An independent consultants’ report has identified a $16.53 million events centre option as closely matching both Northland Regional Council funding conditions and the amount of money actually available for the project.
A ‘relatively abundant’ infestation of the unwanted marine sea squirt ‘Styela clava’ has been discovered during a routine sweep of the new Marsden Cove Marina by a dive team contracted to Biosecurity New Zealand.
The Northland Regional Council’s website www.nrc.govt.nz has beaten more than 80 other local authority websites to be judged the best of its kind in New Zealand.
The first steps have been taken towards possible development of a multimillion dollar publicly-owned broadband network tailor-made for the Northland region.
Northlanders have a week left to have their say on a variety of Northland Regional Council projects proposed for the next year - including $900,000 of new spending designed to reduce flood risks.
An Opua boatyard has been granted replacement resource consents allowing a variety of discharges over the next 10 years.
Applications open soon for a $500,000 Northland Regional Council fund designed to help people protect and enhance the region’s precious natural environment.
Northland schools are being urged act quickly to try to secure part of a $15,000 special Northland Regional Council award which aims to boost environmental education.
An independent review has recommended significant changes to the way the $12 million Northland Regional Council Community Trust (NRCCT) is run.
Parts of Northland – including Whangarei Harbour and the eastern Bay of Islands - will effectively be off-limits to marine farming in line with the community’s wishes, the Northland Regional Council confirmed today.
Independent Commissioners have granted retrospective resource consent for a 200-metre long, two-metre high earth embankment designed to allow for stock and vehicle movements during Kaipara flooding.