Kaitaia could be waiting up to 16 days before getting any water from the Aupouri Aquifer. Read...

The New Zealand Defence Force has been deployed to Kaitaia with tankers as Northland`s water crisis deepens. A team from the 2 Combat Service Support Battalion, normally based at Linton Military Camp in Palmerston North, was due... Read...

Northland iwi Te Rarawa and Ngai Takoto are on stand-by to supply water to drought-stricken towns, including Kaikohe and Kaitaia. Read...

Up to $2 million will be allocated from the Provincial Growth Fund to set up temporary water supplies in Kaikohe and Kaitaia where drought is biting hard, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has announced. Read...

All outdoor water use has been banned in Kaitaia with no significant rain forecast for the next few weeks. Read...

It has been horror weekend on our country`s roads as five people have died in four separate crashes. Yesterday alone four people died in crashes that were geographically spread from as far north as Kaitaia to rural Southland in... Read...

One person is in a critical condition after their car collided with a tree in Kaitaia early today.Emergency services were called to the crash on Bank Street just after 6am.Road closures are in place at Bank Street and Puckey Avenue,... Read...

A serious crash has closed two main roads in the Far North town of Kaitaia. Read...

Trees were damaged, words were spray painted and wind breaks were slashed at Mapua Orchard, north of Kaitaia. Read...

Far North iwi Te Runanga o Ngai Takoto has started planting its new 20-hectare avocado orchard in Kaitaia, using assets it received through its Treaty settlement. Read...