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