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Mid, Far North schools collect $8400 NRC environmental award
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 1:39 pm | Northland Regional Council
Pakaraka School has become one of the first mid-North schools to receive its funding from this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). More >>
Time running out for would-be regional councillors
Monday, 5 August 2013, 2:38 pm | Northland Regional Council
People keen to stand for the Northland Regional Council at this year’s local body elections have less than two weeks left to get their official nominations in. More >>
Population-based law change welcomed
Monday, 29 July 2013, 11:50 am | Northland Regional Council
News of a looming population-based law change that would potentially enable the creation of strong, legally-empowered ‘local boards’ in Northland has been welcomed by Northland Regional Council (NRC) Chairman Craig Brown. More >>
Ngunguru channel entrance unsafe – harbourmaster
Monday, 22 July 2013, 11:33 am | Northland Regional Council
Safety concerns caused by rapidly shifting sands and exposed rocks have prompted a local authority decision to remove the navigation lights on the beacons at the harbour entrance to Ngunguru. More >>
Regional Policy Statement hearings decisions expected Sept
Friday, 12 July 2013, 1:19 pm | Northland Regional Council
The three Independent Commissioners who recently spent five weeks hearing hundreds of submissions on one of Northland’s most important planning documents are expected to deliver their recommendations within the next two months. More >>
Oyster farmers face abatement notices over bond failures
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 10:06 am | Northland Regional Council
Officials says they have been left with little choice but to ‘reluctantly’ issue abatement notices to more than 40 Northland marine farmers for failing to lodge bonds designed to spare ratepayers the cost of cleaning up abandoned oyster farms. More >>
Nominations open soon for would-be regional councillors
Monday, 8 July 2013, 1:05 pm | Northland Regional Council
Nominations for candidates wishing to stand for the Northland Regional Council (NRC) in this year’s October local authority elections officially open on Friday next week (subs: Fri 19 July). More >>
23 schools share $20,000 Northland Regional Council awards
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 2:47 pm | Northland Regional Council
Projects involving everything from disappearing native frogs to re-emerging kiwi are among 25 school initiatives to share this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). More >>
Three resign from Northland Inc board
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 3:34 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council says it is disappointed but understands and respects the decisions of three members of the Northland Inc board who have resigned after differences of opinion over the organisation’s management. More >>
Kaitaia, Kerikeri and Whangarei to host free weed workshops
Monday, 10 June 2013, 9:02 am | Northland Regional Council
Kaitaia, Kerikeri and Whangarei are to host free workshops offering Northlanders tips on how to tackle some of the worst weeds – both land and freshwater-based – threatening our region. More >>
Illegal Boat Hull Cleaners Risk Fines
Thursday, 6 June 2013, 9:51 am | Northland Regional Council
People illegally cleaning boat hulls on the foreshore pose a threat to the marine environment and are risking daily fines of $500, the Northland Regional Council warns. More >>
Two new appointees to Northland Inc board
Monday, 27 May 2013, 9:48 am | Northland Regional Council
The chief executive of a Bay of Islands indigenous event and project management service and the chief financial officer for an international education consultancy are the latest additions to the Northland Inc board. More >>
Info evenings for would-be regional councillors
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 10:58 am | Northland Regional Council
With the official nomination period for this year’s local body elections drawing closer, would-be Northland Regional Councillors are being invited to attend information meetings to learn more about what the job entails. More >>
Water’s environmental education opportunities explored
Friday, 10 May 2013, 12:49 pm | Northland Regional Council
More than 20 teachers from across the region are better equipped to take advantage of the environmental education teaching opportunities offered by the North’s many waterways after a special Northland Regional Council workshop. More >>
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 >>
