Northland

Ten thousand electric and hydrogen buses should be purchased by the Government to support its public transport sustainability goals, a Northland sector veteran says.

Residents in the Far North say the heavy rain, wild weather and flooding has been the worst for a long time.

The Far North deputy mayor is worried about high tide, which is set to strike the eastern coast of the rain-soaked region at midnight. Audio

Te Tai Tokerau children finishing primary school have the worst tooth decay in the country.

Residents around Onerahi airport would effectively be "carrying the can" for the rest of the region with major new "noise pollution" expected if the rescue helicopter base shifts there, says a…

The family of a man mauled to death say they have heard nothing from the owner of the aggressive dogs found at his property.

The last of the dogs missing from a Northland property where a man was killed in a suspected mauling has been found.

Twenty-five neo mastiff crosses and bulldog crosses have been rounded up at the Northland property where a man was killed in a suspected mauling yesterday afternoon.

Police believe a man has been killed by dogs in the Far North community of Panguru - and some are still on the loose.

A Whangārei company has been sentenced after a trailer came off its truck and hit a car behind, killing a nine-year-old girl.

A teenager who stabbed a young Northland man to death has been sentenced to life in prison.

Plans to build an 850-seat riverside conference and events centre in Whangārei have been revived.

The upper North Island took a pounding on Monday with heavy rain and winds wild enough to tip trucks and knock out power - but weather warnings are now in place in the north and south of the country.

The Northland hospital's move was part of infection prevention controls, while more than 30 aged care facilities in the lower South Island struggle with infections.

Te Tai Tokerau is mourning a man who spent decades lifting others out of poverty, homelessness, addiction and imprisonment. Video

The mayor of Whangārei says the proposed development of Northland's port could help to offset the impact of the closure of the Marsden Point oil refinery.

Northland's regional economic development agency says the huge potential economic boon will only be possible with improved infrastructure.

Police say they have busted a wide-reaching drug dealing and money laundering operation in the North Island.