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  • 2013
    • Workshops to help businesses survive, recover
    • Whangarei Harbour ‘oil spill’ tests preparedness
    • Single unitary with strong community representation; NRC
    • Record turn-out for possum control training
    • Freight efficiencies key to Northland, nation’s success; study
    • Representation review changes approved
    • Farm pollution offences cost farmer, company $40,000
    • Extra Local Govt reform meets for Kaitaia, Kerikeri, Mangawhai
    • Master waka builder is 2012 Northland Sailor of the Year
    • Northlanders’ reform views to be sought ahead of 15 April deadline
    • No early end to drought in sight
    • $20,000 schools’ Environmental Curriculum Awards open
    • 21 Feb deadline looms for public say on Draft Annual Plan
    • Multi-agency hunt for marine nasties at Tutukaka
    • Butterfly fans urged to kill moth plant
    • Representation review submissions heard
    • Chance for extra say on Proposed Regional Policy Statement
    • Media advisory – Far North unitary authority bid
    • Consents granted for 94-hectare Far North marine farm
    • Water shortages, restrictions possible, NRC warns
    • Smoked eel pate the latest field days treat
    • Jetskis must be registered, used sensibly, public reminded
    • General rates increase more than halved in Draft Annual Plan
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  • 2012
    • Heavy rain, strong winds Evan’s likely Northland legacy
    • Seldom-seen weevil emerges in Far North
    • Local Government reform – Northlanders’ views to be sought
    • Take care, keep proper watch, use dive flags boaties told
    • $176,000 Whangarei river maintenance work to start soon
    • Regional Policy Statement Commissioners appointed
    • NRC offices to close for Xmas, New Year
    • Whangarei Heads School gains top enviro status
    • Port could grow bulk, containerised freight business; study
    • Helping hand for Far North’s wetlands
    • Regional Policy Statement submission deadline looms
    • Annual testing of popular swim spots to start soon
    • Representation review final proposal unveiled
    • 63 students attend 2012 Youth Summit
    • Cultural concerns behind decline of water application
    • Kaeo, Whangarei to host Enviroschools’ expos
    • Public views sought on proposed regional maps
    • Stay clear of wave measuring equipment, boaties warned
    • Act now to protect fruit from guava moth, Northlanders urged
    • Oct 17 hearings for NRC representation review submitters
    • Safety concerns prompt Bay anchor ban reminder
    • Free workshops to help landowners better manage forests
    • Public views sought on revised Pataua ski area proposal
    • Annual NRC Youth Summit looms
    • Time running out to have say on NRC representation review
    • Three new appointees to help guide Northland Inc
    • Proposed Regional Policy Statement approved
    • Public demand prompts Kamo west to CBD bus trial
    • ‘Bud burst’ crucial time in local fight against kiwifruit disease
    • Beating marine pests in Northland
    • Kaipara schools receive $1750 NRC environmental awards
    • Civil Defence offers help to ‘ill-prepared’ North businesses
    • Specialist poison training latest addition to ‘Project Possum’
    • Dune plant research wins NRC award
    • Snail behaviour research wins student NRC award
    • 14 graduate from Northland councils’ cadet scheme
    • Banned koi carp found in Northland
    • Scallop season start prompts safety warning
    • $1m NRC tax refund to help early pay off of events centre
    • Regional council changes look to empower communities
    • Tsunami warning light, siren installed at Tutukaka marina
    • Enviroschools’ workshop for caretakers
    • Mapping project rolled out in Far North
    • Significant agreement for NRC and Te Uri o Hau
    • Five Far North schools win $5550 NRC environmental awards
    • Whangarei district schools win $12,700 environmental awards
    • Te Uri o Hau launches milestone environmental plan
    • Farmer fined $24,000 for Kaipara farm pollution offences
