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Northland Regional Council - Latest News [Page 26]
Waikato population tipped to grow more than 40 per cent
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 1:20 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Waikato region’s population is set to grow by about 40 per cent between 2013 and 2063 to more than 600,000, a gain of approximately 175,000 people over 50 years. More >>
Controlled Substance Licence training next month
Friday, 7 August 2015, 12:08 pm | Northland Regional Council
Up to 75 community members and senior secondary students are expected to receive specialist possum poison training early next month as part of Northland’s ongoing ‘Project Possum’. More >>
Call for emergency services fund applications
Wednesday, 5 August 2015, 9:18 am | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council has begun the first step to identify potential recipients of its new $900,000 a year ‘Contestable Emergency Services Fund’. The fund – which costs ratepayers roughly $12 per household a year – was adopted recently ... More >>
Councillors begin delivering 2015 NRC environmental awards
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 9:47 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council members have begun delivering $20,000 worth of Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs) to more than 20 schools around the region. More >>
Free weed workshops back
Friday, 10 July 2015, 2:25 pm | Northland Regional Council
Popular free annual workshops offering Northlanders tips on how to tackle some of the worst weeds threatening our region will be on offer again shortly. (SUBS: from Mon 27 July – Saturday 01 August) Councillor Joe Carr, who chairs the Northland ... More >>
Northland wins $650k-plus share of hill country erosion fund
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 3:58 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland has been awarded a 15 percent share – more than $650,000 – of a contestable national fund for regional projects that protect erosion-prone hill country. More >>
Samuels, Knight appointed to Te Oneroa-a-Tohe Board
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 9:23 am | Northland Regional Council
Far North-based regional councillors Dover Samuels and Monty Knight have been appointed as the council’s representatives on the new Te Oneroa-a-Tohe Board. The beach board – which will jointly manage Ninety Mile Beach as part of a looming Treaty of Waitangi ... More >>
Planes, choppers in Bream Bay oil spill exercise
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 12:32 pm | Northland Regional Council
People noticing low-flying fixed wing planes and choppers over Bream Bay on Monday are being advised not to worry – it’s all part of a scheduled exercise involving a fictional oil spill. Maritime New Zealand’s Marine Pollution Response Service ... More >>
New 10-year plan adopted
Wednesday, 17 June 2015, 9:11 am | Northland Regional Council
A new 10-year plan outlining Northland Regional Council’s work for the next decade – and how it will be paid for – has been formally adopted by councillors. Chairman Bill Shepherd says the council received 1278 submissions on its Long Term Plan (LTP) ... More >>
Twenty-three schools share NRC environmental awards
Friday, 5 June 2015, 9:44 am | Northland Regional Council
Twenty-three schools share NRC environmental awards Projects including farm fertiliser runoff monitoring and a stoat and rat trapping programme to boost kiwi numbers are among 24 school initiatives to share $20,000 in this year’s Northland Regional ... More >>
Make the most of Government forestry planting grants; NRC
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 9:59 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland farmers and landowners are being encouraged to take full advantage of a Government forestry grant scheme, with the Northland Regional Council advising it also has options to help. More >>
Awanui works completed ahead of winter
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 9:40 am | Northland Regional Council
02 June, 2015 Awanui works completed ahead of winter Hundreds of metres of Awanui River riverbank, including stopbanks, near Gill and West Rds have been improved to offer better flood protection over winter. Monty Knight, the Northland Regional Council’s ... More >>
Don’t burn treated or painted timber this winter; NRC
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 9:31 am | Northland Regional Council
As winter approaches, Northlanders are being warned of the risks associated with burning treated or painted timber in household fires. More >>
Ninety-plus students for annual ‘Project Possum’ training
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 11:05 am | Northland Regional Council
More than 90 students from around Northland are expected to gather near Kaikohe over the next week to gain hands-on knowledge of possum trapping, fur and pelt recovery as ‘Project Possum’ enters its fifth year. More >>
Mid-June adoption for new 10-year plan
Tuesday, 19 May 2015, 10:14 am | Northland Regional Council
A new 10-year plan outlining Northland Regional Council’s work for the next decade – and how it will be paid for – is expected to be formally adopted by councillors in mid-June. Chairman Bill Shepherd says the council received 1278 submissions on ... More >>
Subsidised poplars, willows up for grabs
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 11:36 am | Northland Regional Council
Landowners keen to take advantage of a local authority scheme offering subsidised poplars and willows to help better control erosion and protect water quality need to get in quickly, the Northland Regional Council says. More >>
Tutukaka fanworm discovery concerns
Thursday, 23 April 2015, 10:14 am | Northland Regional Council
Experts are cautiously optimistic one of Northland’s most iconic coastal areas may have escaped a potentially disastrous Mediterranean fanworm invasion – but warn an unwelcome discovery there shows the need for ongoing vigilance. An extensive ... More >>
June/July finish for Kotuku detention dam
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 10:14 am | Northland Regional Council
Construction of a massive stormwater detention dam designed to better protect central Whangarei from damaging floods is edging ever closer to completion in a single season. More >>
Reminder to have your say on NRC 10-year plan
Friday, 17 April 2015, 12:47 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northlanders keen to have their say on the Northland’s Regional Council’s new 10 year plan are being reminded they have until 3pm Friday 24 April to provide written feedback or to register to deliver their views in person to councillors later. More >>
New NRC 10-year plan launched
Monday, 30 March 2015, 11:24 am | Northland Regional Council
Funding for emergency services, new flood protection infrastructure for Kerikeri and pest management at Whangarei Heads are among several key issues in the Northland Regional council’s new 10-year plan. More >>
