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2022

21 Dec 2022, 3:46 PM
Summer is here and for many that means plenty of time spent in, on or by our beautiful...
21 Dec 2022, 10:37 AM
Northland Regional Council is providing valuable work experience for 12 Northland tertiary...
21 Dec 2022, 8:27 AM
Whangarei’s Hopua te Nihotetea water detention dam has once again shown its worth after...
20 Dec 2022, 12:18 PM
News the Government will fund repairs to slip-affected parts of a critical section of...
16 Dec 2022, 2:46 PM
Kerikeri Kindergarten has become the latest Northland Enviroschool to reach the...
15 Dec 2022, 10:46 AM
The popular mobile summer rubbish barge service will be back on the water in the Bay of...
15 Dec 2022, 8:45 AM
Appeals against Northland Regional Council’s lack of fishing prohibitions within its...
13 Dec 2022, 1:37 PM
Lisa Forester, Northland Regional Council’s Biodiversity Manager, has won the “Individual...
12 Dec 2022, 2:26 PM
All Northland Regional Council offices in Whangārei and service centres around the region...
12 Dec 2022, 9:31 AM
Christmas shopping will be made easier again this year with free bus travel on Friday 23...
6 Dec 2022, 10:41 AM
The Northland Regional Council has decided on its governance structure for the next three...
25 Nov 2022, 12:50 PM
The Northland Regional Council is changing the way it delivers water quality results at...
15 Nov 2022, 10:06 AM
We all love a visit to the beach in summer and with no part of Northland being more than...
14 Nov 2022, 11:01 AM
They are New Zealand’s only native land mammal and ruffled feathers by infamously taking...
10 Nov 2022, 11:39 AM
Time is running out for applications for Northland Regional Council’s Tū i te ora...
26 Oct 2022, 10:15 AM
Bay of Islands based councillor Tui Shortland has been elected as the new Chair of...
20 Oct 2022, 11:55 AM
The public is being asked to be vigilant after a second discovery of the highly invasive...
17 Oct 2022, 10:47 AM
Final results have delivered five new faces to the Northland Regional Council
14 Oct 2022, 8:57 AM
Applications for Northland Regional Council’s Tū i te ora Scholarships have opened
12 Oct 2022, 1:43 PM
Those cultivating land to grow pasture or crops are being warned to ensure they meet...
11 Oct 2022, 8:43 AM
From children being unable to attend school due to flooding through to urupā crumbling...
10 Oct 2022, 9:42 AM
Based on preliminary results the newly-elected Northland Regional Council will see five...
3 Oct 2022, 12:29 PM
October brings warmer weather to Taitokerau and with it a phenomenon small in stature but...
28 Sep 2022, 12:45 PM
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) has adopted its Annual Report for 2021-22.
28 Sep 2022, 9:29 AM
Divers have begun a programme of checking what will be 2000-plus boat hulls by May 2023 as...
23 Sep 2022, 8:41 AM
A Northland Regional Council (NRC) marine biosecurity specialist has been named a finalist...
19 Sep 2022, 8:41 AM
The five-year Freshwater Improvement Fund Dune Lakes project is coming to a close, with a...
16 Sep 2022, 9:08 AM
A project designed to prevent litter from reaching Taitokerau’s coastal environment...
16 Sep 2022, 8:35 AM
Tens of thousands of voting packs for this year’s Northland local body elections will...
13 Sep 2022, 8:33 AM
A new drought warning system successfully piloted in Northland is now being trialled in...
12 Sep 2022, 11:36 AM
All buses on Whangarei’s CityLink and the region’s BusLink networks will be free all day...
12 Sep 2022, 11:12 AM
Northland’s six-monthly tsunami siren test will take place at the beginning of daylight...
7 Sep 2022, 9:29 AM
Retiring Northland Regional Council CEO Malcolm Nicolson will leave behind a much bigger –...
26 Aug 2022, 7:52 AM
Millions of dollars of improvements to the Awanui flood scheme in recent years proved...