    • Sediment seminars aim to better protect water
    • Businessman to guide council’s new economic direction
    • Long Term Plan adopted
    • 18 schools share $20,000 NRC awards
    • Navigation Safety Bylaw changes to take effect 1 July
    • Enviroschools road trips to learn sustainable business tips
    • Councillors keen for pre-meeting coffee, chat
    • Rustlers spark pollution, prosecution warning
    • Growing kiwi population at Whangarei Heads
    • Vigilance urged after two marine pests found in Whangarei
    • 24 teachers attend coastal workshop
    • Morningside roadworks to affect CityLink bus route
    • Free weed workshops back
    • Hands-on possum control back for North students
    • Helping hand for Whangarei’s wetlands
    • Owner fined $50,000-plus for farm pollution offences
    • Coastal focus for NRC teacher workshop
    • 974 have say on NRC Draft Long Term Plan
    • Plant poplars, willows for erosion control
    • Time running out to have say on Draft Long Term Plan
    • Dargaville bus service costs could be shared more widely
    • $20,000 Schools’ Environmental Curriculum Awards open
    • Banned aquatic weed ‘Salvinia’ found in Northland
    • Have say on Draft Long Term Plan, including flood proposals
    • Enviroschools’ preschoolers project unveiled
    • Rain warning lifted, but care still needed in rain-battered north (Update 5, 0945hrs)
    • Further heavy rain expected overnight in Northland (Update 4, 1715hrs)
    • Floods mean caution still needed, Northlanders told (Update 3, 1415hrs)
    • Brace for widespread flooding, Northlanders warned (Update 2, 1030hrs)
    • Heavy rain, gales and flooding likely for Northland (Update 1, 1045hrs)
    • Poisonous caterpillar reaches Kerikeri
    • Owners fined $67,000 for farm pollution offences
    • NRC’s Draft Long Term Plan approved
    • Parasitic wasp tackling poisonous caterpillar
    • Enviroschools’ pilot to target pre-schoolers
    • Taipa CoastCare group wins national dune award
    • Olympians Murdoch, Tuke named joint Sailor of the Year 2011
    • New workboat ‘Karetu’ blessed, named
    • Possum pies back on NRC’s field days menu
    • Northland to host national dune conference
    • Powhiri for new Northland Regional Council CEO
    • Stay safe on the water this summer
    • Proposed navigation safety changes feedback deadline looms
    • Month left to fill in Ruakaka bus service survey
    • Help stop spread of Manchurian wild rice, landowners urged
    • New 10-trip CityLink transfer tickets for New Year
    • Whangarei river works starting soon
  • 2011
    • Jetskis must be registered, Northlanders reminded
    • Give large ships wide berth; Deputy Harbourmaster
    • Rust fungi possible new recruits in war on Lantana
    • Draft Public Transport Plan released
    • NRC offices to close for Xmas, New Year
    • 55 students attend 2011 youth summit
    • Feedback wanted on proposed navigation safety changes
    • Have say on draft Regional Policy Statement, public urged
    • Register now for Argentine ant workshops
    • Tiny wasp takes on pasture-threatening pest
    • Ruakaka bus service survey
    • Kaeo flood works brought forward
    • Annual testing of popular swim spots begins
    • Public meeting on regional oil spill preparedness
    • Annual NRC Youth Summit looms
    • New Northland Regional Council CEO appointed
    • Follow milk dumping advice to protect environment; NRC
    • Farmers urged to follow milk dumping guidelines
    • Tsunami advisory cancelled
    • ‘Plant Me Instead’, Northlanders urged
    • Beware poisonous insect, Northlanders urged
    • Environment Fund support to top $4 million
    • Get in quick for free marine pests workshops
    • Kerikeri, Whangarei to host Enviroschools’ expos
    • Help stop spread of kiwifruit disease, other pests
    • Extra buses again for next Whangarei RWC game
    • Horse feed mineral research wins NRC award
    • Community Pest Control Areas popular
    • Remains of 2007 Tutukaka shipwreck removed
    • Two fined more than $50,000 for effluent offences
    • Hands-on possum control training an Enviroschools first
    • 1380kg of waste removed in river clean up
