Northland

A 110kmh speed limit has been proposed for State Highway 1, from Orewa to Warkworth.

The man is facing 17 charges of indecent assault, spanning three decades.

James Moore is up to his knees in the waves at Cable Bay in Northland, a bucket in each hand. He's a small-scale salt farmer, with a plan to help others into salt farming.

Whangārei District councillors have voted down a motion to abolish their Māori ward in a two-hour, often emotional debate.

Instead, the council will keep its two-seat Māori ward at the next election, and hold a referendum.

The council currently has two Māori ward councillors, Phoenix Ruka and Deb Harding, elected at large across the district.

The city with the highest average income has the cheapest electricity, data reveals.

Levi Johns spent an hour in the sea before surrendering on a Coastguard vessel.

A white Hilux with no registration plates, an orange hazard light on the roof and dog cages on the back was seen in the area Jo Sione-Lauaki's body was found.

Te Kohekohe will provide 60 homes in an area where accommodation is in desperately short supply.

Police say the man missed his calling: "He should have been a marathon swimmer."

Warmer weather means people can now grow fruits like pawpaw and bananas as far south as Invercargill.

The strike has been planned to highlight the fear nurses have about working in a hospital with no doctors after-hours.

Two others are being sought after robbers entered the store armed with an axe and a long-barrelled rifle.

August Lemon was arrested this week and appeared in Whangārei District Court, charged with knowingly endangering life by setting fire to property.

Far North mayor Moko Tepania says he will support a challenge to a new rule around polling on Māori wards.

Stressed-out nurses in Dargaville are going on strike over fears for staff and patients while there is no doctor at the beleaguered hospital.

Kawakawa's ambulance service has already been under extra pressure due to recent staff shortages at the hospital.