2018

19 Dec 2018, 3:04 PM
People misusing Northland’s precious coastal areas as a dumping ground for unwanted fish...
19 Dec 2018, 12:18 PM
Local authority river work is being credited for helping ensure Panguru schoolchildren...
13 Dec 2018, 1:30 PM
Matarau’s Comrie Park Kindergarten has become the first kindergarten in Northland to...
10 Dec 2018, 2:57 PM
Two recently-let contracts collectively worth roughly $500,000 effectively mark the start...
7 Dec 2018, 8:49 AM
Users of Whangarei’s CityLink public transport network are to be treated to some...
7 Dec 2018, 8:41 AM
A mobile summer rubbish barge will be back on the water in the Bay of Islands again from...
4 Dec 2018, 10:55 AM
Pleased with the latest ruling in council’s favour, but disappointed so much ratepayer...
3 Dec 2018, 1:30 PM
A four-strong dive team has embarked on an initial $100,000 phase of a planned staged...
27 Nov 2018, 8:51 AM
Annual summer water quality tests will begin Monday, 03 December at some of Northland’s...
23 Nov 2018, 11:17 AM
A new dedicated three-strong team is bolstering Northland Regional Council (NRC) efforts...
22 Nov 2018, 10:15 AM
More than 120 students, teachers, family and community members have experienced some of...
9 Nov 2018, 8:13 AM
A fund that shares its name with a mythical storybook creature is ensuring a not-so-happy...
7 Nov 2018, 8:32 AM
Biodiversity experts are pleased with the public response to a survey that will help steer...
29 Oct 2018
An estimated 2000 boat hulls will be checked by divers between now and May next year for a...
29 Oct 2018
A recent spate of exotic bird escapes has prompted the Northland Regional Council to ask...
23 Oct 2018
The public is being urged to use an on-line tool to let the Northland Regional Council...
3 Oct 2018
Dissecting a fanworm may not be everyone’s idea of a great day out, but it was a popular...
28 Sep 2018
A deal that could pave the way for the redevelopment of the former supermarket site at 8...
18 Sep 2018
Five regional sporting initiatives are poised to receive close to $3.8 million from a new...
5 Sep 2018
Tsunami sirens throughout Northland will be tested on the morning of Sunday 30 September...
30 Aug 2018
CityLink Whangarei passengers who use the service’s electronic Snapper cards are being...
22 Aug 2018
A drone has been used to survey 2.4 kilometres of the Awanui River flood scheme ahead of a...
21 Aug 2018
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) has now adopted its final proposal for representation...
16 Aug 2018
Northland Regional Council staff have secured two of three national awards made by their...
10 Aug 2018
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) is lending its voice to calls to reduce unnecessary...
8 Aug 2018
The Supreme Court has upheld a Court of Appeal decision on the way the Northland Regional...
8 Aug 2018
Increased sightings of escaped or dumped turtles in and around Northland waterways have...
27 Jul 2018, 10:50 AM
Thrilled biosecurity experts say an almost $465,000 government grant will allow for a...
20 Jul 2018, 8:26 AM
A lengthy series of hearings to consider public submissions on the Proposed Regional Plan...
19 Jul 2018, 8:21 AM
Independent commissioners have granted Marsden Pt oil refinery operator Refining NZ (RNZ)...
17 Jul 2018, 11:56 AM
Time is running for the public to have a say on a proposed 'fine-tuning' of the Northland...
16 Jul 2018, 11:27 AM
The efforts of a 100 percent Maori-owned company specialising in manuka honey production...
11 Jul 2018
The discovery of Mediterranean fanworm at Opua has prompted renewed calls from biosecurity...
5 Jul 2018, 12:31 PM
Attempts to better manage the local fight against kauri dieback in Northland have been...
5 Jul 2018, 8:42 AM
The regional council’s long-serving Farm Monitoring Manager has hung up his gumboots; but...
4 Jul 2018, 1:13 PM
Whangarei boaties and beachgoers can now boost their tsunami readiness using new...
4 Jul 2018, 11:43 AM
A study hoping to shed more light on the causes of the algae/seaweed blooms plaguing...
28 Jun 2018, 12:28 PM
Recent wet weather has given the multimillion dollar detention dam designed to better...
25 Jun 2018, 9:46 AM
An almost 20 percent population growth in popular coastal areas south of Whangarei over...
22 Jun 2018, 9:29 AM
The Northland Regional Council has appointed six new members to the helm of an expanded,...
