Contact details
Find out how to get in touch with us by phone, email, online or in person at one of our regional centres.
If you have an enquiry, call us on 0800 002 004. If you call after hours, please leave a message that will be followed up on the next business day.
We're open Monday to Friday (except public holidays). Please see "Visit our offices" below, for the opening times of our Service Centres.
For pollution and environmental incident reporting, call the 24/7 Incident Hotline toll-free on: 0800 504 639 where our service provider will take your call.
You can call us for general business toll-free from anywhere within the Northland region between the hours of 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays), on:
You can phone the regional council offices directly on the numbers listed below during opening hours:
Whangārei: 09 470 1200 | Dargaville: 09 439 3300 | Kaitaia: 09 408 6600 | Waipapa: 0800 002 004 | Ōpua: 0800 002 004
After hours
If it's urgent and outside normal business hours, our after hours service provider will take your call.
For pollution and environmental incident reporting, call the 24/7 NRC Incident Hotline toll-free on:
You can send us an email on: [email protected] (Please note that this email address is only monitored during office hours.)
Our central mailing address is:
Northland Regional Council
Private Bag 9021
Te Mai, Whangārei 0143
Please note that all postal items should be sent to this address.
Cheques - we no longer accept cheques. Find out how to pay online
We have offices in Whangārei, Kaitaia, Dargaville, Waipapa and Ōpua*.
We're open Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.30pm (except public holidays).
Access
Whangārei: Automated doors, wheelchair accessible, mobility parking in the NRC car park.
Dargaville: Automated doors, ramp access (may not be suitable for longer mobility scooters), mobility parking in front of the building.
Kaitaia: No wheelchair access, reception is close to the door and our staff can come to you, general parking in front.
Waipapa: Doors will require assistance, reception can accommodate a wheelchair, general parking in front.
*Ōpua is an operational base and may not be manned. Please contact the office on 0800 002 004 prior to visiting.
32 Hokianga Road
Dargaville 0310
Hours - 9.00am - 4.00pm
13 Baffin St
Ōpua 0200
Hours - 8.30am - 4.30pm*
*Ōpua is an operational base and may not be manned. Please contact the office prior to visiting.
Waipapa 0295
Hours - 8.30am - 4.30pm
If you submit one of our online forms after hours, it may not read until the following business day. If your matter is urgent, please call us and our after hours service provider will take your call.
General enquiries and feedback
If you would like to make a general enquiry, or if you have any comments, compliments or complaints about our service or our website please let us know by completing our general enquiries and feedback form.
Official information request
Find out how to make a request for information on our official information requests page.
Change your address
Let us know if you or your business has changed addresses by completing our online change of address form.
Pay online
We no longer accept cheques so find out how to pay online
Your local regional councillor is available to contact by email. If you're unsure who that is, search for an address to find your constituency, then see which regional councillor represents you on council.
If you need to contact us and you are deaf, hearing-impaired, deaf-blind, or speech impaired, the New Zealand Relay Service (NZ Relay) may be able to assist you.
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