23 Aug 2022, 8:04 AM
Sediment and E. coli are the two greatest threats to freshwater health throughout...
22 Aug 2022, 2:05 PM
Northland high school students recently had the opportunity to participate in the ‘hands...
19 Aug 2022, 8:52 AM
A Northland Regional Council staff member is off to French Polynesia to talk about her...
16 Aug 2022, 9:08 AM
Northlanders are being asked to be courteous and follow the rules – or risk fines and...
15 Aug 2022, 1:38 PM
Twenty-four people have put their names forward for nine seats on the Northland Regional...
15 Jul 2022, 12:57 PM
Free workshops advising how people can tackle some of Northland’s worst weeds and invasive...
29 Jun 2022, 11:23 AM
The increased cost of a new council maritime vessel and moves to boost and improve the...
17 Jun 2022, 9:32 AM
The Kiwi Coast Trust (KCT) and Northland Regional Council (NRC) have re-signed a...
10 Jun 2022, 10:32 AM
Total Mobility is coming to the Far North. The nationwide scheme - which uses an...
10 Jun 2022, 8:23 AM
People keen to become involved in local body politics and help shape Northland’s future...
27 May 2022, 10:31 AM
A group’s community-focused approach to restoring waterways around Kaikohe, incorporation...
26 May 2022, 3:07 PM
Northland Regional Council (NRC) Marketing and Engagement Manager, Natasha Stubbing, has...
18 May 2022, 7:29 AM
Eight $3000 Northland Regional Council scholarships designed to provide a springboard for...
16 May 2022, 2:53 PM
Te Tai Tokerau councils celebrated a unique milestone in April after the adoption of New...
10 May 2022, 12:21 PM
A large hare is thought to be behind Northland’s most recent ‘wallaby’ sighting.
3 May 2022, 10:29 AM
Efforts to improve the Piroa/Brynderwyn (Mangawhai/Waipū) High Value Area (HVA) are to get...
2 May 2022, 9:27 AM
Duck shooters and eel fishers are being asked to do their bit to stop the spread of an...
29 Apr 2022, 9:45 AM
A $9 million-plus Dargaville complex expected to house about 80 local authority staff from...
20 Apr 2022, 12:25 PM
A picturesque three-kilometre section of the Te Araroa length-of-New Zealand trail at...
13 Apr 2022, 8:37 AM
Senior Northland Regional Council manager Jonathan Gibbard has been appointed as the...
11 Apr 2022, 12:45 PM
Poplars and willows offer a host of benefits including stabilising land and helping hold...
1 Apr 2022, 1:01 PM
Closing date for applications for the annual Northland Regional Council Whakamānawa ā...
25 Mar 2022, 9:20 AM
It’s not an April Fools’ Day joke; all CityLink and BusLink services in Northland and...
25 Mar 2022, 8:59 AM
The increased cost of a new council maritime vessel and moves to boost and improve the...
22 Mar 2022, 2:39 PM
Northland’s six-monthly tsunami siren test will take place at the end of daylight saving...
25 Feb 2022, 12:07 PM
More than $5 million of long-awaited staged works designed to substantially reduce the...
22 Feb 2022, 1:47 PM
Professional hunters are in the Russell Forest hunting feral goats ahead of a later...
21 Feb 2022, 10:10 AM
Applications are open for the fourth annual Northland Regional Council Whakamānawa ā Taiao...
16 Feb 2022, 8:04 AM
Whangarei’s Rose Street bus terminal is to receive $1.5m in improvements and upgrades in a...
8 Feb 2022, 1:30 PM
A $3 million-plus tender has been let for the replacement of the Northland Regional...
4 Feb 2022, 9:44 AM
Time is running out to apply for eight $3000 scholarships being offered to provide a...
27 Jan 2022, 8:07 AM
People are being urged to tackle perennial invasive moth plant as soon as possible before...
24 Jan 2022, 12:05 PM
Natural causes – not pollution – are being blamed for smelly, discoloured waterways that...