19 Jun 2018, 8:44 AM
The regional council’s Marketing and Engagement Manager Natasha Stubbing, has won the...
14 Jun 2018, 8:55 AM
Smoke, helicopters and rescue vessels are likely to be visible in the Doubtless Bay area...
13 Jun 2018
New indoor tsunami sirens are now available to alert people who live, work or holiday...
7 Jun 2018, 9:25 AM
Independent commissioners have granted a group of 17 Far North avocado growers resource...
6 Jun 2018, 12:07 PM
The Northland Regional Council has sold a Gillies St property it bought two years ago to...
1 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
More than $1.5 million is to be spent restoring and protecting water quality in more than...
1 Jun 2018, 8:46 AM
The largest construction project ever undertaken by the Northland Regional Council – a $15...
23 May 2018, 2:56 PM
Northland Regional Council (NRC) staff are celebrating three wins – scooping half of the...
23 May 2018, 2:48 PM
Locals concerned not enough was being done to protect kauri on the southern fringes of the...
22 May 2018, 9:04 AM
A raft of new initiatives tackling water, pests and flood infrastructure have been agreed...
15 May 2018
Pest plant experts will pass on tips on how to tackle some of the Northland’s worst weeds...
11 May 2018
Two central North Island contractors and their specially trained biosecurity dogs have...
8 May 2018, 2:50 PM
Dargaville Intermediate has just become the first Kaipara school – and only the sixth in...
3 May 2018, 3:59 PM
Confirmation of new myrtle rust discoveries in the Kerikeri and Mangawhai areas has...
26 Apr 2018
A privately-owned dune lake ranked among the region’s top 20 lakes has been officially...
24 Apr 2018
A dozen Northland local authority staff and keen members of the public have been working...
20 Apr 2018, 9:01 AM
More than 2200 submissions have been received on the Northland Regional Council’s...
16 Apr 2018, 2:11 PM
Following the release of National River Water Quality Trends today, Northland Regional...
13 Apr 2018, 9:36 AM
Resource consent has been granted for a commercial kauri resin and wax extraction...
11 Apr 2018, 10:45 AM
More than two dozen agricultural industry, rural professionals and local authority staff...
10 Apr 2018, 8:25 AM
A three-year project to improve water quality issues at the iconic Whangarei Falls has...
29 Mar 2018, 8:42 AM
People keen to have their say on plans to do more to clean up waters, protect native...
28 Mar 2018, 11:10 AM
About 50 people from across New Zealand have gathered in Kerikeri for the country’s first...
27 Mar 2018, 3:49 PM
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) has welcomed a Court of Appeal decision on the way it...
16 Mar 2018
Warm, moist conditions mean the Far North is poised for a potentially serious explosion in...
13 Mar 2018, 10:58 AM
Tsunami sirens from Te Hapua to Mangawhai will be tested when daylight saving ends Sunday,...
8 Mar 2018, 9:12 AM
Community calls to do more to clean up waters, protect native species and provide better...
28 Feb 2018
Molecular analysis has confirmed an unusual seaweed hauled up on an anchor in the Bay of...
26 Feb 2018, 8:39 AM
Landowners with erosion-prone properties from Te Hana north are encouraged to get their...
23 Feb 2018, 5:38 PM
Independent tests have not detected any cyanotoxins in water from algal bloom-affected...
20 Feb 2018
Organisers are hoping thousands of Northlanders will take part in a variety of events...
19 Feb 2018, 8:27 AM
A clever co-operative culinary coup; that’s how the Northland Regional Council and...
14 Feb 2018, 9:50 AM
New coastal hazard maps identifying land potentially at risk of flooding from storm surge...
2 Feb 2018, 11:51 AM
A lengthy local authority investigation has found it cannot prosecute anyone for last...
1 Feb 2018, 8:44 AM
Huge, decades-old poplar trees planted for streamside erosion control are causing some big...
26 Jan 2018, 10:38 AM
About 2600 Far North ratepayers are to receive a total of roughly $136,000 in rates...
25 Jan 2018, 2:36 PM
Local body leaders say there’s still plenty of merit in a proposed four-lane highway...
22 Jan 2018, 11:37 AM
A new Dargaville-based customer service centre to cater for an increased number of field...
19 Jan 2018, 8:48 AM
Work is almost complete on a new Whangarei storage facility that will house a wide array...
11 Jan 2018
Boaties and cray fishers are being asked for their help to stop a highly invasive kelp –...
9 Jan 2018, 11:16 AM
People keen to have an input on the effective blueprint for transport spending across...