2020
22 Dec 2020, 1:18 PM
Eight people have put their names forward to contest the Northland Regional Council...
16 Dec 2020, 10:38 AM
People keen to stand for the Whangārei Urban seat left vacant with the recent resignation...
10 Dec 2020, 8:14 AM
Eight $3000 scholarships are being offered to support students studying or training in...
7 Dec 2020, 12:21 PM
The Northland Regional Council’s Dargaville, Kaitāia, Ōpua, Waipapa and Whangārei offices...
7 Dec 2020, 8:00 AM
Separate agreements are now in place covering how Patuharakeke hapū and the Northland...
2 Dec 2020, 12:39 PM
Free bus rides – and giveaways – will be on offer as part of a festive season promotion by...
27 Nov 2020, 9:08 AM
The start of a third construction season is underway for the Awanui flood scheme with just...
25 Nov 2020, 12:16 PM
Northland Regional Council (NRC) Chair Penny Smart is keen to set the record straight on...
24 Nov 2020, 7:54 AM
A mobile summer rubbish barge will be back on the water in the Bay of Islands this summer...
23 Nov 2020, 8:00 AM
An official nomination period opens Tuesday, 24 November for those wishing to contest the...
17 Nov 2020, 1:15 PM
Northland Regional Council (NRC) member Rick Stolwerk has been appointed interim chair of...
16 Nov 2020, 11:25 AM
A joint three-year programme which aims to improve water quality in four of Whangārei’s...
11 Nov 2020, 8:45 AM
Annual summer water quality tests will begin Monday, 07 December at some of Northland’s...
6 Nov 2020, 11:55 AM
Two Northland dune lakes are part of a ground-breaking international study that measures...
5 Nov 2020, 11:30 AM
An official nomination period for those wishing to contest the Whangārei Urban seat left...
29 Oct 2020, 8:30 AM
Contract divers plan to check more than 2000 boat hulls from now until May next year as...
22 Oct 2020, 9:30 AM
Residents from the Hikurangi and Whangarei Heads areas are being urged to support separate...
21 Oct 2020, 8:40 AM
Northland Regional Councillors are keen to see Māori guaranteed a voice around the council...
9 Oct 2020, 5:00 PM
An ambitious programme to restore the health and mauri of the mighty Kaipara Moana reached...
30 Sep 2020, 12:00 PM
Health and safety requirements are triggering a move to monthly amnesty days for hazardous...
15 Sep 2020, 1:20 PM
Northland’s tsunami siren test will take place at the beginning of daylight saving on...
11 Sep 2020, 8:30 AM
The public will have until Friday 09 October to provide feedback on a long-awaited draft...
28 Aug 2020, 11:15 AM
Northlanders are being asked to do their bit to protect themselves and others from...
24 Aug 2020, 9:00 AM
The Northland Regional Council is to move away from offering Farm Environment Management...
21 Aug 2020, 8:30 AM
Those charged with defending the region’s precious marine environment from invasive pests...
6 Aug 2020, 12:57 PM
A series of informal pop-up stalls around the region this month offer the public an early...
5 Aug 2020, 10:10 AM
A $15.5 million redevelopment of a high-profile former Whangārei supermarket site is...
27 Jul 2020, 12:24 PM
A long-running community-driven project to restore a rare and culturally-significant Far...
24 Jul 2020, 1:58 PM
An $11 million-plus investment in a Whangarei detention dam commissioned four years ago...
24 Jul 2020, 9:36 AM
Whangarei’s CityLink public buses are now able to accept a new contactless ‘Bee Card’.
10 Jul 2020, 3:21 PM
Predator control efforts in Whangārei are set to scale up over the next five years...
8 Jul 2020, 10:52 AM
A welcome boost for the future of freshwater quality is how Northland Regional Council...
5 Jul 2020, 2:30 PM
Kaipara Uri and councils have welcomed the government’s announcement of $100 million in...
25 Jun 2020, 7:30 AM
Hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of critical improvements to the Awanui flood...
19 Jun 2020, 7:40 AM
Two decades of tireless work to restore Rākaumangamanga (Cape Brett) has been recognised...
