UPDATE No.4 1530hrs: Northland’s Civil Defence representatives are urging people in the region’s coastal areas to continue to err on the side of caution as the national response to today’s tsunami eases off.
UPDATE No.3 1045hrs: Parts of Northland have experienced fluctuations in sea level and tidal surges have been reported in some East Coast areas as a tsunami generated by a Chilean earthquake impacts on the region.
UPDATE NO.2 0550hrs: Local Civil Defence officials have repeated earlier warnings for Northlanders to stay away from East Coast beaches and estuaries as a tsunami heads towards New Zealand.
UPDATE NO.1 0300hrs - People along Northland’s east coast are being warned to stay away from beaches and estuaries as a tsunami heads towards New Zealand.
Breakfast sausages flavoured with the peppery natives kawakawa and horopito are the latest wild food treats the Northland Regional Council is hoping will lure visitors to its marquee at the upcoming Dargaville field days.
Applications for the raft of consents needed to build the Whāngārei District Council’s proposed multimillion dollar new bridge across the Hātea River have been lodged with the Northland Regional Council.
An injured 76-year-old who battled 70 knot winds and 15 metre seas returning from last year’s Auckland to Noumea yacht race has been named the Northland Sailor of the Year for 2009.
A major $1 million-plus campaign designed to halt the spread of the invasive Manchurian wild rice plant - and then steadily reduce its impact on Northland - is progressing well.
Changes to Whāngārei’s CityLink public bus service – including dropping a number of seldom-used trips – will take effect in a little over a fortnight’s time.
Northlanders are being urged to apply for a share of a multimillion dollar Government fund that will pay them to plant forests to help meet New Zealand’s obligations to reduce greenhouse gases.