Northland

Far North residents are in for the best Christmas present they could have hoped for with State Highway 1 through the Mangamuka Gorge due to reopen on December 20.

A training programme is changing lives in Northland, offering rangatahi real-world skills in plumbing and construction while providing a lifeline to communities in need of water.

The parents of a teenage boy who died during a school caving trip hope the tragedy will lead to stricter outdoor education rules so no other family has to experience their pain.

Karnin Ahorangi Petera, who was 15, died after he was swept away by the powerful current inside the flooded cave.

Johnny Kauwhata was punched twice in the head outside Countdown Kerikeri by a man who had parked next to him in one of the supermarket’s disability parks.

In a move signalled as early as May this year, Northland Regional Council has become the first regional council in Aotearoa to protect its Māori wards.

Northland Regional Council, Horizons Regional Council and Hastings District Council are all holding meetings today.

Around November last year the Dargaville stay-at-home dad noticed a change in the fish he pulled out of the Northern Wairoa River.

A whānau from Northland says they are being subjected to vilification by Oranga Tamariki

There have been calls for compensation following the June outage which one economist predicted cost the Northland economy $60m.