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Council moves water quality reporting to Safeswim platform

25 Nov 2022 12:50 PM

Council moves water quality reporting to Safeswim platform

The Northland Regional Council is changing the way it delivers water quality results at popular summer beach and freshwater swim spots.

Protecting the treasure that’s our sand dunes

15 Nov 2022 10:06 AM

Protecting the treasure that’s our sand dunes

We all love a visit to the beach in summer and with no part of Northland being more than 40 kilometres from the coast it’s no surprise that our sand dunes come under pressure,...

Behold the backyard bat

14 Nov 2022 11:01 AM

Behold the backyard bat

They are New Zealand’s only native land mammal and ruffled feathers by infamously taking out the Bird of the Year title in 2021.

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Pest control information at the Kai Iwi Lakes Open Day.

Pest control information at the Kai Iwi Lakes Open Day.

Releasing biocontrol parasitic wasps to control the giant willow aphid.

Releasing biocontrol parasitic wasps to control the giant willow aphid.

We're part of a multi-agency team responding to a possible koi carp sighting in Lake Taharoa.

We're part of a multi-agency team responding to a possible koi carp sighting in Lake Taharoa.