    • Foresters urged to lift game on sediment
    • Get in quick for free weed workshops
    • Abandoned vessels removed from canal
    • Public urged to declare war on Taiwan cherry
    • Poroti Springs water takes allowed
    • 20 schools share $20,000 NRC awards
    • Tsunami Warning Cancelled (no.3)
    • Tsunami expected in Northland (no.2)
    • Tsunami warning for Northland (no.1)
    • Northland school scoops top enviro award
    • Free school holiday bus trips, kiwi house visits
    • Local partners chosen for poplar supply scheme
    • NRC’s Annual Plan finalised
    • Unseen battle raging in Northland
    • Trans-Tasman hunt for guava moth’s enemies
    • Hopes tiny insects can make big difference
    • 220 have say on NRC draft annual plan
    • Owner fined $54,000 for dairy effluent offences
    • Manchurian wild rice programme making inroads
    • Haruru Falls oil spill investigated
    • Large-scale mangrove clearance rejected
    • Sweetwater Station water consents granted
    • No buses Good Friday, Easter Monday/Anzac Day
    • NRC CEO to head Tauranga City Council
    • Month left to apply for free native plants
    • Mystery marine ‘pest’ is beneficial seagrass
    • Have your say on NRC Draft Annual Plan
    • Local partner sought for poplar supply scheme
    • $20,000 schools’ Environmental Curriculum Awards open
    • $20,000-plus upgrade for Kaipara’s buoys, beacons
    • Opua man Northland Sailor of the Year 2010
    • Tsunami Warning Update #4
    • Tsunami Warning Update #3
    • Coastal Communities Warned of Tsunami Threat
    • National Tsunami Threat Warning
    • Assistance for quake victims available in Northland
    • Cash donations best way to help Cantabrians
    • Tropical conditions prompt webworm warning
    • Wasp larvae ice cream on NRC field days’ menu
    • Clean up continues after Tropical Cyclone
    • Northland cleans up
    • Rivers dropping, clean-up begins
    • Widespread flooding, road closures
    • More heavy rain, strong winds predicted
    • Revised forecast predicts less rain, care still needed
    • Widespread flooding still possible as more heavy rain forecast
    • Widespread flooding possible as heavy rain looms
    • Month left to provide Otaika water use details
  • 2010
    • New airport stop for Onerahi buses
    • New Northland harbourmaster named
    • Act now on garden escapees, public urged
    • NRC offices to close for Xmas, New Year
    • No buses on Xmas, New Year public holiday days
    • Helena Bay pontoon, walkway granted consent
    • Pilot programme seeks Otaika water details
    • New committee, venues for NRC meetings
    • Annual testing of popular swim spots begins
    • Motorway Extension Winner For All
    • Northland Lakes Stack Up
    • Whāngārei, Kerikeri to host Enviroschools’ Expos
    • Consents granted for Rawene Wastewater Plant
    • 47 students attend 2010 Youth Summit
    • Craig Brown new NRC Chairman, Bain Deputy
    • Have say on discussion document, public urged
    • Annual NRC Youth Summit looms
    • Final NRC election results in
    • North gears up for national tsunami exercise
    • New dates for Hokianga flood meets set
    • Hokianga flood meetings deferred
    • Take a bus on World Car Free Day
    • Oyster storage research wins NRC award
    • Public views sought on local flood plans
    • Mangrove management fund opens
    • WDC needs to commit to sewerage upgrade - Commissioners
    • Water quality research wins student NRC award
    • 25 nominated for Regional Council
    • Week left for Regional Council nominations
    • Sediment seminars aim to better protect water
    • Events Centre shortlisted for global award
    • Minister to have final say on Okara sewage
    • Northland minerals and research investigation welcomed
    • Nominations open soon for NRC hopefuls
    • Rabbit-killing virus set for release
    • Funding to keep stock out of waterways
    • Hātea River bridge consents granted
    • Veteran Northland ‘weedbuster’ retires
    • Baby spiders behind drifting silk-like strands
    • NRC’s Annual Plan finalised
    • Grass carp to eat Far North lake weed
