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Public views sought on bus service review, fare increase
Friday, 22 August 2014, 11:19 am | Northland Regional Council
The community is being asked to help drive a review designed to ensure Whangarei’s public bus service meets the city’s needs over the next five to 10 years – including a possible 10 percent increase in ticket prices from mid-2016. More >>
$8.6M Kotuku detention dam project to begin in earnest
Friday, 22 August 2014, 10:20 am | Northland Regional Council
Construction on a massive stormwater detention dam designed to better protect Whangarei’s central business district from damaging floods will be underway in earnest within weeks. More >>
Regional Moorings and Marinas Strategy finalised
Friday, 15 August 2014, 11:40 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council members David Sinclair, left, Craig Brown, centre, and the Honourable Dover Samuels, at Opua during the April hearings of public submissions on the council’s Moorings and Marinas Strategy. More >>
Controlled Substance Licence training next month
Wednesday, 13 August 2014, 1:43 pm | Northland Regional Council
The hunt is on for up to 50 responsible senior secondary students and community members keen to receive specialist possum poison training as part of Northland’s popular ‘Project Possum’ initiative next month (subs: Tues Sept 02 & Thurs Sept 04) ... More >>
Robust ideas sought for old NRC building
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 1:58 pm | Northland Regional Council
A strict list of criteria has been set for judging proposals for the future of the former Harbour Board/NRC building at the Town Basin, and the public has two months to put forward ideas. More >>
Five Far North schools win $6190 NRC environmental awards
Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:43 am | Northland Regional Council
Schools around New Zealand are being challenged to convert to solar power for their energy supply to match the efforts of a tiny Northland Regional Council award-winning school in the Far North. “We need the sort of innovative approach that’s happening ... More >>
Kaipara schools receive $3050 NRC environmental awards
Monday, 4 August 2014, 2:13 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council has presented cheques to two Kaipara schools which have shared a $3050 slice of this year’s Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). More >>
Enhanced Taskforce Green crews start storm recovery work
Monday, 28 July 2014, 1:38 pm | Northland Regional Council
Fifteen Enhanced Taskforce Green (ETFG) members hired to help clean up storm-affected Northland farms, horticultural operations and orchards began work in earnest today. More >>
Six Whangarei schools win $6580 environmental awards
Friday, 25 July 2014, 10:16 am | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council has begun presenting cheques to the six schools in the Whangarei district which are sharing a $6580 slice of this year’s Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). More >>
Road closures as storm delivers final punch
Saturday, 12 July 2014, 10:43 am | Northland Regional Council
Officials from multiple agencies are mobilising to assess welfare needs, electricity, roading and other infrastructural damage as wild weather delivered its final anticipated overnight blow causing widespread flooding in Northland. More >>
New chairman, directors for Northland Inc board
Friday, 4 July 2014, 11:04 am | Northland Regional Council
Regional economic development agency Northland Inc has a new chairman, Warren Moyes, and two new directors, Irene Durham and Jeroen Jongejans. The trio was appointed to their new directors’ roles by the Northland Regional Council at Kerikeri in ... More >>
NRC’s finalised Annual Plan released
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 12:32 pm | Northland Regional Council
A nil average general rates increase, an extra $235,000 for its popular Environment Fund and an additional $163,000 for pest management are among the highlights of the Northland Regional Council’s recently finalised Annual Plan for 2014/15. More >>
Thirteen schools share NRC environmental awards
Friday, 27 June 2014, 2:35 pm | Northland Regional Council
Projects including converting a school to solar power and building mobile kiwi homes are among 15 school initiatives to share $15,820 in this year’s Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). The annual awards aim to foster excellence ... More >>
Coastal erosion review nears completion
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 11:15 am | Northland Regional Council
A year-long, $180,000 review designed to ensure better long-term local authority planning for up to 2000 properties in erosion-prone Northland coastal areas is nearing completion. More >>
Special safety directive for Whangarei Harbour
Friday, 6 June 2014, 9:43 am | Northland Regional Council
A special directive has been issued on safety grounds requiring all vessels to stay well clear of large ships, including oil tankers, within Whangarei Harbour. The ‘harbourmaster’s direction’ has been issued by the Northland Regional Council’s Regional Harbourmaster ... More >>
Kaipara added to free weed workshop venues
Tuesday, 20 May 2014, 1:14 pm | Northland Regional Council
Dargaville will join Kaitaia, Kerikeri and Whangarei as a venue for this year’s free workshops offering Northlanders tips on how to tackle some of the worst weeds threatening our region. More >>
Poplar, willow planting season looms
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 9:46 am | Northland Regional Council
Landowners keen to better protect their properties from erosion are being urged to investigate whether they might qualify for subsidised poplars and willows ahead of Northland’s looming winter planting season. More >>
Early date for first Maori committee meeting
Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 12:41 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council has confirmed plans for a Te Taitokerau Maori Advisory Committee with the new body to meet officially for the first time shortly. More >>
‘Exceptional’ NRC consent processing recognised
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 1:00 pm | Northland Regional Council
Environment Minister Amy Adams has congratulated the Northland Regional Council for processing 100 percent of its 400-plus resource consent applications within legal timeframes during 2012/13. More >>
Chief Ombudsman’s port study ruling welcomed
Monday, 28 April 2014, 11:03 am | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council has today released the $76,189 cost of a two-year-old report into its investment in Northland Port Corporation, as suggested by Chief Ombudsman, Dame Beverley Wakem. Council chairman Bill Shepherd says the council is grateful ... More >>
