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‘Down on the farm’ latest Enviroschools annual expo
Monday, 11 November 2013, 3:32 pm | Northland Regional Council
More than 100 students, teachers and family members have gathered near Whangarei to learn more about sustainable farming practices – and the contribution they make to Northland’s economy. More >>
Kerikeri, Whangarei latest flood maps released
Monday, 11 November 2013, 2:45 pm | Northland Regional Council
Kerikeri/Waipapa and Whangarei have become the latest parts of Northland to be issued with new maps showing the likely effect a ‘one in a century’ flood would have on them. More >>
Public input sought on regional moorings rethink
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 10:16 am | Northland Regional Council
Growing pressure on limited mooring and marina space around Northland’s coast – especially in the Bay of Islands – has prompted a local authority rethink on the way the allocation issue should be dealt with over the next 50 years. More >>
Summer swim spot surveying soon
Wednesday, 6 November 2013, 2:57 pm | Northland Regional Council
Summer water quality tests indicating how suitable our most popular beaches, rivers and lakes are for swimming will begin later this month. The Northland Regional Council has been monitoring bacterial levels at popular swimming spots over summer for more ... More >>
Bay of Islands rubbish barge back for summer
Wednesday, 6 November 2013, 2:55 pm | Northland Regional Council
A mobile rubbish barge will be back on the water in the Bay of Islands again this summer and authorities are urging boaties to use it. Jim Lyle, the Northland Regional Council’s Opua-based Regional Harbourmaster, says the 10-metre long barge will ... More >>
Shepherd new NRC Chairman, Ramsey deputy
Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 2:09 pm | Northland Regional Council
Coastal North representative Bill Shepherd will lead the new nine-member Northland Regional Council with Kaipara councillor Graeme Ramsey as his deputy. Councillors were officially sworn in at their first meeting in Whangarei today, electing Crs ... More >>
Kaeo, Waitangi flood maps released
Thursday, 24 October 2013, 9:30 am | Northland Regional Council
New maps showing the likely extent a “one in a century” flood would have on the Kaeo and Waitangi catchments will be released by the Northland Regional Council shortly. More >>
Town Basin ‘oil spill’ to test readiness
Wednesday, 23 October 2013, 1:24 pm | Northland Regional Council
A fictional 200-litre oil spill emerging from a stormwater drain and threatening Whangarei’s Town Basin will test the response skills of about two dozen local authority staff on Friday. More >>
35 students attend Northland Regional Council Youth Summit
Friday, 18 October 2013, 12:26 pm | Northland Regional Council
Thirty-five students from throughout Northland have gathered for the 2013 Northland Regional Council Youth Summit in Whangarei. The 18th annual summit, held at Whangarei’s Onerahi Yacht Club yesterday, saw students discuss coastal environmental issues and ... More >>
Five new faces for Northland Regional Council
Monday, 14 October 2013, 9:03 am | Northland Regional Council
Dennis Bowman, Paul Dimery, Dover Samuels, Bill Shepherd and David Sinclair look set to be five new faces on a new-look nine-member Northland Regional Council after Saturday’s election. More >>
Proposed RPS wins national planning award
Wednesday, 9 October 2013, 10:36 am | Northland Regional Council
A ‘logically constructed’ Northland Regional Council planning document which impressed judges with the collaborative approach used in its development has scooped a national planning award. More >>
Time running out to have your say at elections
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 11:08 am | Northland Regional Council
Time is running out for tens of thousands of Northlanders to have their say as to who should represent them around the Northland Regional Council table from later this month. More >>
Tsunami sirens to be tested this Sunday
Monday, 23 September 2013, 4:36 pm | Northland Regional Council
Daylight savings is almost here and that means it's time to test the tsunami sirens. On Sunday 29 September 2013, daylight savings weekend, Whangarei, Kaipara and Far North District tsunami sirens will be tested. More >>
18th annual NRC Youth Summit soon
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 11:03 am | Northland Regional Council
About 40 students from 17 Northland schools will gather for a special Youth Summit at Whangarei’s Onerahi foreshore next month (subs: Thurs 17 October) to discuss coastal environmental issues – and what they can do to make a difference. More >>
Award-Winning Proposed RPS Adopted
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 2:39 pm | Northland Regional Council
An award-winning Proposed Regional Policy Statement (RPS) for Northland – independently described today as “modern, innovative and balanced” – has been formally adopted by the Northland Regional Council. More >>
Postal voting packs on the way
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 9:32 am | Northland Regional Council
Tens of thousands of voting packs for this year’s Northland local body elections will begin turning up in mailboxes around the region shortly. (subs: from Friday 20 Sept). More >>
Contractors sought to remove free river gravel
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 4:18 pm | Northland Regional Council
Local contractors are being invited to formally express interest in potentially taking thousands of tonnes of free gravel from the Kaeo and Waitangi Rivers under resource consents held by the Northland Regional Council. More >>
Kaipara district schools win $3100 environmental awards
Monday, 9 September 2013, 1:00 pm | Northland Regional Council
Thousands of student-grown native trees destined for Kaipara Harbour waterways will soon be growing in a new shadehouse at Ruawai College thanks to support from a Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Award. More >>
Duckweed, dairying pollution research wins NRC award
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 12:16 pm | Northland Regional Council
A Kerikeri High School student’s study into using duckweed to reduce nitrogen in farm dairy effluent runoff has earned him this year’s Northland Regional Council ‘Excellence Award’ at the Top Energy Far North Science and Technology Fair. More >>
Kauri dieback research wins student NRC award
Thursday, 29 August 2013, 12:22 pm | Northland Regional Council
Skeletal, dying kauri trees around Northland’s Waipoua Forest have led to an award-winning research project for a Northland secondary school leader. More >>
