Stories by Peter de Graaf

One in four road workers is verbally abused by motorists on a daily basis, and one in three says it is taking a toll on their mental health, a survey by NZTA Waka Kotahi has found

Whangārei District Council has lost its bid for an injunction that would have allowed it to stop adding fluoride to the city's water supply.

A mayor says his council is taking a tough stance after a social media message drew a barrage of vitriol and racist comments.

Four of the strictly protected birds died in just three days

It comes after the High Court reserved its decision on a the first of the council's legal challenges against Health Ministry orders.

But councillors also voted to stop fluoridation immediately if a legal challenge goes their way tomorrow.

Whangārei councillors are meeting later today to discuss their fluoridation stand-off with the Health Ministry.

RNZ understands complaints have been lodged with the Far North District Council about roaming dogs in the Wharengaere Bay area since mid-2024.

Whangārei councillors will be asked to revoke an earlier decision not to fluoridate the city's water supply.

Under level 4 restrictions introduced this week in Dargaville, town supply water may be used only for drinking, cooking, washing clothes and showering.

The release also marked the start of New Zealand's biggest turtle-tracking study to date.

A small community is "angry and frustrated" it's been forced to once again fight a battle it thought it had already won.

A total of 1200 anglers from every corner of the motu took part in this year's Ninety Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza.

A decision to continue allowing vehicles on beaches in the Catlins will be revisited after an endangered sea lion was harassed by motorists.

The $30,000 big prize is one lure, but there's so much more to attract competitors to the Far North.

Far North firefighters are battling another major fire, this time in grass and scrub south of Kaikohe.

The January tornado left two people seriously injured and damaged 35 homes.

A 14,000-signature petition against a proposed fast-tracked sand mining operation off Northland's Bream Bay is due to be handed over at Parliament on Wednesday. Audio

The 63-year-old is accused of murdering Yvonne Chapman, 66, at Beach Road Reserve in the seaside suburb of Onerahi.

A major clean-up is underway at Northland's Waipoua Settlement as residents return after last week's ferocious forest fire.

The bizarre wildlife encounter, which occurred around lunchtime off Cape Brett, knocked one of the boaties over and left him bruised.

The number of firefighters will be doubled to 100 tomorrow to help "hit this very hard".

No homes have been lost and no one has been injured.

Speculation in the Far North as to what happened ranges from an amateur house-moving attempt gone horribly wrong to an extraordinarily brazen theft attempt.

A proposed housing development in Kerikeri could add as many as 3000 new homes to the Bay of Islands boom town - almost doubling the current 8000-strong population.