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Wide Range Of Views On Freshwater Plan ‘No Surprise’
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 9:52 am | Northland Regional Council
Feedback on Northland Regional Council’s draft Freshwater Plan Change has been mixed, with council receiving 577 responses. More >>
Northport Expansion Declined By Independent Commissioners
Wednesday, 10 July 2024, 8:33 am | Northland Regional Council
Independent commissioners have declined an application for a multimillion dollar expansion of Northport due to the scale and extent of a 11.7 hectare reclamation currently proposed. More >>
Six Northland Tertiary Students Awarded Scholarships
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 8:34 am | Northland Regional Council
Six Northland students are set to receive $4000 and paid work experience after being named as recipients of Northland Regional Council’s annual Tū i te ora Scholarship. More >>
Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Formally Adopted
Wednesday, 26 June 2024, 1:41 pm | Northland Regional Council
The adoption of the LTP at the meeting - held at the Dargaville Museum yesterday (subs: Tuesday 25 June) - formally confirms council’s previously reported decision to continue funding for emergency and rescue services and regional sporting facilities. More >>
New Whangārei Bus Service For Intermediate, High School Students
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 6:50 pm | Northland Regional Council
The new SchoolLink service aims to provide students with an easy journey to and from school, while freeing up space at peak times on CityLink buses for commuters, families and seniors. More >>
Check Before Carrying Out Coastal Works; NRC
Monday, 27 May 2024, 8:37 am | Northland Regional Council
Some of the unauthorised works at the centre of the recent Environment Court case. The court ordered the removal of the gabion baskets, pictured, along with a 52-metre long concrete-base plinth and a boat ramp all illegally installed by a homeowner ... More >>
NRC To Continue Emergency Services Funding
Friday, 24 May 2024, 8:04 am | Northland Regional Council
Continuation of funding for emergency services is one of a raft of decisions agreed by councillors ahead of the formal adoption of Northland Regional Council’s Long Term Plan 2024-2034 in June. More >>
New Regional Land Transport Plan Consultation
Friday, 17 May 2024, 9:15 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council member Joe Carr, who chairs the Northland Regional Transport Committee, says the 2023 review of the draft Regional Land Transport Plan (RLTP) 2021-2027 was subject to public consultation from 13 February to 15 March this year. More >>
$650,000 Flood Deflection Bank For Kawakawa
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 11:10 am | Northland Regional Council
A $650,000 project to construct a deflection bank to protect low-lying businesses along Old Whangae Road and Kawakawa’s main street from flooding is underway in the township. More >>
Te Parawhau Ki Tai Hapū On Behalf Of Te Parawhau Hapū, NRC Sign Important Resource Management Agreement
Monday, 6 May 2024, 12:08 pm | Northland Regional Council
The NRC has committed to discussing amendment of the agreement’s wording within 12 months, acknowledging the desire of Te Parawhau ki Tai to arrive at a more nuanced agreement that better responds to the hapū’s specific needs and aspirations. More >>
Caulerpa, Pest Control Work Earns Biosecurity Supreme Award
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 1:38 pm | Northland Regional Council
A Northland couple’s work with exotic Caulerpa seaweed and their more than a decade’s pest control efforts in the Bay of Islands has helped earn them the New Zealand Biosecurity Supreme Award. More >>
Preserving Northland’s Unique Biodiversity: Working Towards A Deer-free Future
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 3:57 pm | Northland Regional Council
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE ON BEHALF OF NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION A decade-long plan to remove all wild deer from Northland, an area of over 13,000 square kilometres and one of New Zealand’s most biodiverse regions, ... More >>
Bus Fares For Children And Young People Are Changing
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 8:43 am | Northland Regional Council
A reduction in government funding will see CityLink and BusLink fares for Northland’s children and young people change from 01 May 2024. More >>
Funding For Emergency Services
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 9:57 am | Northland Regional Council
Central government should be filling the funding gap for critical emergency services like Northland’s rescue choppers rather than the region’s ratepayers, the Northland Regional Council says. More >>
Poplar And Willow Sales Resume
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 10:21 am | Northland Regional Council
Poplars and willows offer a host of benefits including stabilising land which helps hold fertile soil in place instead of running into waterways and estuaries during storm events. Northland Regional Council (NRC) member Rick Stolwerk says the benefits ... More >>
NRC Rates Proposals Increase Focus On Core Business
Friday, 15 March 2024, 11:37 am | Northland Regional Council
A rebalancing with an increased focus on core business to help keep rates down is at the heart of the Northland Regional Council’s Draft Long Term Plan 2024-2034. Council Chair Geoff Crawford says the council appreciates its communities are under ... More >>
$52,500 Fine For Concrete Plant Contaminant Discharges
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 11:39 am | Northland Regional Council
A Whangārei concrete company has been fined $52,500 for discharging contaminants from its manufacturing processes which may have then found their way into a drain which discharges to Whangārei Harbour. AML Limited appeared for sentence before ... More >>
Council Encourages Public To Have Their Say As Freshwater Consultation Deadline Approaches
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 2:35 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council is encouraging people to have their say on a draft plan to improve freshwater health in Northland before the 31 March deadline. The draft plan includes new rules and targets to improve the health of Northland’s rivers, ... More >>
Check Before Earthworks, Vegetation Clearance; NRC
Friday, 1 March 2024, 12:42 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland landowners are being advised to check they will not be affecting a wetland before starting any earthworks or vegetation clearance works on their property. Tess Dacre, Compliance Monitoring Manager for the Northland Regional Council (NRC), says ... More >>
Government Funding Welcomed In Battle Against Caulerpa
Friday, 23 February 2024, 3:15 pm | Northland Regional Council
Today’s funding announcement from government of a $5 million boost to accelerate the fight against exotic Caulerpa seaweed is being welcomed in Te Taitokerau, says Northland Regional Council Chair Geoff Crawford. "Together with our mana whenua ... More >>