17 Jun 2020, 7:52 AM
A ‘finely balanced’ decision by a previous Northland Regional Council not to include...
16 Jun 2020, 9:22 AM
Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Group is calling attention to a new...
15 Jun 2020, 7:40 AM
A project to protect Northland’s rare dune lakes from destructive wilding pines is also...
12 Jun 2020, 4:47 PM
Updated river flood maps for Awanui and Kerikeri/Waipapa catchments are now available...
5 Jun 2020, 11:20 AM
Northlanders are being urged to report feral deer sightings after several were spotted –...
5 Jun 2020, 10:48 AM
Construction of a proposed $9M Kaipara complex expected to house up to 80 local authority...
18 May 2020, 10:55 AM
The Northland Regional Council will press ahead with its second annual ‘Whakamānawa ā...
13 May 2020, 1:24 PM
Working alongside Northland communities to tackle the region’s pest management problems...
11 May 2020, 7:34 AM
A win for both local forestry workers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the region’s...
7 May 2020, 7:40 AM
Northland Regional Council (NRC) members have supported an Annual Plan heavily modified to...
1 May 2020, 12:24 PM
Northland has been tipped into one of the most severe droughts on record and there’s no...
24 Apr 2020, 8:28 AM
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) says it is doing all it can to ensure it’s ready when...
23 Apr 2020, 1:13 PM
The Northland Regional Council has named the four winners of its inaugural ‘Tū i te ora...
9 Apr 2020, 11:22 AM
Advance preparations have begun so Northland landowners keen to protect their properties...
7 Apr 2020, 3:46 PM
Northland’s mayors and regional council chair have issued a plea to would-be holidaymakers...
2 Apr 2020, 8:56 AM
As the world grapples with the huge changes forced on it by the Covid-19 pandemic,...
19 Mar 2020, 9:06 AM
There’s been a bit of rain, but don’t be fooled - Northland needs a lot more rain and will...
13 Mar 2020, 7:58 AM
The doors have opened at a temporary Dargaville-based office the Northland Regional...
10 Mar 2020, 1:44 PM
Time is running out for Northland’s environmental champions to put their names forward to...
10 Mar 2020, 8:50 AM
The discovery of Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii) on a Mangonui-based boat has...
4 Mar 2020, 10:45 AM
Many coastal communities water supplies are being restricted to essential water use only,...
25 Feb 2020, 1:59 PM
Public feedback is wanted on a range of proposed spending over the next year as the...
25 Feb 2020, 11:03 AM
Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group says the regional, multi-agency...
24 Feb 2020, 3:00 PM
Northland’s small coastal catchments are set to become the next victims of the region’s...
24 Feb 2020, 11:06 AM
Venison jerky with a watermelon salsa will be this year’s wild food treat to be given away...
24 Feb 2020, 10:56 AM
Thrilled organisers are delighted with the more than 70 applications received for the...
19 Feb 2020, 9:36 AM
Five massive infrastructure projects, already the backbone of a Mayoral ‘Kia Kaha...
18 Feb 2020, 8:16 AM
A catchment-wide water shortage direction is being introduced for the entire Awanui River...
17 Feb 2020, 11:12 AM
Environmental champions are being asked to put their names forward for this year’s...
13 Feb 2020, 1:31 PM
Northland Regional Council is encouraging landowners and those in the primary sector to...
10 Feb 2020, 3:25 PM
Common sense, cool heads, and conserve water wherever you can.
7 Feb 2020, 2:30 PM
With tough new water restrictions being imposed in the Far North and no end in sight to...
31 Jan 2020, 11:55 AM
Today’s Friday 31 January, announcement of a $12 million boost for the water storage and...
29 Jan 2020, 1:06 PM
The newly-elected Northland Regional Council has today, Wednesday 29 January, confirmed it...
14 Jan 2020, 9:03 AM
An estimated 90,000 tonnes of soil will be removed over the next several months to help...
13 Jan 2020, 10:14 AM
Potential recipients of four new $3000 scholarships being offered by the Northland...
9 Jan 2020, 11:44 AM
With no significant summer rain forecast, local authorities are keeping a wary eye on an...