Northland

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.

The death of a young girl in Kaikohe on Wednesday is being investigated by police.

One person is dead after a crash on State Highway 12 in Northland.

Part of it is disappearing into the sea - a problem that could have been avoided with a few hours' work, a resident says.

A CCTV operator told police he saw a man on Paihia's main street take a gun out of his pants - but that's not what police found when they arrived.

Police have closed off a street and have been going door to door.

Cyclone Tam took a large chunk out of Marsden Road/State Highway 11 near the town centre.