Lois Williams

The Far North District Council is about to ban the practice of freedom camping. Audio

The Minister of Local Government Rodney Hide has poured cold water on the hopes of two Northland councils pushing to become unitary authorities. Audio

A Whangarei community police officer is trying to stamp out vicious fighting amongst teenage girls in the Northland city. Audio

Whangarei police are worried about a growing trend of girls fist-fighting and believe in some cases parents have actually arranged the fights. Audio

The heavy rain that's broken the drought in Northland has caused one unwelcome side-effect, a sewage spill in Whangarei harbour. Audio

There's consternation in Northland over plans to review the future of rail in the region. Audio

The first week of the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the claims of the country's largest iwi, Ngapuhi, has ended at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the Ngapuhi claims is focusing on New Zealand's first declaration of nationhood - by Maori - five years before the treaty. Audio

The judge presiding over the Waitangi Tribunal's Ngapuhi hearings, says the claims may be the biggest challenge ever faced by the Tribunal. Audio

Northland's Nga Puhi people, the largest and poorest tribe in the country and the last to have their claims heard, are finally ready to present their grievances to the the Waitangi Tribunal. Audio

The Waitangi Tribunal will today begin hearing the grievances of New Zealand's largest and poorest Maori tribe, Northland's Nga Puhi people. Audio

The Whangarei District Council is defending its policy of shooting farm stock wandering onto roads, saying it has dramatically decreased the risk to motorists. Audio

Consultation by the government on changes to the Foreshore and Seabed law has been capped off with a lively hui in Northland. Audio

The last stretch of gravel road on State Highway One has finally been sealed today -- in the Far North. Audio

The campaign to enthuse Northland electors about local government reform is into its second round. The Whangarei and Far North Councils want to become unitary authorities - dissolving the Regional… Audio

The mayors of Whangarei and the Far North want to dissolve the Northland Regional Council; split its duties and assets, and form two unitary authorities. Audio

The Solicitor General is considering appealing the sentence handed down to the sixteen-year-old boy convicted of murdering the Kerikeri teenager, Liberty Templeman. Audio

After five months with no rain, the strain of drought is beginning to tell on Northland farming families and the region's economy. Audio

The government has paid more than 3 million dollars for a piece of privately owned Northland beachfront, to settle a Maori and community grievance. Audio

The anger of a bereft mother erupted outside the High Court in Whangarei today after the sentencing of the Kerikeri boy who killed Libby Templeman. Audio