Northland News

Police are seeking the public’s help to locate Michael Moses, who has a warrant to arrest. The 55-year-old is believed to be the Whangārei area...

Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a bar on Kensington Avenue in Whangārei last night. Police were called to the bar at 10pm, after...

Police have seized firearms and located vehicles as part of a wider investigation monitoring movements of gang members in the Far North in recent...

Rameka Rewiti, 21, has been sentenced to 12 months’ home detention after performing a burnout in front of police and then crashing into a...

Dargaville Police have made arrests and seized firearms following a road rage incident in the Kaipara district. An investigation has been underway since the incident...

Northland Police investigating a spate of suspicious fires in the area are appealing to the public for information. Detective Sergeant Paul Overton says Police and...

The Far North District Council has paid $212,750 in compensation to former chief executive Blair King, who resigned in 2023 citing a toxic work...

Kaikohe Police have made a further arrest in relation to the death of Cattleya Tangimetua-Pepene. A homicide investigation was launched last month after the 3-year-old’s...

Convicted paedophile and former deputy principal James Parker has had his prison sentence extended after new victims revealed further abuse between 2009 and 2011,...

Police can confirm one person has died following a serious crash Saturday evening in Dargaville. At around 5.20pm, Police were notified of a single vehicle...

Drummond Augustine Leaf, 45, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering 3-year-old Catalya Remana Tangimetua-Pepene and assaulting her a month earlier. Catalya, known to...

Northland Police are appealing for information in relation to an aggravated robbery in Tikipunga, Whangārei, yesterday. “Police responded to reports that a vehicle had been...

More than 400 people marched through Kaikohe on Monday in an emotional tribute to 3-year-old Catalya Remana Tangimetua-Pepene, whose death last month shocked the...

Police updates on crimes and investigations for 31 May 2025. Fatal crash, Newtons Road, Templeton One person has died following a serious crash in Templeton on...

Northland Police investigating the death of Horeke man Daniel Hepehi are continuing to build a picture about events that led up to an incident...

Northland Police investigating the death of a Horeke man are seeking information from the public in the case. Today, Police are also formally releasing the...

The Northland community is grieving the tragic death of 3-year-old Catalya Remana Tangimetua-Pepene, remembered for her radiant smile and playful spirit. She died last Wednesday...

Police investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl in Kaikohe on Wednesday have charged a 45 year old man with her murder. Police were called...

One person has died after a truck collided with a power pole in Whangārei overnight. The crash, at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Ewing...

The investigation has been underway after the man was found critically injured at a property on Waikerikeri Road in the early hours of 22...

Northland Police are continuing to investigate the tragic death of a 3-year-old girl in Kaikohe on Wednesday evening. Police attended an address on Taraire Street...

A 26-year-old Northland man has been charged with the murder of Geoffrey Ware on May 9. Police upgraded an enquiry into the 55-year-old’s death to...

Police are investigating the unexplained death of a 3-year old girl in Kaikohe yesterday. Emergency services responded to a Tawanui Road address at around 6.15pm. “The...

Police have arrested two people in relation to an aggravated robbery at a Kawakawa property on Thursday night. A 22-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman...

Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a Kawakawa property on Thursday night. Detective Inspector Rhys Johnston, of Northland CIB, says a report was made...

Police are appealing for information about another vehicle in relation to the murder of Kyle Whorrall in St Johns over Easter Weekend. The vehicle, a...

Tropical Cyclone Tam is forecast to become a deep subtropical low as it approaches New Zealand from the northwest on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain...

Police have launched a homicide investigation after the discovery of a man’s body in a vehicle in the Far North town of Kawakawa on...

Northland Police are making inquiries following the discovery of a deceased man in Kawakawa this morning. Police were called to Station Road around 7:45am and...

A Kerikeri teenager has fast-tracked himself into court on serious drugs charges after failing to stop for Police. After 7pm on Sunday, a frontline unit...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...