    • Illegal cyanide baits put lives at risk; Council
    • 19 share $20,000 schools’ environmental awards
    • No Tutukaka Harbour ‘greeblies’ great news
    • Drought not over despite weekend rain
    • Independent Commissioners set marine farm bonds
    • One week left to comment on Draft Annual Plan
    • Bream Bay ‘oil spill’ to test authorities
    • Rain great - but no drought breaker
    • $20,000 schools’ Environmental Curriculum Awards open
    • Have your say on NRC’s Draft Annual Plan
    • Holiday weekend rain does little to ease drought
    • Enviroschools mark sustainability successes
    • Northlanders urged to mark ‘Earth Hour’
    • Draft NRC Annual Plan approved
    • Kaitaia’s water situation – the facts
    • Unitary authorities push driven by self - not public - interest, NRC claims
    • UPDATE 5: Tsunami warning cancelled
    • UPDATE 4: Tsunami warning downgraded but caution advised
    • UPDATE 3: Tsunami unfolding as expected in Northland
    • UPDATE 2: Tsunami warning for Northland
    • Tsunami warning for Northland
    • Flavoured sausages on NRC field days’ menu
    • Hātea River bridge consents sought
    • 76-year old Northland Sailor of the Year 2009
    • Good progress in Manchurian wild rice programme
    • March 1 bus service changes loom
    • Cash available for tree planting
    • February hearing for three pest strategies
    • Major progress but floods still risk to Kaitaia
    • Draft 30-Year Transport Strategy released
    • Water restrictions loom if drought continues
    • Changes to Whāngārei's bus service from March
  • 2009
    • Three Rugby World Cup teams welcomed
    • Five recognised with Enviroschools’ awards
    • Draft 5-year North Civil Defence plan approved
    • Annual testing of popular swim spots begins
    • More flexible approach to North’s plant, animal pests
    • Regional Council wades into river survey
    • 45 Northland students attend 2009 Youth Summit
    • NRC posts surplus, signs off annual report
    • Annual NRC Youth Summit in Whāngārei this month
    • More time to have say on Mangawhai mooring plan
    • NRC Chair welcomes Marsden Pt rail designation
    • Marsden Pt rail designation should be okayed, panel says
    • Far North ski lane changes approved
    • Strategy to address North’s marine pests
    • Enterprise Northland on the move
    • 4.50pm: Tsunami warning cancelled, but caution still advised
    • 12.15pm: Update Tsunami passes, warning downgraded
    • 9.45am: Update - Tsunami expected in Northland
    • 9.32am: Tsunami warning for Northland
    • Mystery Whāngārei plant identified
    • Draft Mangawhai Mooring Management Plan released
    • Nominations sought for Whāngārei flood group
    • Biological gorse control research wins NRC award
    • NRC nominates three new Port Corp Directors
    • NRC to give away aerial, geographic data
    • Super City boundary change ‘workable’ for NRC
    • Investigation into mystery Whāngārei plant
    • Phosphate research wins student NRC science fair award
    • eDay aims to clean up Northland's e-waste
    • Stage one of Northland Events Centre project complete
    • Regional flood meetings 'a success'
    • NRC Chair appointed to aquaculture advisory group
    • Enviroschools bus tours a first for North
    • Harbour seabed sampling planned
    • eDay 2009 offers Northland the chance to dispose of e-waste safely
    • Safety behind planned Far North ski lane changes
    • Worst of heavy rain, wind over for Northland
    • Heavy rain, wind may cause flooding, damage
    • New kits for North’s Enviroschools teachers
    • Regional flood project meetings under way
    • 19 share $20,000 schools' Environmental Awards
    • Seagrass restoration trials 'promising'
    • NRC's 10-year Community Plan confirmed
    • Silage wrap recycling programme growing
    • Minister praises NRC consent processing
    • Okaihau to host pest control meeting
    • 29 attend NRC harbour care teacher workshops
    • Public help sought for regional flood project
    • Regional Council website nets two awards
    • $20,000 schools’ Environmental Curriculum Awards open
