Lois Williams

The small Northland Maori community of Moerewa must decide tonight if it will defy the Ministry of Education - or lose control of its school. Audio

Refining New Zealand bosses are making a whistle-stop tour of the country this week, seeking shareholder approval for a major expansion at the Marsden Point oil refinery. Audio

An Anglican minister who has been suspended after he removed children from a youth camp says he did so to protect them from a man he believed was a sexual predator. Audio

The Ministry of Education says it's closing the senior class at a Northland school because students are not getting a quality education. Audio

Lois Williams investigates efforts to preserve the water and wildlife in Northland's Wairua River. Audio

Hapu working to clean up dirty rivers near Whangarei fear the region's eel population is on the brink of collapse. Audio

The Mangawhai Ratepayers Association says the borrowing of millions of dollars by the Kaipara District Council appears to have been unlawful, and creditors may be at risk. Audio

A Northland farming leader is calling for the government to step in and dissolve the Kaipara District Council, claiming its incompetence has pushed the district to the edge of bankruptcy. Audio

Two men who've been fighting lone campaigns to stop cattle defiling rivers are joining forces to set up a national network of river patrols. Audio

Two men who've been patrolling rivers trying to stop cattle polluting them are getting together to set up a national patrol network. Audio

The Government has felt the wrath of Ngapuhi for the second time this week - at a hui on plans to sell shares in State-owned energy companies. Audio

The Maori Council will today lodge claims with the Waitangi Tribunal that could throw a spanner in the works of the government's plan to partly privatise four state-owned energy companies. Audio

A bid for Maori authority over freshwater will be lodged with the Waitangi Tribunal today by the Maori Council and eleven supporting hapu groups. Audio

Asset sales - impending job losses at Te Puni Kokiri - and grinding poverty in the north are set to fuel debate and protest at Waitangi this weekend. Audio

An elderly conservationist has been charged with assault - after an encounter with a kiteboarder on a Northland beach. Audio

While politicians debate the age of retirement - a 76-year old Northland man is showing no signs of putting his feet up. Audio

The Ministry of Education admits its process for appointing people as specialist advisers to schools was not rigorous and it did not know a Northland kura principal was facing disciplinary action when… Audio

The Whangarei principal who first challenged the appointment of a disgraced principal as a highly-paid schools advisor - says many questions remain to be answered. Audio

The former Minister of Education is being accused of concealing the truth about an expert advisor to schools who has been struck off the teachers register for serious misconduct. Audio

If Northland wants to save its rail link with Auckland - it'll have to come up with some cash. That's the message the region's getting from Kiwirail, as it looks for ways to make the line profitable. Audio