2024
20 Dec 2024, 10:27 AM
NRC keeping a close eye on water levels around the north as summer heats up and parts of...
19 Dec 2024, 9:47 AM
Local authorities and the Department of Conservation are joining forces with local tangata...
18 Dec 2024, 1:55 PM
A friendly, fit-for-purpose canine is set to become Northland Regional Council’s (NRC)...
18 Dec 2024, 11:17 AM
The popular mobile summer rubbish barge service will be back on the water in the Bay of...
18 Dec 2024, 8:30 AM
Find our office closures for the Christmas-New Year break.
12 Dec 2024, 4:40 PM
Ngāti Hine and the Northland Regional Council (NRC) have made history this week, signing...
10 Dec 2024, 2:18 PM
Twenty-three Northland schools and early childhood centres are to share in $35,000 of...
9 Dec 2024, 4:26 PM
Recipients set to receive financial support and paid work experience at council next...
6 Dec 2024, 12:11 PM
The Northland Regional Council is seeking initial public feedback on how invasive plants...
25 Nov 2024, 11:23 AM
A multi-agency partnership is paving the way for migratory native fish to be able to...
18 Nov 2024, 9:26 AM
A commercial fishing boat has been served an abatement notice as Northland Regional...
14 Nov 2024, 9:51 AM
“This made me think about our world, we don’t own it, we’re just the tenants for a while,...
5 Nov 2024, 12:00 PM
A tiny and very rare Northland lake plant, Trithuria inconspicua, has been voted ‘New...
17 Oct 2024, 1:04 PM
Northland Regional Council’s safe boating programme – ‘Nobody's stronger than Tangaroa’ –...
16 Oct 2024, 8:27 AM
Following increased water activity in recent years, a new role dedicated to keeping people...
9 Oct 2024, 8:30 AM
The Northland Regional Council has won a national award for Local Authority Outstanding...
3 Oct 2024, 2:16 PM
More than 200 young Northlanders are expected to attend annual Enviroschools Encounters...
25 Sep 2024, 1:05 PM
Independent hearings commissioners have granted an application by Meridian Energy Limited...
16 Sep 2024, 2:41 PM
Northland communities are set to get a boost to support community-led initiatives that...
11 Sep 2024, 2:48 PM
A new to mainland New Zealand red seaweed - Asparagopsis taxiformis – has been found at...
11 Sep 2024, 9:12 AM
Northland’s six-monthly tsunami siren test will take place at the start of daylight saving...
11 Sep 2024, 8:41 AM
A new strategy developed by Northland’s four local authorities looks to improve...
4 Sep 2024, 7:44 AM
Northland’s Regional Transport Committee has welcomed news the government will invest...
29 Aug 2024, 2:16 PM
Two of MetService’s top meteorologists recently visited Northland to better understand the...
28 Aug 2024, 7:44 AM
The Northland Regional Council has voted to retain its Māori ward.
27 Aug 2024, 12:03 PM
More than $2.8 million of contestable Regional Rescue Services Rate money has been...
26 Aug 2024, 4:05 PM
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) is welcoming $660,000 of central government funding...
15 Aug 2024, 2:10 PM
Join the fight to tackle the region’s worst weeds at Northland Regional Council’s free...
14 Aug 2024, 3:59 PM
NRC urges members of the public to report any potential sightings.
13 Aug 2024, 2:05 PM
Kawakawa Deflection Bank and Otiria Spillway officially open Residents of Kawakawa,...
12 Aug 2024, 2:18 PM
Applications are being sought for more than $300,000 worth of funding for soil...
24 Jul 2024, 9:22 AM
Feedback on Northland Regional Council’s draft Freshwater Plan Change has been mixed, with...
10 Jul 2024, 8:04 AM
Independent commissioners have declined an application for a multimillion dollar expansion...
9 Jul 2024, 8:06 AM
Six Northland students are set to receive $4000 and paid work experience after being named...
26 Jun 2024, 1:44 PM
The Northland Regional Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-2034 (LTP) has been formally adopted...
13 Jun 2024, 9:31 AM
A new dedicated bus service for some intermediate and high school students is coming to...
27 May 2024, 9:10 AM
A recent Environment Court case where a man was ordered to remove extensive work carried...
24 May 2024, 9:24 AM
Continuation of funding for emergency services is one of a raft of decisions agreed by...
17 May 2024, 11:18 AM
Changes in government priorities and funding that amend some State Highway safety...
16 May 2024, 11:02 AM
A $650,000 project to construct a deflection bank to protect low-lying businesses along...
6 May 2024, 2:25 PM
An important agreement covering how Te Parawhau ki Tai hapū and the Northland Regional...
30 Apr 2024, 1:56 PM
The Northland Regional Council’s new $3.2 million Northland-built workboat has been...
23 Apr 2024, 12:35 PM
A Northland couple’s work with exotic Caulerpa seaweed and their more than a decade’s pest...
17 Apr 2024, 4:01 PM
A decade-long plan to remove all wild deer from Northland, could see the largest deer-free...
16 Apr 2024, 9:00 AM
A reduction in government funding will see CityLink and BusLink fares for Northland’s...
4 Apr 2024, 9:22 AM
Central government should be filling the funding gap for critical emergency services like...
21 Mar 2024, 11:47 AM
Northland’s six-monthly tsunami siren test will take place at the end of daylight saving...
21 Mar 2024, 10:23 AM
Poplars and willows offer a host of benefits including stabilising land which helps hold...
15 Mar 2024, 11:30 AM
A rebalancing with an increased focus on core business to help keep rates down is at the...
14 Mar 2024, 9:31 AM
A Whangārei concrete company has been fined $52,500 for discharging contaminants from its...
6 Mar 2024, 2:49 PM
Northland Regional Council is encouraging people to have their say on a draft plan to...
1 Mar 2024, 1:40 PM
Northland landowners are being advised to check they will not be affecting a wetland...
23 Feb 2024, 3:50 PM
Today’s funding announcement from government of a $5 million boost to accelerate the fight...
23 Feb 2024, 9:42 AM
Free wild food treats from the Northland Regional Council will be back at the upcoming...
21 Feb 2024, 9:00 AM
The closing date for applications for Northland Regional Council’s Tū i te ora Scholarship...
16 Feb 2024, 9:10 AM
Northlanders urged to have their say on the review by Friday 15 March.
15 Feb 2024, 10:09 AM
CityLink Whangārei’s Route 3 bus service from Tikipunga via Te Kamo has been extended by...
14 Feb 2024, 10:22 AM
Climate resilience and adaptation was a strong focus for the Northland Regional Council’s,...
25 Jan 2024, 12:59 PM
Applications for Northland Regional Council’s Tū i te ora Scholarships have opened for...
18 Jan 2024, 2:39 PM
Kaipara locals are being asked to report sightings of an unwanted bird – the rook – after...