Media releases
Kawepūrongo
16 May 2022, 2:53 PM
Te Tai Tokerau councils celebrated a unique milestone in April after the adoption of New...
10 May 2022, 12:21 PM
A large hare is thought to be behind Northland’s most recent ‘wallaby’ sighting.
3 May 2022, 10:29 AM
Efforts to improve the Piroa/Brynderwyn (Mangawhai/Waipū) High Value Area (HVA) are to get...
2 May 2022, 9:27 AM
Duck shooters and eel fishers are being asked to do their bit to stop the spread of an...
29 Apr 2022, 9:45 AM
A $9 million-plus Dargaville complex expected to house about 80 local authority staff from...
20 Apr 2022, 12:25 PM
A picturesque three-kilometre section of the Te Araroa length-of-New Zealand trail at...
13 Apr 2022, 8:37 AM
Senior Northland Regional Council manager Jonathan Gibbard has been appointed as the...
11 Apr 2022, 12:45 PM
Poplars and willows offer a host of benefits including stabilising land and helping hold...
1 Apr 2022, 1:01 PM
Closing date for applications for the annual Northland Regional Council Whakamānawa ā...
25 Mar 2022, 9:20 AM
It’s not an April Fools’ Day joke; all CityLink and BusLink services in Northland and...
25 Mar 2022, 8:59 AM
The increased cost of a new council maritime vessel and moves to boost and improve the...
22 Mar 2022, 2:39 PM
Northland’s six-monthly tsunami siren test will take place at the end of daylight saving...
25 Feb 2022, 12:07 PM
More than $5 million of long-awaited staged works designed to substantially reduce the...
22 Feb 2022, 1:47 PM
Professional hunters are in the Russell Forest hunting feral goats ahead of a later...
21 Feb 2022, 10:10 AM
Applications are open for the fourth annual Northland Regional Council Whakamānawa ā Taiao...
16 Feb 2022, 8:04 AM
Whangarei’s Rose Street bus terminal is to receive $1.5m in improvements and upgrades in a...
8 Feb 2022, 1:30 PM
A $3 million-plus tender has been let for the replacement of the Northland Regional...
4 Feb 2022, 9:44 AM
Time is running out to apply for eight $3000 scholarships being offered to provide a...
27 Jan 2022, 8:07 AM
People are being urged to tackle perennial invasive moth plant as soon as possible before...
24 Jan 2022, 12:05 PM
Natural causes – not pollution – are being blamed for smelly, discoloured waterways that...
22 Dec 2021, 11:34 AM
The start of a fourth construction season is underway for the Awanui flood scheme with...
22 Dec 2021, 9:19 AM
Several remote Far North communities are benefitting from an innovative ‘life jacket...
15 Dec 2021, 11:53 AM
Vessels choosing to anchor in main shipping channels, particularly in Whangārei, are...
9 Dec 2021, 2:17 PM
Very low passenger numbers, made worse by the ongoing Covid epidemic, are behind a...
9 Dec 2021, 8:27 AM
After last year’s successful trial of the ‘Summer Beach Bus’ from Whangārei to Ocean...
7 Dec 2021, 8:50 AM
Northlanders are being called to do more to protect the region from ‘silent invaders’ -...
6 Dec 2021, 11:52 AM
The popular mobile summer rubbish barge service will be back on the water in the Bay of...
2 Dec 2021, 9:42 AM
The ‘Mask up Northland’ campaign, running from Tuesday 30 November to Tuesday 14 December,...
1 Dec 2021, 11:10 AM
Eight $3000 scholarships are being offered to provide a springboard for future...
1 Dec 2021, 8:59 AM
Newly-released regional maps aim to help Northlanders better understand areas at risk of...