    • Region grateful for Government multi-events centre funding
    • $500,000 for 2009 NRC Environment Fund
    • Grass carp to be released into Kaipara lake
    • Day left for comment on NRC’s Draft 10-year Plan
    • Tonnes of water drained from unstable hill
    • Two months to keep stock out of tidal areas
    • New freshwater allocation regime proposed
    • NRC’s Draft 10-year Plan released for comment
    • Neighbours meet to discuss super Auckland plans
    • Public views sought on $1B North transport plan
    • NRC Chairman welcomes Govt aquaculture move
    • Consents granted to free up Far North stream mouths
    • Green light for Paihia waterfront redevelopment
    • NRC sheds light on earth hour switch-off
    • Draft 10-year NRC Community Plan approved
    • NRC concerned over North Port Corp share buy back
    • Gale, heavy rain warnings for Northland
    • Consents granted for BOI wastewater scheme
    • Dye to test Waikare Inlet’s tidal movements
    • World champ teen Northland Sailor of the Year
    • New NRC community trust chair, members appointed
    • Wild pork to tempt field days visitors
    • Resource Management Act changes welcomed
    • Events centre construction to begin within days
    • Yachtie fined $750 for dumping waste in Opua Basin
    • One Tree Pt seawall should be allowed - NRC
    • Opononi/Omapere wastewater consents granted
  • 2008
    • Lives at risk during West Coast boat launchings
    • NRC offices to close for Xmas, New Year
    • Backyard burning harder in Whāngārei from December
    • Annual testing of popular swim spots begins
    • Nine recognised at regional enviroschools awards
    • Far North multi-use facility wins $500k NRC funding
    • Dairy waste spills cost farmer, contractor $67,000
    • 38 Northland students attend 2008 Youth Summit
    • Local SuperGold bus scheme effective 1 November
    • 40-plus applications for NRC Recreation Fund
    • Hātea River channel dredging to start
    • War declared on Manchurian wild rice
    • NRC to recognise Enviroschools projects
    • River, rainfall data on NRC website
    • Regional Council removing illegal moorings
    • Annual NRC Youth Summit in Whāngārei this month
    • 40 tonnes of Northland 'e-waste' collected
    • Final two shortlisted for Events Centre build
    • Resource consent processing stays in North
    • Broader economic focus for NRC trust
    • Marine issues presentation for boaties
    • Hospital bus route latest to be ‘tweaked’
    • 10,000+ sea squirts removed in Northland first
    • 157 projects to share $500,000+ NRC Env Fund
    • eDAY chance to dispose of old computers, mobiles
    • Mangrove research earns student NRC award
    • Free workshop offers dunes a chance
    • Regional Councillors on fact-finding tour
    • Kerikeri Inlet jetty bid rejected
    • Applications open for NRC recreation fund
    • Staged tidal power generation recommended
    • Aerial BOI poison drop approved
    • Diesel recovered from stranded Kumea II
    • Diesel recovery from stricken boat ‘difficult’
    • Anxious wait as boat battered in Far North surf
    • Need for multi-events centre unchanged
    • Lucky escape for North from rain, flooding
    • New storm just hours away
    • New storm expected to hit north tomorrow
    • Worst of rain over, but river, tide watch urged
    • Flooding, road closures as weather bites
    • Wild weather on way, forecasters warn
    • Lake Omapere planting day postponed
    • Five shortlisted for possible events centre build
    • Whāngārei bus service 'tweaked'
    • Deadline looms for $500,000 NRC Environment Fund
    • Consent sought for Hātea river dredging
    • Time running out to use bus concession tickets
    • NRC annual plan finalised
    • 15 projects share NRC $15,000 Environment Awards
    • More funding for forestry road upgrades
    • Council announce governance changes
    • Contractors asked to quote for Events Centre build
    • Thousands of plants for Lake Omapere
    • New sewage rules possible for overnight boat stays
    • Month left to use multi-use bus tickets
    • Rising fuel linked to bus fare increase
    • Events Centre scoping report released
