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Kaeo flood risk reduction works progressing well
Friday, 7 February 2014, 12:26 pm | Northland Regional Council
Kaeo flood risk reduction works progressing well Work on a $700,000 project designed to reduce some of the worst impacts and risks from the flooding that plagues Kaeo is on schedule and now more than 50 percent complete. Bruce Howse, Land/Rivers Senior ... More >>
CityLink buses to move to smart cards
Friday, 7 February 2014, 9:41 am | Northland Regional Council
Whangarei’s CityLink public buses will move to contactless smart cards from early March in a bid to offer passengers a faster, more convenient service. While passengers will still be able to use cash on board the buses to pay for individual trips under ... More >>
Drop in day, hui on regional moorings rethink
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 12:08 pm | Northland Regional Council
Time is running out for people to comment on a local authority rethink on the way mooring and marina space should be allocated around Northland over the next 50 years. Growing pressure on limited mooring and marina space around Northland’s coast – ... More >>
Major milestones for Enviroschools Northland
Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:51 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Enviroschools programme in Northland has celebrated one of its most successful years, with nine of the region’s Enviroschools – including the first kindergarten – achieving major milestones. More >>
Major milestones for Enviroschools Northland
Monday, 3 February 2014, 1:51 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Enviroschools programme in Northland has celebrated one of its most successful years, with nine of the region’s Enviroschools – including the first kindergarten – achieving major milestones. Enviroschools is a ‘whole school’ approach to ... More >>
Whāngārei’s turn for informal reform meetings
Friday, 17 January 2014, 4:15 pm | Northland Regional Council
Ruakaka, Tutukākā, Parua Bay and Whāngārei are the latest additions to a series of informal Northland Regional Council public meetings to discuss proposed local government reform. Regional council chairman Bill Shepherd says the meetings are ... More >>
Whāngārei’s turn for informal reform meetings
Friday, 17 January 2014, 4:11 pm | Northland Regional Council
Ruakaka, Tutukākā, Parua Bay and Whāngārei are the latest additions to a series of informal Northland Regional Council public meetings to discuss proposed local government reform. More >>
Visitors to iconic lakes warned to ‘check, clean, dry’
Thursday, 19 December 2013, 1:36 pm | Northland Regional Council
Biosecurity experts are urging visitors to Northland’s iconic Kai Iwi Lakes to ‘check clean and dry’ their boats and recreational equipment between waterways to avoid spreading unwanted freshwater pests. More >>
Lifejackets, dive flag and speed reminder for boaties
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 3:57 pm | Northland Regional Council
People heading out on the water in Northland over the busy summer season are being urged to wear their lifejackets, keep their speed down and make sure they fly a dive flag if they have divers in the water. More >>
NRC offices to close for Christmas, New Year
Monday, 16 December 2013, 1:09 pm | Northland Regional Council
All Northland Regional Council offices will be closed from 2pm Tuesday, 24 December until 8am Friday, 03 January 2014for the Christmas-New Year holiday break. More >>
Kaeo flood risk reduction works begin
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 2:27 pm | Northland Regional Council
A $700,000 project designed to reduce some of the worst impacts and risks from the flooding that plagues the town is under way in Kaeo. Bruce Howse, Land/Rivers Senior Programme Manager for the Northland Regional Council, says the work began earlier ... More >>
More time for public input on regional moorings rethink
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 3:43 pm | Northland Regional Council
The public has been given an extra two months to comment on a local authority rethink on the way mooring and marina space should be allocated around Northland over the next 50 years. More >>
District councils’ input sought on Northland Inc board
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 1:25 pm | Northland Regional Council
Two new directors are to be sought for the board of regional economic development agency Northland Inc, with the leaders of the Far North, Whangarei and Kaipara District Councils all to be offered crucial input into the selection process. More >>
Whangarei flood detention dam draws closer
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 12:57 pm | Northland Regional Council
Moves are underway on behalf of ratepayers to compulsorily acquire the handful of remaining Raumanga properties needed to allow construction of an $8 million detention dam designed to better protect central Whangarei from flooding. Eight months after ... More >>
‘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 >>
