2021
22 Dec 2021, 11:34 AM
The start of a fourth construction season is underway for the Awanui flood scheme with...
22 Dec 2021, 9:19 AM
Several remote Far North communities are benefitting from an innovative ‘life jacket...
15 Dec 2021, 11:53 AM
Vessels choosing to anchor in main shipping channels, particularly in Whangārei, are...
9 Dec 2021, 2:17 PM
Very low passenger numbers, made worse by the ongoing Covid epidemic, are behind a...
9 Dec 2021, 8:27 AM
After last year’s successful trial of the ‘Summer Beach Bus’ from Whangārei to Ocean...
7 Dec 2021, 8:50 AM
Northlanders are being called to do more to protect the region from ‘silent invaders’ -...
6 Dec 2021, 11:52 AM
The popular mobile summer rubbish barge service will be back on the water in the Bay of...
2 Dec 2021, 9:42 AM
The ‘Mask up Northland’ campaign, running from Tuesday 30 November to Tuesday 14 December,...
1 Dec 2021, 11:10 AM
Eight $3000 scholarships are being offered to provide a springboard for future...
1 Dec 2021, 8:59 AM
Newly-released regional maps aim to help Northlanders better understand areas at risk of...
10 Nov 2021, 10:09 AM
A new fast electric vehicle (EV) charger at Waipu is the latest in Northland’s network and...
10 Nov 2021, 9:21 AM
Annual summer water quality tests will begin Monday, 06 December at some of Northland’s...
3 Nov 2021, 8:00 AM
Northland Regional Council has been awarded $1.3 million of funding for 2021-22 under the...
22 Oct 2021, 12:25 PM
The Northland Regional Council is to give $205,550 of unallocated Regional Sporting...
20 Oct 2021, 7:48 AM
People voting for their regional council representatives at next year’s local body...
13 Oct 2021, 1:51 PM
Northland’s local authorities are trialling a new storm tracking system that provides much...
11 Oct 2021, 9:59 AM
A programme of work to restore the health and mauri of Kaipara Moana, the world’s...
28 Sep 2021, 7:43 AM
Northland Regional Council is offering free travel on all scheduled services – the...
23 Sep 2021, 8:06 AM
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) has allocated $3.8 million to be paid out over the...
16 Sep 2021, 11:07 AM
Northland’s six-monthly tsunami siren test will take place at the beginning of daylight...
16 Sep 2021, 10:03 AM
Divers plan to check 2000-plus boat hulls from next month until May 2022 as part of an...
1 Sep 2021, 8:08 AM
Independent commissioners have granted two dozen consent applications by mainly Far North...
26 Aug 2021, 10:42 AM
Time is running out for Northlanders to have their say on the number of regional...
25 Aug 2021, 8:52 AM
A rescue helicopter service and the region’s surf lifesavers are among the six recipients...
4 Aug 2021, 9:21 AM
Northlanders’ views are being sought on the number of regional councillors, the areas...
28 Jul 2021, 1:45 PM
Ensuring the wellbeing of current and future generations, and Northland’s natural...
21 Jul 2021, 9:23 AM
A joint three-year programme which aims to improve water quality in four of Whangārei’s...
19 Jul 2021, 10:18 AM
Two Northland schools and a kindergarten have achieved prestigious ‘Green-Gold’ status...
19 Jul 2021, 9:28 AM
The backers of an ambitious plan to develop a collaborative predator free programme in the...
7 Jul 2021, 11:14 AM
A 14-month, $2 million project to upgrade sections of the Te Araroa trail in Northland to...
24 Jun 2021, 9:57 AM
A raft of new initiatives to create greater community resilience, improve freshwater...
22 Jun 2021, 3:00 PM
Northland Regional Council has sold its high-profile Kensington redevelopment, which has...
9 Jun 2021, 8:46 AM
Popular free annual workshops offering Northlanders tips on how to tackle some of the...
28 May 2021, 11:51 AM
Experiencing Marine Reserves – Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust has been named Te Tohu...
27 May 2021, 1:34 PM
Droppings from a herd of several dozen deer living in and around the Russell Forest are...
27 May 2021, 9:10 AM
A multi-agency effort is trapping rubbish before it can find its way into the sea and...
25 May 2021, 10:01 AM
Smoke, helicopters, emergency services vehicles and rescue vessels are likely to be...
10 May 2021, 7:52 AM
Eight $3000 scholarships have been allocated by the Northland Regional Council to support...
10 May 2021, 7:43 AM
Work is virtually complete on $850,000 of mitigation repairs its architects say should...
27 Apr 2021, 12:01 PM
Northland landowners considering retiring erosion-prone hill country from pastoral...
27 Apr 2021, 11:36 AM
More than $3 million of upgrade work that collectively makes up a third bout of annual...
27 Apr 2021, 10:15 AM
Tiny wasps that leave the mummified corpses of their victims hanging in trees as tell-tale...
23 Apr 2021, 8:28 AM
The latest in a series of maps showing areas at risk of coastal erosion and coastal...
21 Apr 2021, 7:14 AM
Investigations show water quality at most popular Northland swim spots – especially those...
15 Apr 2021, 11:20 AM
A joint local authority committee that will play a key role in Northland’s future approach...
9 Apr 2021, 8:28 AM
Northlanders planning to burn unwanted waste material this autumn are being encouraged to...
31 Mar 2021, 12:00 PM
Work on a proposed $5 million spillway project to divert flooding away from Otiria and...
29 Mar 2021, 11:42 AM
Time is running out for people to have their say on a Long Term Plan designed to meet new...
26 Mar 2021, 8:07 AM
The pending release of new coastal hazard maps for Te Taitokerau is part of a growing,...
22 Mar 2021, 3:53 PM
Northland’s tsunami siren test will go ahead at the end of daylight saving on Sunday 4...
12 Mar 2021, 9:01 AM
Meeting new central government requirements, greater resilience and realising the North’s...
11 Mar 2021, 8:36 AM
The mass deaths of large numbers of eels, fish and other aquatic life in a Northland...
8 Mar 2021, 10:41 AM
Poplars and willows are the seldom-recognised heroes of Northland’s hill country...
26 Feb 2021, 7:30 AM
Where’s Wall(ab)y? A Massaman-style Wallaby curry with poppadum and pickled cucumber will...
24 Feb 2021, 11:46 AM
Northlanders are being urged to attend upcoming public drop in ‘have your say’ sessions to...
22 Feb 2021, 1:31 PM
The public is once again being asked to put names forward for the Northland Regional...
18 Feb 2021, 10:20 AM
Former port corporation boss Terry Archer will fill the Whangārei Urban seat left vacant...
15 Feb 2021, 1:26 PM
Authorities are appealing for sightings of a koi carp – an unwanted freshwater pest fish –...
11 Feb 2021, 10:51 AM
Voting will end Wednesday, 17 February for the Whangārei Urban Constituency seat left...
3 Feb 2021, 8:46 AM
Northland Regional Council (NRC) Chair Penny Smart has welcomed news central government...
21 Jan 2021, 2:46 PM
A long-awaited and ground-breaking formal management plan for Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe/Ninety Mile...
19 Jan 2021, 9:35 AM
Bouts of timely rainfall mean this summer has been ‘kinder’ to many Northlanders than last...
15 Jan 2021, 9:10 AM
Voting will begin Tuesday, 26 January for the Whangārei Urban seat left vacant by the...