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Judge denies Whangarei District Council’s bid to delay fluoridation despite health risk concerns

A High Court judge has declined Whangarei District Council’s application for an interim injunction to delay the introduction of water fluoridation, despite expert testimony...

Name release – Whangarei homicide

Police are now in a position to release the name of the man who died following a homicide in Whangārei on 15 March. He was...

Warrant to arrest – Blake Potene-Walsh

Police are appealing to the public for information on the whereabouts of Blake Potene-Walsh, 30, who has a Warrant to Arrest and is wanted...

DOC urges action after spate of Kiwi killings in Bay of Islands

The Department of Conservation (DOC) is calling on dog owners and organisations to take urgent action after nine kiwi were killed in Wharengaere Bay,...

High Court hears Whangarei District Council’s bid to delay fluoridation

On Tuesday the High Court in Wellington heard Whangarei District Council’s (WDC) application for an interim injunction to delay the start of fluoridation until...

Police updates – Whangarei, Hamilton and Kaikohe homicide investigations

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 16 March 2025. Murder charge in Kaikohe homicide Police investigating the homicide in Kaikohe have filed a murder charge. Emergency...

Homicide investigation launched in Kaikohe

Northland Police have launched a homicide inquiry after a man died south of Kaikohe today. Emergency services were called to a property on Mangakahia Road,...

Northland lawyer struck off for sharing child sex abuse material

Vaughn Hill, a 46-year-old lawyer and former co-director of a Far North law firm, has been permanently banned from practicing law after being caught...

Arrest made following investigation into injured Dargaville baby

Police investigating an incident involving an injured five-month-old baby in Dargaville have today made an arrest. "A 22-year-old man has been charged with wounding with...

14,000 strong petition opposes sand mining at Bream Bay

A petition with 14,000 signatures opposing sand mining at Bream Bay has been presented to Green MP Hūhana Lyndon by Tāwera Nikau, co-chair of...

Homicide investigation launched after fatal shooting in Onerahi

A homicide investigation is underway following a fatal firearms incident at Beach Road Reserve in Onerahi this morning. Emergency services responded to reports of an...

Toddler killed in Te Kamo driveway incident named

Police have released the name of the three-year-old boy who tragically died in a driveway incident in Te Kamo on Sunday. He was Reign Puriri. The...

Police investigating after death of toddler in Northland driveway

Police in Northland are investigating the tragic death of a three-year-old child who was fatally injured in a driveway incident in Te Kamo on...

Police seek information after Northland road rage incident

Police are appealing for information following an incident on Ngunguru Road, where a motorist received serious injuries following an assault at around 5.45pm yesterday. Detective...

Sarfati sends fluoridation ultimatum to Whangarei District Council

Whangārei District Council (WDC) is standing firm against government-imposed fluoridation, despite mounting pressure and legal threats from Director-General of Health Dr. Diana Sarfati. In what...

Bloomfield confronted at Marae over COVID jab (Video)

Former Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield was confronted by Johnny Dylan who accused him of promoting the COVID-19 vaccine to Māori communities, alleging...

Man arrested after machete located in Waitangi

Eagle-eyed patrols got more than they bargained for after spotting a wanted man, allegedly carrying a machete down the inside of his pants. Police staff...

Otaika homicide: Man charged as Police seek sightings of vehicle of interest

A man has been charged with murder over a Maungatapere teenager’s death in Otaika last week. Several search warrants have been carried out over recent...

Police seek witnesses to Topuni crash

Police are seeking witnesses to the events leading up to a crash on State Highway 1 near Topuni, just north of Wellsford. Waitematā Road Policing...

Otaika homicide: Name release

Police are today releasing the name of a Northland man fatally shot in Otaika this week. He was 18-year-old Kyle Zachary Jenkins, of Maungatapere. The homicide...

Otaika homicide: Police make additional appeal

Police are releasing further information in the Otaika homicide investigation as the appeal for footage continues. An investigation team has begun the task of piecing...

Homicide investigation launched following discovery of motorcyclist’s body in Otaika

Police are treating the death of a motorcyclist in Otaika in Northland as suspicious, and a homicide investigation is now underway. A man’s body was...

Police make arrest over Ōkaihau hit-and-run

One man has been charged over a fatal hit-and-run in Ōkaihau on Tuesday night. An investigation has been under way since the teenage cyclist was...

Teenager convicted of Northland murder named

Kian McNamara, now 18, has been publicly named after losing his bid to keep name suppression following his conviction for the 2021 murder of...

Unexplained death in Otaika

Whangārei CIB are investigating an unexplained death in Otaika overnight. Just before 5.30am, a motorcyclist was located deceased in a creek adjacent to Otaika Valley...

Police seek information on fatal Ōkaihau hit-and-run

Northland Police are investigating the fatal hit-and-run of a cyclist in Ōkaihau last night. An investigation team is forming in the small Far North town...

Tornado strikes Mangawhai

A tornado swept through Mangawhai, Northland, causing widespread power outages, uprooted trees, and significant property damage, with some homes losing their roofs. Emergency services responded...

Investigation continues into Northland baby’s injuries

Police are continuing to investigate how a five-month-old baby came to sustain serious head injuries in Northland. Enquiries have been underway since the baby was...

Fatal crash, SH14, Tangiteroria

One person has died in a single-vehicle crash yesterday on State Highway 15 at Tangiteroria, in Kaipara. Police were notified of the crash about 6.30pm,...

Whangarei woman’s death referred to Coroner

Police are referring a Whangārei woman’s death over the weekend to the Coroner. The woman’s death was initially treated as unexplained, after she was located...

Unexplained death, Whangārei

Police are making enquiries after a woman was found deceased at a Whau Valley, Whangārei address yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the Moody...

Kaipara District broadband outage after fibre cable damaged

Thousands of homes and businesses in the Kaipara District remain offline after a digger severed a major fibre-optic cable supplying broadband to areas including...

Incident involving injured baby, Dargaville

Police are currently investigating an incident involving an injured five-month-old baby. On Saturday 28 December the baby was presented at Dargaville Hospital with serious head...

Police officers injured in Maungatapere vehicle incident

At around 8.40 pm on Saturday 4 January Police were in attendance at a single vehicle collision on State Highway 14, Maungatapere near the...

Police appeal for information following suspicious Tikipunga fire

Whangārei Police are appealing for information following a suspicious fire at a Tikipunga property on 2 January. At around 5.30am that day, a member of...

Police seek witnesses in Pipiwai Christmas Eve incident

Police are appealing for information from two women who may have witnessed part of a concerning incident in the Pipiwai area in Northland on...

Fatal crashes – Tauranga and Wharehine

Fatal crash, Parkvale, Tauranga Police can confirm one person has died following a crash in Parkvale, Tauranga last night. Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle...

Drowning – Waimamaku Beach, Far North

A woman has drowned after getting into trouble in the water at Waimamaku Beach in Northland this afternoon. Police were called to the beach at...

Whangarei District Council seeks injunction against fluoridation order

Whangarei District Council seeks injunction against Director General of Health’s dictate to add toxic fluoridation chemicals to its public water supply. Last week the Whangarei...

Former Ngāpuhi leader Raniera ‘Sonny’ Tau convicted of indecent assault

A trial in Northland has concluded with the conviction of Raniera Tau, also known as Sonny Tau, a former Ngāpuhi leader. Tau was found guilty...

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