowner felled part of a historically significant pōhutukawa tree to make space for a house.

A year on from the storm that destroyed a section of SH1 the original 26 slips have grown to 38, making completing the repair on time "more and more challenging".

Hundreds of mature mangroves have been cut down for Whangārei's new $20 million Okara marina, angering environmentalists who campaigned against their removal 30 years ago.

Northland is facing an at least 10-year-long battle to eradicate the new marine seaweed superspreader, caulerpa.

Dog owners letting their pets out for exercise instead of walking them on winter evenings could be a factor behind the recent spate of kiwi deaths in Northland, a conservation group says.

An elderly woman died after allegedly being dropped from her stretcher at Whangārei Hospital, the Herald understands.