    • Pest sea squirt found at Marsden Cove
    • www.nrc.govt.nz is NZ's best Council website
    • Northland memorandum signed for world-class broadband
    • Time running out to comment on draft NRC plan
    • Opua boatyard gains replacement discharge consents
    • $500,000 for 2008 NRC environment fund
    • $15,000 NRC enviro funding available to schools
    • Consultants recommend changes to NRC Trust
    • Parts of North to be off-limits to aquaculture
    • Consents granted to fill Opua site
    • Comment sought on $20.6m NRC draft annual plan
    • $7.5M Whāngārei public bus contract awarded
    • Self-help river maintenance
    • Few surprises in latest State of Environment report
    • Kaipara embankment gains consent
    • North virtually spartina-free within six years, NRC hopes
    • $20.6m draft NRC budget approved
    • NRC to carry out $1.2m flood works
    • North Civil Defence team in national eruption exercise
    • 20 involved in BOI ‘oil spill’ exercise
    • Diesel successfully recovered from stricken ship
    • Most diesel still safely aboard stricken ship
    • Salvage team assessing boat grounded on reef
    • Diesel continues to leak from boat stuck on reef
    • Diesel spills from grounded fishing boat
    • Building proposal may signal new era in Northland local government
    • Heavy rain may cause surface flooding in North
    • Rail corridor joint venture approved
    • 'BBQ bunny bangers' latest on Field Days menu
    • Landowners urged to control moth plant
    • Warning on stormwater drain pollution
    • Fortnight left to have say on rail joint venture
    • $23,000 fine for pollution of Towai waterway
  • 2007
    • Public views sought on rail joint venture
    • NRC offices to close for Christmas, New Year
    • Eight recognised at Regional Enviroschools Awards
    • Annual tests begin at popular north swim spots
    • Time running out to help run $12.3m NRC trust
    • Joint venture to be formed to advance Marsden Point rail link
    • 156 projects to share $500,000-plus NRC environment fund
    • Consents widen inlet boat launching options
    • Hunt for computer system partner under way
    • Three trustees sought for $12.3m NRC trust
    • Seed workshops offer chance to protect dunes
    • No change to NRC Chairman, Deputy
    • 38 attend 2007 NRC Youth Summit
    • Final Regional Council election results in
    • Big plans to reduce Kaeo flood risk
    • Register jetskis, Northlanders told
    • $20,000 fine for serious Mamaranui dairy pollution
    • Bylaws tipped to address beach driving concerns
    • Annual NRC Youth Summit in Whāngārei next month
    • Earthworm research earns student NRC award
    • 15 nominated for Regional Council
    • Week left for Regional Councillor nominations
    • Pilot programme for busy Mangawhai harbour
    • Lizard relocation, seagrass trial funded
    • Heavy rain may cause surface flooding in North
    • Consent granted for boat cleaning facility
    • New regional study points economic way forward
    • Negotiations for rail link land under way
    • New scheme to recycle farm silage bale wrap
    • Proposal to ban backyard burning in Whāngārei
    • Nominations open for Regional Councillor hopefuls
    • Forecasters warn of more heavy rain for North
    • Lake Omapere planting days postponed
    • 50 to gather at Regional Enviroschools hui
    • Navigation Bylaw changes proposed
    • Northland Civil Defence Group wins award
    • Region-wide recovery plan activated
    • Shepherd to chair proposed Events Centre Trust
    • Friday cutoff for $500,000 fund applications
    • More native plants for Lake Omapere
    • Millionth bus passenger carried
    • Heavy rain warning lifted, rain to ease
    • Clean up continues, pleasing progress made
    • Services resuming as storm mop-up continues
    • Prepare for flooding, Dargaville warned
    • Second night without power for many in North
    • Rivers dropping, mop-up begins
    • State of emergency declared for Far North District
    • Power may be off until tomorrow, North warned
    • Weather taking toll on storm-battered north
