Jason Smith

Provincial Growth Fund money has been used to create a permanent forest walkway exhibit at Matakohe's Kauri Museum. Museum director Jason Smith joins Kathryn.  Audio

Auckland recorded more than a month's worth of rain in a little over an hour on Monday before the storm moved on to Waikato and Coromandel.

Numerous homes and businesses were flooded, with Fire and… Audio

People in the upper North Island are hoping for a bit of sun today as they soak up the water and clear the debris left by yesterday's torrential rain and floods. Auckland recorded more than a month's… Audio

Northland mayors say plans for border checks between Auckland and Northland to keep unvaccinated holidaymakers out are flawed.

The checkpoints will be at State Highway 1 near Uretiti and SH12 near… Audio

There's growing anger from Northlanders over delays to funding that have left Whangārei hospital falling apart.

Despite repairs ramping up in the past five years, the hospital roofs leak in heavy… Audio

Cabinet will review alert levels for Northland and parts of Waikato today, and there's hope north of Auckland's border will exit lockdown.

There are currently no cases in Northland.

Kaipara District… Audio

Aucklanders who beat lockdown and hightailed it to other parts of the North Island are being urged to keep Covid-19 alert level 3 with them.

Thousands left the city in between the lockdown being… Audio

Confusion reigned in Northland yesterday when Kaipara residents found themselves in an alert level grey area.

Police checkpoints were enforced north of Mangawhai, Kaiwaka and Oneriri - but it wasn't… Audio

Kaipara District Mayor Jason Smith says the closure of Auckland's Muriwai Beach to vehicles this summer, has seen more four wheel drive enthusiasts head further north each weekend and many are driving… Audio, Gallery

Motorists should expect delays travelling to holiday hotspots with another big year of summer roadworks planned.

More cars than ever will be on the roads because of Covid-19.

Hamish Cardwell has the… Audio

Mayors in Northland say their communities are concerned by rising gun violence in the region.

A shoot-out with police near Dargaville is the fourth gun related incident in the area in less than five… Audio

With Auckland under alert level 3 lockdown, the North has effectively been cut off from the rest of the country.

Police say people in Northland are unable to drive through the Auckland checkpoints… Audio

A Northland mayor is describing the loss of a giant chicken farm as another blow to the deprived region. Tegel's plan to build a chicken mega-farm in Northland has been rejected by the Overseas… Audio

Hope continues to fade for a stranded humpback whale near Dargaville. The female whale, which was found with a now dead calf, has been stuck on Ripiro Beach since early Sunday. More than 100 rescuers… Audio