2015

31 Dec 2015, 1:46 PM
Those preparing to welcome in the New Year in Northland are being urged to keep an eye on...
22 Dec 2015
The number of boat hulls checked for marine pests will almost quadruple in Northland this...
16 Dec 2015, 9:26 AM
The Awanui-Kaitaia area is poised to become the latest part of Northland to be issued with...
2 Dec 2015, 12:22 PM
A 40-strong team is continuing to make good progress cleaning up the remnants of an oil...
1 Dec 2015, 8:05 PM
An oil spill successfully tackled by a multi-agency response team in Whangarei Harbour...
1 Dec 2015, 3:27 PM
Authorities cleaning up after an oil spill at Northport in Whangarei Harbour today say the...
20 Nov 2015, 9:10 AM
The Northland Regional Council has confirmed its intention to progressively implement a...
19 Nov 2015, 11:50 AM
The Northland Regional Council has added its voice to those urging all possible efforts be...
11 Nov 2015, 9:06 AM
The Northland Regional Council is to allocate $2.45 million of funding to four separate...
10 Nov 2015, 10:20 AM
More than 160 students, teachers, family and community members have gathered at Whangarei...
9 Nov 2015
The popular mobile rubbish barge will be back on the water in the Bay of Islands this...
4 Nov 2015, 12:29 PM
Annual summer water quality tests indicating how suitable our most popular beaches, rivers...
30 Sep 2015, 12:11 PM
More than 25,000 Northlanders are already registered to ‘drop, cover, hold’ on 15 October...
18 Sep 2015
An official tsunami warning in place for much of New Zealand’s east coast since yesterday...
17 Sep 2015
Officials continue to urge Northlanders to adopt a prudent approach in the wake of a large...
17 Sep 2015
People along Northland’s east coast are being warned to stay away from beaches and...
15 Sep 2015, 5:00 PM
A panel of three independent commissioners has granted permission for a staged,...
11 Sep 2015, 9:08 AM
Northland Regional Council has just launched a refreshed version of its website, making it...
10 Sep 2015
Tsunami sirens from Te Hapua to Mangawhai will be tested later this month.
8 Sep 2015, 1:47 PM
An organisation-wide review designed to ensure the Northland Regional Council’s 160-plus...
3 Sep 2015, 4:56 PM
Whangārei hapū Patuharakeke recently marked an important milestone with a ceremony to...
3 Sep 2015, 4:42 PM
A new option to control the highly invasive weed moth plant is under consideration by the...
25 Aug 2015, 10:42 AM
NRC is organising two workshops to provide councillors, its Te Tai Tokerau Māori Advisory...
18 Aug 2015, 9:33 AM
NIWA scientists and Northland Regional Council staff are uncovering more of the mysteries...
14 Aug 2015, 2:46 PM
More than a year after its formation, the chairman of Te Tai Tokerau Maori Advisory...
7 Aug 2015, 11:54 AM
Up to 75 community members and senior secondary students are expected to receive...
5 Aug 2015, 9:03 AM
The Northland Regional Council has begun the first step to identify potential recipients...
23 Jul 2015, 9:37 AM
Northland Regional Council members have begun delivering $20,000 worth of Environmental...
10 Jul 2015, 1:58 PM
Popular free annual workshops offering Northlanders tips on how to tackle some of the...
1 Jul 2015, 3:44 PM
Northland has been awarded a 15 percent share – more than $650,000 – of a contestable...
23 Jun 2015, 7:39 AM
Far North-based regional councillors Dover Samuels and Monty Knight have been appointed as...
18 Jun 2015, 12:54 PM
People noticing low-flying fixed wing planes and choppers over Bream Bay on Monday are...
17 Jun 2015, 8:58 AM
A new 10-year plan outlining Northland Regional Council's work for the next decade – and...
9 Jun 2015, 2:44 PM
Today's announcement the Local Government Commission is abandoning its 19-month-old draft...
5 Jun 2015, 6:57 AM
Projects including farm fertiliser runoff monitoring and a stoat and rat trapping...
3 Jun 2015, 2:53 PM
Fifteen young people will get the chance to hone their newly-learned emergency services...
3 Jun 2015, 7:10 AM
Northland farmers and landowners are being encouraged to take full advantage of a...
2 Jun 2015, 7:41 AM
Hundreds of metres of Awanui River riverbank, including stopbanks, near Gill and West Rds...
28 May 2015, 9:50 AM
A multi-agency investigation is underway into apparently large-scale shellfish die-back at...
21 May 2015, 10:16 AM
Northlanders are being asked to provide their ideas and insights to assist the region's...
20 May 2015, 6:41 AM
As winter approaches, Northlanders are being warned of the risks associated with burning...
19 May 2015, 9:07 AM
A new 10-year plan outlining Northland Regional Council's work for the next decade – and...
19 May 2015, 7:13 AM
More than 90 students from around Northland are expected to gather near Kaikohe over the...
29 Apr 2015, 10:43 AM
Landowners keen to take advantage of a local authority scheme offering subsidised poplars...
28 Apr 2015, 6:24 AM
Fifteen nominated young people from the Kawakawa and Moerewa communities are about to get...
23 Apr 2015, 9:55 AM
Experts are cautiously optimistic one of Northland's most iconic coastal areas may have...
22 Apr 2015, 9:31 AM
Construction of a massive stormwater detention dam designed to better protect central...
17 Apr 2015, 12:28 PM
Northlanders keen to have their say on the Northland's Regional Council's new 10 year plan...
30 Mar 2015, 12:40 PM
Funding for emergency services, new flood protection infrastructure for Kerikeri and pest...
27 Mar 2015, 11:37 AM
Teachers from across the North are better equipped to contribute to the health of their...
26 Mar 2015, 10:37 AM
A review of the organisational structure of the Northland Regional Council to ensure that...
19 Mar 2015, 11:58 AM
Northland Regional Council members have re-emphasised the pivotal future roles they...
17 Mar 2015, 8:30 AM
An annual $20,000 fund which helps fund and recognise Northland schools' environmental...
16 Mar 2015, 7:19 AM
Northland appears to have escaped the aftermath of Cyclone Pam largely unscathed.
15 Mar 2015, 9:55 AM
Northland appears set to be spared the worst of the remains of Cyclone Pam – but officials...
13 Mar 2015, 12:41 PM
Keep an eye on Cyclone Pam's progress over the weekend and be sensibly prepared for rough...
12 Mar 2015, 8:30 AM
Whangarei Harbour's Matakohe/Limestone Island is to become a 'living classroom' for 33...
27 Feb 2015, 8:30 AM
A strategic water management study of the Northland region is to be commissioned to...
17 Feb 2015, 2:27 PM
Kaitaia's Monty Knight is the winner of a Northland Regional Council by-election for its...
17 Feb 2015, 10:18 AM
Wild pork mini pies will be the latest tasty treat designed to entice visitors to the...
9 Feb 2015, 9:46 AM
Eligible voters keen to have their say on who will be the Northland Regional Council's new...
23 Jan 2015, 8:30 AM
Eligible voters keen to have their say on who will represent the Te Hiku constituency...
5 Jan 2015, 8:00 AM
Northlanders are being urged to attend upcoming public meetings to make their views known...