    • Flooding likely to be worse than March storm
    • Flooding highly likely as rain worsens
    • Month's rain in one day possible, North warned
    • Illegal dumping sparks NRC warning
    • Consents granted for Awanui flood scheme
    • Further submissions sought on marine farm plans
    • Environmental Curriculum Awards winners
    • 1000 trees planted at Ocean Beach
    • Last chance for $500,000 NRC Environment Fund
    • Regional Council adopts $30m-plus annual plan
    • Thousands of plants for Lake Omapere
    • More than 40 involved in national 'oil spill' exercise
    • Whāngārei, Kaipara Hearings on NRC Draft Plan
    • Aquaculture work to gather pace
    • 40 to gather for tsunami workshop
    • Proposed Events Centre trustees confirmed
    • Community goodwill key to moth plant control
    • One Tree Point ‘beach renourishment’ approved
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    • Time running out to comment on Draft NRC Plan
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    • $500,000 for 2007 NRC Environment Fund
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    • Flooding update 5 - 1400hrs
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    • Flooding, more rain to come, North warned
    • Bus service Easter, Anzac Day hours
    • Designation, consents granted for Mangawhai ecocare project
    • Proposed $3.3m rail link spend in draft NRC budget
    • Public help sought on black swan future
    • Text messages to warn of impending disaster
    • Floating ‘container’ is long lost fishing boat
    • Regional Council approves extension to Hokianga wharves
    • Parasitic wasps unusual field days giveaway
    • Community day highlights river project
    • Inmates help protect North’s biggest lake
    • Possum pate on field days menu
    • 300 submissions on marine farm plans
    • Watch for flooding, Northlanders warned
    • Relief as magpie breeding season ends
    • Marsden Pt stormwater plan consents granted
    • Committee rejects Parua Bay reclamation
    • Late run of marine farm comments expected
    • Summer beach driving behaviour under scrutiny
  • 2006
    • New Aquaculture regime could save ratepayers huge sums
    • $23,000 extra allows bus service to operate on public holidays
    • Moth plant’s annual aerial assault looming
    • 17 pile moorings approved for Parua Bay marina
    • Minor changes to dam, bore rules
    • Wild goat pie on menu at Regional Council Field Days display
    • Tutukaka oil ‘spill’ to test recovery team
    • Free Far North collection for unwanted agrichemicals
    • Regional Council considers part-funding new events centre
    • Public help sought to stop Argentine ants spreading
    • NRC offers free Lantana eradication service
    • Offender sought after truckload of tyres dumped at Portland
    • Free hazchemical collection for rural Whāngārei
    • $505,000 tipped for 2006 NRC environment fund
    • Unbundling welcome, but only first step
    • Almost 500 submissions to NRC’s draft ‘Community Plan’
    • Rats threat to Northland’s environment too
    • 'See and be seen’ boaties urged after near-miss
    • More than 20 involved in regional 'oil spill'
    • Bid to develop 'self-setting' traps
    • Watch for flooding today, Northlanders warned
    • Ongoing wet prompts productivity warning
    • Regional Council to fund share of events centre
    • 20 schools to share $16,000 env awards
    • 10-year ‘Community Plan’ adopted
    • Regional Council CEO Resigns
    • Awards for top weedbusters
    • Marsden Point rail decision disappoints
    • Rabbit virus set for release
    • July 14 deadline for Environment Fund
    • Consent granted for new floating Russell jetty
    • Acting Regional Council CEO appointed
    • $10,000 sustainable management scholar wanted
    • 200-plus biosecurity experts to meet next week
    • Public help sought on 10-year Transport Strategy
    • $50,000+ upgrade of Kaipara's navigation
    • Yellow 'dust' only pine pollen
    • Work on Awanui flood scheme paying off
    • Six trustees sought for $12M NRC Trust
    • Meeting to discuss Omapere/Opononi erosion
