Northland

Fluoride will likely soon be added to thousands of Northlanders' drinking water - as the government moves to impose the controversial additive's inclusion in council water supplies.

Police have charged a 65-year-old man with murder after a body was located in Waipoua Forest, Northland, this afternoon.

Police have serious concerns for the safety of a missing Northland woman.

Residents say Patuwairua Stream's Jurassic World-like spaces are threatened by the proposed $150 million Ruatangata airport.

Aotearoa's average house price may be dipping, but in some corners of the country, the climb continues.

A wallaby sighting in Te Tai Tokerau is now a suspected case of mistaken identity.

Retirement village operator Oceania Healthcare has bought two established villages for $57m, as it pushes for future expansion.

Two people have died after crashes in Northland and Bay of Plenty yesterday.

Seventy Northland towns and localities projected to be significantly affected by coastal flooding, erosion and permanent inundation through sea level rise are involved.

Another major highway project is suffering significant delays, with the Pūhoi-to-Warkworth Ara Tūhono motorway not opening until next year.

NCEA excellence endorsement rates increased to record levels in Auckland, Waikato and Northland last year.

Time is running out for hāpori communities in low lying coastal areas, with calls for a hapū-led solutions to be front and centre to reduce the impacts of rapid sea level rise.

Each week in Northland, people with excess garden produce meet to give it away to others. The crop swap meetings are about living sustainably, building resilience and strengthening communities.

Former meth addict Holly Beckham - who is from Northland, where use of the drug spiked last year - says she's now "happy", something she never thought possible.

Northland hospitals are full and short-staffed, as the region expects more visitors and therefore more demand over the long weekend.

Rob Schulter grows coffee in Doubtless Bay in the Far North. He's just sold two thousand coffee tree seedlings to locals in the hopes they'll add to Northland's commercial coffee production.