2019
20 Dec 2019, 1:40 PM
A mobile summer rubbish barge will be back on the water in the Bay of Islands this summer...
20 Dec 2019, 11:37 AM
Those driving a multimillion dollar project investigating potential Kaipara and Far...
20 Dec 2019, 10:44 AM
Divers will check around 2000 boat hulls from now until May next year for a range of...
20 Dec 2019, 10:13 AM
A newly-completed 113-metre long flood wall is expected to massively increase the level of...
19 Dec 2019, 1:39 PM
Recent work undertaken by the Northland Regional Council has revealed inaccuracies in bore...
16 Dec 2019, 1:20 PM
Four new $3000 scholarships are being offered to support students studying or training in...
16 Dec 2019, 9:38 AM
The care and safety of all users and visitors to the beach, acknowledging tangata whenua...
16 Dec 2019, 9:10 AM
Local authority investigations into the accidental fatal poisoning of three dogs and two...
11 Dec 2019, 9:17 AM
Users of Whangarei’s CityLink public transport network can look forward to triple the...
26 Nov 2019, 12:43 PM
When is a drought not a drought? When it’s a hydrological drought instead of a...
25 Nov 2019, 4:20 PM
Annual summer water quality tests will begin 02 December at some of Northland’s popular...
21 Nov 2019, 1:06 PM
A new Climate Change Working Party and increased Maori and independent representation are...
11 Nov 2019, 8:00 AM
A promising pest management career that has included extensive work to help turn the tide...
29 Oct 2019, 2:40 PM
Kaipara-based councillor Penny Smart has been elected to chair the newly-elected Northland...
18 Oct 2019, 6:39 PM
Newly-released final election results have seen Councillor Joce Yeoman emerge the victor...
18 Oct 2019, 10:23 AM
An independent commissioner has granted the Whangarei District Council (WDC) a 20-year...
15 Oct 2019, 8:12 AM
Budding Olympian skateboarders are among the newest beneficiaries as the latest $500,000...
14 Oct 2019, 9:22 AM
The saying ‘a day is a long time in politics’ has proved true for two former Northland...
12 Oct 2019, 3:37 PM
Based on initial ‘progress’ results after today’s local body elections, the Northland...
10 Oct 2019, 3:07 PM
Northland is inching closer to another potentially dry summer with new figures showing Mid...
10 Oct 2019, 9:47 AM
Changing landscapes – political and literal – will be top of the agenda when about 170...
7 Oct 2019, 9:23 AM
More than 1000 unwanted Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii) have been pulled from...
4 Oct 2019, 9:26 AM
Suggestions of a managed Ports of Auckland retreat from Auckland and shift of its...
1 Oct 2019, 4:42 PM
Northland emergency management professional Shona Morgan is one of 15 people appointed to...
20 Sep 2019, 11:55 AM
An independent commissioner has granted permission for a new 130-berth marina – including...
18 Sep 2019, 11:45 AM
A multimillion dollar project investigating potential Kaipara and Far North-based water...
18 Sep 2019, 9:25 AM
A farm manager has been fined more than $28,000 for a series of offences relating to...
13 Sep 2019, 1:31 PM
A proposed $8.4M Kaipara complex that would house up to 80 local authority staff from two...
12 Sep 2019, 9:30 AM
Two defendants have been collectively sentenced to more than $50,000 in fines and costs...
6 Sep 2019, 8:00 AM
Independent commissioners have granted new resource consents for the Far North District...
5 Sep 2019, 8:30 AM
Whangarei residents are being urged to leave their cars at home and take free public...
26 Aug 2019, 3:47 PM
A $15.5 million redevelopment of a high-profile former Whangarei supermarket site will be...
22 Aug 2019, 7:51 AM
The Northland Regional Council says a combination of factors, including a big jump in...
19 Aug 2019, 1:05 PM
Seventeen people are expected to contest the seven remaining seats available to represent...
14 Aug 2019, 11:00 AM
Good local community support and co-funding from regional and central government means...
2 Aug 2019, 10:20 AM
Time is running out for those wanting to run for office as a Northland Regional Council...
18 Jul 2019, 10:10 AM
A new weekly public transport service covering the area from Kaiwaka to Ruakaka is to...
17 Jul 2019, 4:45 PM
After lengthy deliberations Tuesday, 16 July, Northland Regional Council will not include...
11 Jul 2019, 1:35 PM
People keen to become involved in local body politics and help shape Northland’s future...
5 Jul 2019, 10:00 AM
Completion of two key parts of a wider multimillion dollar local authority upgrade of the...
2 Jul 2019, 2:00 PM
The public’s views are being sought as a precursor to development of a ground-breaking...
24 May 2019, 8:06 AM
A small rural kindergarten near Whangarei has shone above almost 40 other finalists to...
20 May 2019, 9:12 AM
Smoke, helicopters, emergency services vehicles and rescue vessels are likely to be...
10 May 2019, 10:58 AM
Landowners in Waipu and Paparoa are the latest to be issued with new Northland Regional...
6 May 2019, 1:44 PM
The most significant resource management planning document for years – one which...
30 Apr 2019, 1:12 PM
More than 90 nominations have been made for new local authority awards recognising the...
26 Apr 2019, 9:34 AM
The experiences of high-profile emergencies throughout New Zealand will come under the...
24 Apr 2019, 11:05 AM
Marine pests in the Southern Hemisphere’s largest harbour are to come under scrutiny in...
23 Apr 2019, 10:48 AM
Seventeen young people from across Whangarei district are about to learn hands-on...
17 Apr 2019, 10:40 AM
Landowners with properties upstream of the iconic Whangarei Falls are being urged to take...
12 Apr 2019, 10:01 AM
Cooler sea temperatures and associated improvements in underwater visibility has seen...
9 Apr 2019, 8:26 AM
Potential Kaipara and Far North-based water storage and use options – the latest to secure...
9 Apr 2019, 8:06 AM
Landowners with erosion-prone properties from Topuni north are encouraged to get orders...
20 Mar 2019, 2:09 PM
Northland has its 200th outdoor tsunami siren – one of 12 new sirens which are being...
18 Mar 2019, 1:27 PM
A dry summer means many Northlanders will have been giving a little extra thought about...
18 Mar 2019, 8:45 AM
The Northland public is being asked for its views on whether a single set of vessel hull...
12 Mar 2019, 12:04 PM
Investigations are under way into the source of consistently elevated bacterial levels at...
11 Mar 2019, 8:53 AM
Formal Registrations of Interest (ROI) are now being sought for a multimillion...
4 Mar 2019, 9:33 AM
Following a raft of initiatives introduced last year to tackle water, pests and flood...
1 Mar 2019, 8:59 AM
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) is to make a $500,000 contribution to a planned $8...
28 Feb 2019, 11:45 AM
Northlanders are being invited to enter new local authority awards recognising the people...
21 Feb 2019, 9:34 AM
Fun food, fancy name - but a serious message.
5 Feb 2019, 8:21 AM
Dry summer weather has meant for a ‘dream start’ to roughly $500,000 of works which...
4 Feb 2019, 2:12 PM
Northlanders are being urged to rethink the value placed on wetlands which serve often...
4 Feb 2019, 2:01 PM
The increasing impact wilding conifers are having on Northland’s coastal margins, dune...
31 Jan 2019, 3:18 PM
Ongoing hot, dry summer weather has been great for Northland’s holidaymakers and tourism...
25 Jan 2019, 12:35 PM
Northland Inc Chief Executive Officer David Wilson has resigned after more than five years...