Sandy Bay, on Northland's east coast (©Bee Scene Photography).
Northland, with its proximity to the sea, almost subtropical location and low elevation has a mild, humid and rather...
Landforms and soils
Northland consists of a narrow peninsula, less than 100 kilometres across at its widest point, bounded by the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean. The region is unlike...
Northland is subject to a number of natural hazards which, because of the pattern of development within the region, may place human life, property and/or economic production at...
Infrastructure is an integral part of modern life. We use roads or trains to get to work and visit friends; we use electricity to run our factories, light our homes and power our...
Published: 19 Jun 2013