    • Anti-poaching device $1000 Science Fair Award winner
    • 50 to gather at Regional Enviroschools hui
    • Pollution research earns Kerikeri student NRC award
    • 42 apply to join $12m NRC trust
    • New Regional Council CEO appointed
    • 20-plus apply for Regional Council CEO job
    • Annual NRC regional youth summit on next month
    • $72,500 fines for illegal earthworks
    • Kaeo workshop aims to conserve soil, waterways
    • Consent granted for Matapouri erosion work
    • 119 projects to share $435,000 NRC environment fund cash
    • NRC to designate land for $100m-plus Marsden Pt rail link
    • Crucial step for future of North marine farming
    • Regional Council approves frigate sinking
    • 10,000 plants for Lake Omapere
    • Plants ready for Lake Omapere planting days
    • Approval for Kaipara harbour marine facility
    • Six appointed to $12 million NRC Trust
    • Annual water tests for popular north swim spots
    • Illegal Kaipara sand removal concerns NRC
    • Bus service to run over Xmas, New Year
    • 10-year consent for Ruakaka treatment plant
    • 12 recognised at first regional Enviroschools awards
    • NRC offices to close for Xmas, New Year
    • 100,000 litre sewage spill prompts NRC warning
    • Whāngārei man Northland Sailor of the Year
    • Northlander wins International Study Award
  • 2005
    • Oil refinery to investigate two weekend spills
    • Time right to target Bathurst Bur
    • Free workshop on pesticide use, water allocation
    • Whāngārei Harbour may gain extra protection
    • Shellfish reseeding trials win $37,446 grant
    • Possum pie on menu at Regional Council field days display
    • Free rural Whāngārei hazardous wastes, agrichemical collection
    • Record number of submissions on Marsden B proposal
    • $30.7 million regional events centre proposed
    • Survey on $30.7m events centre starts tomorrow
    • NRC offers free lantana eradication service
    • Moth plant's annual invasion looms
    • Spartina harbour control work progressing well
    • $5000 NRC Sustainable Management Scholarship awarded
    • Experts to recover drifting chemicals today
    • 13 toxic packages recovered, search to resume tomorrow
    • Concerns about toxic packages ease
    • Two free workshops on native trees to improve farms
    • $20,000 NRC environmental funding available to schools
    • Free collection yields hazardous cocktail
    • Proposed regional events centre survey complete
    • Oil spill exercise tests new equipment
    • Dry weather boosts rabbit numbers
    • Regional Events Centre included in $27M draft NRC budget
    • Illegal Far North coastal works spark warning
    • Major overhaul looms for Awanui Flood Scheme
    • Time running out for schools to secure share of $20,000
    • Consents granted for new Opua Cruising Club facility
    • Free possum traps for 120 lucky Whāngārei property owners
    • Extra bus services for Maunu, Otangarei
    • Free Kaitaia seminar on pest and predator control
    • Thirty-year consent for Poroti water bottling plant
    • Almost $300,000 tipped for 2005 Environment Fund
    • Free stream quality monitoring kits for North schools
    • Record number of submissions to Annual Plan
    • Kaikohe wastewater to be disinfected
    • Ten schools to share $12,500 Environmental Award cash
    • Marsden Power Station hearing date set
    • Events Centre proposal dropped from 2005/06 rates strike
    • Helicopter pilot convicted of polluting Northland waterway
    • Northlanders warned widespread flooding likely today
    • Heavy rainfall update no. 1
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    • $30,000 fines for oversized marine farms
    • 'Neighbourly' pest plant control urged
    • Time right to tackle prickly thistle problem
    • Yellow dust just pine tree pollen
    • Trials could signal return of Whāngārei Harbour's seagrass
    • Algal growth study earns student $1000 NRC Science Fair Award
    • Time to control pasture invader ragwort
    • New Bream Bay harbour warden sought
    • NRC donates $1700 buoyancy aids to 'Waterwise' group
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