A 12-year-old girl is in Whangarei Hospital after she was struck by a car at Te Haumi, near Paihia, this morning.She was crossing SH11 at the bridge at the southern end of Te Haumi about 7am when she was hit.She suffered head... Read...

It was a case of second time lucky for Paihia man Ty-Ray White after losing his prosthetic arm while wakeboarding in the Bay of Islands.Mr White was wakeboarding about 200m off Te Ti Beach on Saturday afternoon when he fell and... Read...

Paihia man Ty-Ray White is giving a `big hand` to the divers who helped find the prosthetic arm he lost while wakeboarding.Mr White was wakeboarding off Te Ti Beach on Saturday afternoon when he fell, and during his fall, the prosthetic... Read...

The road between Kawakawa and Paihia could be closed for two weeks after a massive slip. Read...

A landslip on State Highway 11 in Paihia, Northland has closed the road.Detours via State Highway 1, 10 and 11 were in place after last night`s slip, which happened at 7pm. Read...

Heavy rain overnight has caused a slip has closed State Highway 11 at Lemons Hill, between Kawakawa and Paihia.The New Zealand Transport Agency has advised motorists to follow directions of emergency services as detours have been... Read...

Students - rather than politicians - have been asking Jacinda Ardern the tough questions at a special picnic. Read...

A sodden sky has rendered the view from the end of Paihia wharf obsolete. Russell has disappeared in the rain. My hair, clothes and feet are wet, but it is 21 degrees at dinnertime and some of that could be sweat. It is too humid... Read...

Passenger ferries in the Bay of Islands are expected to resume sailing this afternoon as the storm which battered Northland overnight recedes. On Thursday evening the Paihia-Russell passenger ferry had been scheduled to run until... Read...

A French tourist has been caught in Paihia with 24kg of cocaine - worth up to $10.8 million.Customs officers found the drug on a cruise ship and a French national, aged 26, has been charged.The cocaine seizure is one of the largest... Read...