Northland

Whangārei would cope reasonably well if an Auckland-style rain deluge hit the district, Mayor Vince Cocurullo says.

Moves by a New Zealand based company to commercialise three new dragon fruit varieties could present opportunities for growers in the Far North.

Eleven homes have been evacuated beneath a debris dam that formed in the Coromandel. Audio

It is hard to separate the politics from Waitangi, but the day party leaders were welcomed on to Te Whare Rūnanga was largely free of inflammatory rhetoric and political point scoring.

The Coromandel is facing yet another long weekend of cancelled hospitality bookings.

The government has confirmed the money will be spent in Northland, including unlocking greenfields land and transport upgrades like a new bridge in Kamo.

The government has put forth a one-off $3 million investment to support the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

Dozens have gathered in the Far North at an important but less well known site to remember a key battle of the New Zealand Wars.

A witness called police as the theft was happening, who tracked the suspects using an onboard tracker.

Fears the region would be hit as hard as Auckland was at the weekend proved unfounded. Audio

Northlanders are urged to be prepared as more than 200 millimetres of rain is predicted to fall in the region. Audio

The first of up to 90,000 Northlanders likely to soon be drinking water dosed with industrially-produced fluoride could be doing so within 18 months.

Two people have died in crashes in Northland this evening.

One person has died after a crash on State Highway 12 in Northland.

A person has died following another water-related incident overnight in the Coromandel.

What was meant to be a grand return to business has become another nightmare for the tourism sector after a wet start to the year.

Weather warnings have been lifted for Tairāwhiti while Northland says its recovery will take several weeks.

An estimated 30 whānau from the Uawa, or Tolaga Bay area have spent the night away from home, staying with relatives on higher ground as Cyclone Hale set floodwaters lapping at their doors.

Cyclone Hale has made landfall with gale-force winds, 6m swells on the coast and heavy rain, and caused road closures, slips and flooding across several regions.