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Kaitaia-based Highway Patrol constable Darren Critchley thought his working day was over at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon but it was only just beginning...

A woman has died at Taipa Beach in the Far North tonight.

Michael Harris carried out systematic drugging and abuse of backpackers who visited his Kaitaia hostel.

The actual number of backpackers abused by serial predator Michael Harris could be far greater than the 24 men that were the focus

Flanker Michael Jones was a little old to be the son that his fellow All Black Mike Burgoyne never had but he'd formed such a strong

A man has died in a single car crash in Ahipara south east of Kaitaia.

JS141116NADQUAKE115.JPG A planned surf lesson for a group of international students at Sandy Bay went ahead yesterday after instructors

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.

A seriously injured person is trapped in an upside down people mover, the fire service says.

The unsafe use of vehicles on 90 Mile Beach, particularly at Ahipara, has long been a source of aggravation for many residents, especially

NO byline thanks A 57-year-old Peria woman suspected by the prosecution and defence of covering for her children was convicted on

A body found in a bush south-east of Kaitaia on Thursday has been confirmed as that of 48-year-old Waipapakauri man Kimble Moore

The body recovered yesterday from a rural area near Kaitaia has been confirmed as missing 48-year-old man Kimble Moore.

Police have recovered a body from a rural bush area 20 minutes east of Kaitaia which they believe has been there for some time.

Never have cause for regret Lesley Elliott relived the events that preceded, and followed the murder of her daughter Sophie in her

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Northland has the highest rate of student transience in the country, with hundreds of pupils moving schools multiple times each year. Kaitaia

Fourteen months ago things were looking up for Takahue teenager Georgia Buckingham. She was back at home with her parents, Glenn

The Kaitaia teen with just weeks to live was "in tears" when she found out tonight that her final wish would be granted.

The male driver of a car wasn't hanging around after a spectacular crash.

A Kaitaia schoolgirl who has organised three community meetings about a spate of suspected youth suicides in the town says she is frustrated that adult agencies have not been more supportive.

Police have confirmed that five young males aged between 17 and 25 have died suddenly in Kaitaia in the past 12 weeks.

Kaitaia is a community in crisis, says a community leader, after a spate of suspected suicides in the Far North town.

A logging truck driver will go through "intensive training" before he returns to the road after a truck rollover in Northland, says

Ten-year-old Kaitaia boy Alexander Campbell-Lewis had his first haircut on Thursday, some years earlier than Samoan custom demands

Naomi Austen-Reid is proud to call Kaitaia home so, when she saw the Far North town getting a bad rap, she wanted people to focus

Police have hailed a woman who went shopping dressed as a superhero as a real-life hero.

A man has died after being stabbed multiple times in an altercation overnight in Kaitaia.

Property is stolen from Kaitaia Hospital on a regular basis.