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Draft Annual Plan 2013/14.

21 Feb deadline looms for public say on Draft Annual Plan

Posted: 14 February 2013

Time is almost up for people to have their say on the Northland Regional Council’s Draft Annual Plan 2013/14 - including a proposal to more than halve a previously signalled general rates increase.

Surveying for marine pests at Tutukaka, 2010.

Multi-agency hunt for marine nasties at Tutukaka

Posted: 14 February 2013

A six-strong multi-agency team is to spend several days later this month surveying the area in and around the Tutukaka marina to make sure some of the country’s most unwanted marine pests have not found their way there.

Dead Monarch butterfly trapped in moth plant.

Butterfly fans urged to kill moth plant

Posted: 11 February 2013

The moth plant has added ‘butterfly killer’ to a resume that has already earned it the dubious distinction of being one of the region’s most unwanted pest plants and a reputation as a weed local biosecurity experts love to hate.

Local Government Commission.

Representation review submissions heard

Posted: 05 February 2013

Potential changes to the way Northlanders are represented around the Northland Regional Council table are a step closer after a visit from the Local Government Commission.

Proposed Regional Policy Statement.

Chance for extra say on Proposed Regional Policy Statement

Posted: 05 February 2013

The public is about to get another chance to make further comment on one of Northland’s most important local authority plans – the Northland Regional Council’s Proposed Regional Policy Statement (RPS).