Stories by Lois Williams

A Northland dairy owner held up nine times in 13 years is in despair over the sentence handed down for a robbery that he says could have killed him.

Half of the young men admitted to Whangarei hospital's mental health unit are methamphetamine users, a psychiatrist says.

Elders of the Waitangi marae have asked for a meeting with the trust that runs the Treaty grounds, to look at moving the Waitangi Day pōwhiri for the Crown.

Protest marchers at Waitangi have accused iwi leaders and the government of failing to act against the scourge of methamphetamine. Video

The pregnant wife of a crab fisherman who drowned in Northland was waiting on the beach as his body was brought to shore.

Northland's Regional Council is making big changes to the way it operates, sparking a warning that it may be seen as doing business behind closed doors.

The Māori custodians of Porotī Springs say they have been treated with contempt for years, by local councils and the Environment Court.

A seismologist says there was no need for anyone to flee to higher ground after the Kaikoura earthquake.

A study of people taking anti-psychotic drugs has found most try to stop and don't have the support to do so safely.

The New Zealand College of GPs would welcome a move to make CT scans more routine for rugby players with head injuries, it says.

Northland MP Winston Peters says claims a costly new highway from Pūhoi to Warkworth will benefit Northland are a bad joke.

Nearly two-thirds of Northland gynaecological cancer patients are not being treated within the recommended time, a new report has found.

A Northland iwi trust has been accused of botching its election process and squandering its Treaty of Waitangi settlement.

Three Whangarei women plan to crowd fund to have a sculpture incorporating ancient camera technology built on Whangarei's harbourside. Video

A new sexual violence court may mean more people are willing to lay complaints, victim advocates say.

A post-mortem will be carried out today on the man who died of his injuries in Whangarei's St John ambulance station.

The drug-buying agency Pharmac is aiming to make the costly shingles vaccine free to everyone over 65 within two years.

Campaigners for cleaner rivers in Northland are accusing the regional council of dragging its heels over rules to keep stock out of waterways.

The Waitangi Tribunal has begun an urgent inquiry into another troubled bid to settle Treaty claims - this time for the Ngātiwai people of Northland's east coast.

A Waitangi Day organiser has given elders three weeks to decide whether the Prime Minister will be made welcome at Waitangi marae next year.

A Northland man says cerebral palsy hasn't stopped him entering local government - and there's no reason it should stop an aspiring Dunedin councillor. Audio

A Hokianga hapū spokesman is recommending an independent commissioner be appointed to oversee the Ngāpuhi mandate restructure.

Analysis - Tūhoronuku says it will now fully accept a plan to hand the reins to hapū in negotiating Ngāpuhi's treaty claim. Lois Williams explains.

The board that holds the mandate to negotiate Ngāpuhi's Treaty of Waitangi claim says it will now fully accept a plan to hand the reins to hapū.