Northland

Nearly 30 firefighters were called to a large house fire in a small town south of Dargaville in the early hours.

Belle Mumby is accused of theft, deception and forgery.

That led the investigation team to conclude an electrical fault was the most likely cause of the fire.

Work was just about to start on repurposing the historic ship Tui when it was destroyed in a fire on Wednesday.

The cause of a fire that destroyed a historic ship at the Paihia waterfront may never be known, a fire investigator says.

Kaikohe sought to remember Catalya Remana Tangimetua-Pepene whose death has rocked the small town.

Two people have died in separate road crashes in Northland and the Waikato overnight.

Some residents in Dargaville are still without water and others are being asked to use as little as possible.

Kaipara Council has completed repairs on pipes that drained Dargaville's water supply. Audio

Neighbours of a girl, 3, who died at her Northland home last week say her smile was so bright it 'lit up the whole world'.

Meanwhile, a 45-year-old man is due to appear in court charged with assault and murder.

The man will appear in the Kaikohe District Court on Monday.

A derelict old ship with a vivid history is about to get a new life, recommissioned as a marine education centre.

The country's first super-sized grid-connected battery will help improve Northland's energy resilience in future power outages, Meridian Energy says.

The Geographic Board say a proposal to change the name of the Northland town to its original Māori has been declined.

The site covers an area the size of two rugby fields and consists of 80 shipping-container-sized batteries.

A homicide investigation has been launched after the discovery of a man's body at Horeke, north of Kaikohe.