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Northland Regional Council - Latest News [Page 27]
Hearings on Proposed Regional Policy Statement to Begin
Friday, 10 May 2013, 9:17 am | Northland Regional Council
About 400 people are preparing to put forward their cases on one of Northland’s most important local authority plans – including offering suggestions as to how it could be improved. More >>
Water quality focus for NRC teacher workshop
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 11:40 am | Northland Regional Council
Nineteen teachers are set to attend a special Northland Regional Council workshop highlighting the environmental education teaching opportunities offered by investigating the region’s many waterways. More >>
Whangarei Harbour ‘oil spill’ tests preparedness
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 3:19 pm | Northland Regional Council
A fictional five-tonne oil slick near the entrance of the Whangarei Harbour has seen Northland’s oil spill response preparations put to the test. The day-long scenario, run at Northport at Marsden Point recently, brought together around 35 trained oil ... More >>
Single unitary with strong community representation; NRC
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 2:36 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council (NRC) is recommending seven local boards with real, legally-protected powers – supported by a single unitary authority – as an alternative form of local government in the region. More >>
Northland Representation review changes approved
Wednesday, 3 April 2013, 10:43 am | Northland Regional Council
Representation review changes approved The Local Government Commission has approved – virtually unchanged – a Northland Regional Council proposal that will see changes to the way Northlanders are represented around its council table. More >>
Farm pollution offences costs farmer, company $40,000
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 10:52 am | Northland Regional Council
A judge has ordered a Hukerenui farmer – and a company he’s associated with – to pay a combined total of $40,000 in fines and charges for illegal discharges of dairy effluent into a tributary of the Waipuakakaho Stream in late 2011. More >>
Extra Local Govt reform meets for additions
Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 10:02 am | Northland Regional Council
Kaitaia, Kerikeri and Mangawhai are the latest additions to a series of Northland Regional Council public meetings on possible local government reform. More >>
Master Waka Builder is 2012 Northland Sailor of the Year
Friday, 22 March 2013, 10:24 am | Northland Regional Council
Master Far North waka builder and traditional navigator Hekenukumai Puhipi (Hector Busby) has been named the Northland Sailor of the Year for 2012. (subs: crrct 2012) More >>
Northlanders’ reform views to be sought ahead of 15 April
Thursday, 21 March 2013, 1:34 pm | Northland Regional Council
A tight 15 April deadline imposed by the Local Government Commission has prompted the Northland Regional Council to throw open to the public a series of initial workshops on possible local government reform. More >>
No early end to drought in sight
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 10:20 am | Northland Regional Council
Date: 20 March, 2013 No early end to drought in sight Recent rain has done little to ease the drought conditions gripping Northland – and there is no early end in sight, with no significant rain forecast for the rest of this month. Alan Bee, a ... More >>
$20,000 schools’ Environmental Curriculum Awards open
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 9:31 am | Northland Regional Council
Schools are being urged to act quickly to try to win a share of this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards. More >>
Dust solution on its way
Friday, 8 March 2013, 11:15 am | Northland Regional Council
Relief is in sight for residents on unsealed roads that are being plagued by clouds of dust kicked up from passing trucks, says Northland Regional Council. Six sites around Pipiwai and Pokapu, in the Whangarei and Far North districts, are experiencing ... More >>
Marine Pests Under Fire During Seaweek
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 2:13 pm | Northland Regional Council
MEDIA RELEASE 0800 002 004 | www.nrc.govt.nz Putting Northland first Number of pages: 02 Date: 26 February, 2013 More >>
Effluent results improving, but farmers could do better
Tuesday, 19 February 2013, 2:25 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland’s dairy farmers have received qualified praise for their increased compliance with farm dairy effluent resource standards but there’s still plenty of room for improvement, those doing the monitoring say. More >>
21 Feb deadline looms for public say on Draft Annual Plan
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 12:05 pm | Northland Regional Council
Greetings, Date: 14 February, 2013 21 Feb deadline looms for public say on Draft Annual Plan Time is almost up for people to have their say on the Northland Regional Council’s Draft Annual Plan 2013/14 - including a proposal to more than halve a ... More >>
Multi-agency hunt for marine nasties at Tutukaka
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 9:38 am | Northland Regional Council
MEDIA RELEASE 0800 002 004 | www.nrc.govt.nz Putting Northland first Number of pages: 02 Date: 14 February, 2013 More >>
Butterfly Fans Urged To Kill Moth Plant
Monday, 11 February 2013, 8:37 am | Northland Regional Council
The moth plant has added ‘butterfly killer’ to a resume that has already earned it the dubious distinction of being one of the region’s most unwanted pest plants and a reputation as a weed local biosecurity experts love to hate. More >>
Representation review submissions heard
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 2:14 pm | Northland Regional Council
Potential changes to the way Northlanders are represented around the Northland Regional Council table are a step closer after a visit from the Local Government Commission. As part of a six-yearly ‘representation review’ required under the Local Electoral ... More >>
Chance For Extra Say On Proposed Regional Policy Statement
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 10:03 am | Northland Regional Council
MEDIA RELEASE 0800 002 004 | www.nrc.govt.nz Putting Northland first Date: 05 February, 2013 Chance For Extra Say On Proposed Regional Policy Statement The public is about to get another chance to make further comment on one of Northland’s most important ... More >>
Chance for extra say on Proposed Regional Policy Statement
Tuesday, 5 February 2013, 10:02 am | Northland Regional Council
The public is about to get another chance to make further comment on one of Northland’s most important local authority plans – the Northland Regional Council’s Proposed Regional Policy Statement (RPS). More >>
