Paihia firefighters called to a late-night crash had to stop flames from the burning wreck spreading into bush and threatening a nearby house. The Paihia Fire Brigade was initially called out to a car upside-down in a ditch on State... Read...

Police and coastguard officials have been seen swarming an island off Paihia in the Bay of Islands.A witness told the Herald he had seen a Coastguard plane circle the island about 20 times.A Coastguard boat had been anchored... Read...

A large shed packed with sound and musical equipment has been destroyed in a major fire in Kerikeri.The blaze broke out around noon at a property on Waipapa Rd. Firefighters responded from Kerikeri, Okaihau and Paihia and were still... Read...

The Bay of Islands SPCA is urgently appealing for information after a bag containing dead puppies was found by a member of the public on the Paihia to Opua coastal walkway.The gruesome discovery was made near Smiths Rd about 5pm... Read...

Today`s speech by Winston Peters at his party`s election-year conference was close to his 50th of the year.Dargaville, Waipu, Cheviot, Whakatane, Paihia, Pukekohe, Motueka, Hokitika, Timaru, Oamaru, Gore, Thames ... and now in Manukau.Peters... Read...

As a 40-tonne, 21mcatamaran drifted towards the rocks during a storm two Paihia men jumped in a small tinny with a 15 horsepower motor ready to rescue it. It was Dan Hirzel`s day off last Thursday but he was down at Bay Beach Hire,... Read...

A fire safety investigator is reminding Northlanders to get their fireplaces checked regularly after a home was gutted following a blaze which started in the chimney.Four fire engines from Paihia and Kawakawa were called to a house... Read...

Paihia police are in the unusual position of having a confession to two crimes but no victims. Now they are calling for people to come forward if their bag was snatched or their car broken in to between 1 and 3pm on April 2 in Paihia.... Read...

Ohakune has its giant carrot. Taihape has a gumboot and Gore a leaping trout.Now Paihia has joined the ranks of Kiwi towns with big icons thanks to the Fuller family, who have donated a life-size leaping marlin to the Bay of Islands... Read...

Another bank in Northland is set to close its doors for good.The BNZ branch on Marsden Rd, Paihia, will open for the last time on Friday, April 7. Branches in Kaikohe and Dargaville will cut their hours to 1-4.30pm and 9am-12.30pm,... Read...