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Northland Regional Council - Latest News [Page 33]
Beware Poisonous Insect, Northlanders Urged
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 1:45 pm | Northland Regional Council
Officials hope to eventually release a parasitic wasp to target an unwanted Aussie invader recently discovered in Whangarei – and whose caterpillar stage has poisonous spines that can deliver painful stings. More >>
Environment Fund Support to Top $4 Million
Monday, 26 September 2011, 12:38 pm | Northland Regional Council
A local authority fund set up in the mid-1990s to help people improve and protect Northland’s natural environment will have given away about $4.2 million by the end of this financial year. More >>
Get In Quick For Free Marine Pests Workshops
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 10:23 am | Northland Regional Council
People keen to learn more about some of the worst pests threatening Northland’s special marine environment are being urged to register now for one of a series of free workshops around the region. More >>
Sell-out for second Whangarei RWC match
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 10:22 am | Northland Regional Council
Sell-out for second Whangarei RWC match Northland’s second Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011) Pool match in Whangarei tomorrow is a sell-out. More >>
Kerikeri, Whangarei To Host Enviroschools’ Expos
Monday, 19 September 2011, 2:08 pm | Northland Regional Council
More than 20 experts across a range of areas from stream-dwelling insects to environmental puppetry are to share their knowledge with an estimated 200 Northland Enviroschools students and teachers next week (subs: Tues 27 & Thurs 29 September). The first of ... More >>
Help Stop Spread Of Kiwifruit Disease, Other Pests
Friday, 16 September 2011, 1:45 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northlanders are being urged to remain vigilant and do their bit to help curb the spread of the kiwifruit vine-killing disease PSA and other unwanted nasties, including pest plants and animals. More >>
Sell-out for Whangarei match
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 9:46 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland’s first Rugby World Cup 2011 Pool match in Whangarei tomorrow is heading for a sell-out. More >>
Two Fined More Than $50,000 For Effluent Offences
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 2:54 pm | Northland Regional Council
A judge has fined the owners of two Northland farms more than $50,000 between them for unrelated dairy effluent offences near Kaitaia and Whangarei last year. More >>
Two Fined More than $50,000 for Effluent Offences
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 12:44 pm | Northland Regional Council
A judge has fined the owners of two Northland farms more than $50,000 between them for unrelated dairy effluent offences near Kaitaia and Whangarei last year. In the first case, Far North man Anthony Joseph Schluter was fined $25,000 for offending ... More >>
Horse Feed Mineral Research Wins NRC Award
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 12:28 pm | Northland Regional Council
A 16-year-old Kerikeri High School student’s study into iodine levels in horse feeds and supplements has earned her this year’s Northland Regional Council ‘Excellence Award’ at the Top Energy Far North Science and Technology Fair. More >>
Northland goes red for Rugby World Cup 2011
Monday, 12 September 2011, 3:04 pm | Northland Regional Council
The Northland region is now wrapped up in red as everyone jumps on board to show their support for the ‘Paint It Red’ campaign to welcome Canada, Japan and Tonga for Rugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011). “From window displays through to flying country ... More >>
Community Pest Control Areas Popular
Thursday, 8 September 2011, 9:58 am | Northland Regional Council
A scheme designed to support local communities wanting to control plant and animal pests themselves is proving increasingly popular, with hundreds of Northlanders signing up more than 33,000 hectares of private land. More >>
Remains of 2007 Tutukaka Shipwreck Removed
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 3:47 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council staff have removed the remains of a ferrocement yacht which ran aground and sank off Church Bay, Tutukaka, several years ago after concerns from local residents that it was becoming a hazard. More >>
Hands-on Possum Control Training an Enviroschools First
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 2:49 pm | Northland Regional Council
More than 50 Northland students are to gain hands-on knowledge of possum trapping, fur and pelt recovery in what is believed to be a national first for the popular Enviroschools programme. Enviroschools Northland, the Northland Regional Council, ... More >>
1380kg of Waste Removed in River Clean Up
Monday, 29 August 2011, 3:03 pm | Northland Regional Council
Shopping trolleys, tyres, an armchair and even a small section of broken headstone were among 1380 kilogrammes of rubbish collected from Whangarei’s Hatea River recently by local authority staff doing their bit for ‘Clean Up NZ Week’. More >>
Foresters Urged To Lift Game On Sediment
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 10:01 am | Northland Regional Council
The forestry industry is being urged to lift its game to ensure harvesting and earthworks meet rules designed to protect the environment from harmful sediment discharges. More >>
Get In Quick For Free Weed Workshops
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 9:56 am | Northland Regional Council
Northlanders keen to learn more about some of the worst weeds threatening our region – and how best to tackle them – are being urged to register now for one of a series of free workshops. More >>
Abandoned Vessels Removed from Canal
Thursday, 21 July 2011, 1:27 pm | Northland Regional Council
Local authority staff have removed two derelict boats which had long laid abandoned on the northern banks of Whangarei’s Waiarohia canal after concerns they could pose a risk to other vessels. More >>
Public Urged To Declare War on Taiwan Cherry
Wednesday, 20 July 2011, 3:08 pm | Northland Regional Council
Its pretty pink flowers are viewed by some as a welcome sign of spring’s approach, but Northlanders are being urged to join forces to tackle Taiwan cherry because of the invasive risk it poses to our native bush. More >>
Poroti Springs Water Takes Allowed
Wednesday, 13 July 2011, 12:25 pm | Northland Regional Council
An independent commissioner has allowed two applications to take millions of litres of water a day from the Poroti Springs area, including one by the Whangarei District Council, which already uses the resource to supplement the city’s public supply. ... More >>
