Northland

Police say the man missed his calling: "He should have been a marathon swimmer."

The strike has been planned to highlight the fear nurses have about working in a hospital with no doctors after-hours.

Two others are being sought after robbers entered the store armed with an axe and a long-barrelled rifle.

August Lemon was arrested this week and appeared in Whangārei District Court, charged with knowingly endangering life by setting fire to property.

Far North mayor Moko Tepania says he will support a challenge to a new rule around polling on Māori wards.

Stressed-out nurses in Dargaville are going on strike over fears for staff and patients while there is no doctor at the beleaguered hospital.

Kawakawa's ambulance service has already been under extra pressure due to recent staff shortages at the hospital.

Tangipo Ryder returned home to family land a year ago, but can't enrol with a doctor anywhere nearby. Audio

Thirteen people linked to the Head Hunters and Mongrel Mob were arrested in 2021 as part of Operation Freya.

The Whangārei mayor says Northland has needed a new hospital for the last 20 years.

This afternoon the Whangārei Hospital's ED was at 156 percent capacity.

"The employed staff already work 40-60 hours per week, plus additional shifts," doctors say.

A slash in locum rates is to blame and it's not a "sudden crisis", angry doctors have told RNZ. Audio

When Sam Erickson started hooking one sickly snapper after another, he knew something was seriously wrong.

The woman was referred to hospital with "a palpable abdominal mass". Four months later she was dead.

A 14-year-old girl reported missing in Whangārei has been found.

Police are still hoping someone will shed light on what happened to Joanna Sione-Lauaki before she was found dead on a empty beach.

Residents in the area are being told to expect several red and orange-coloured distress flares on Tuesday evening.