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Unseen Battle Raging In Northland
Monday, 23 May 2011, 2:17 pm | Northland Regional Council
Date: 23 May, 2011 Unseen Battle Raging In Northland Increasing numbers of tiny eco-warriors are being conscripted by the Northland Regional Council to battle on its behalf against a host of pest plant and insect enemies. Biological control is the use of naturally-occurring ... More >>
Trans-Tasman Hunt For Guava Moth’s Enemies
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 1:08 pm | Northland Regional Council
Researchers are about to embark on a $26,000-plus trans-Tasman search for natural enemies of the guava moth, whose larvae currently infest and ruin a range of soft fruit and nuts from Northland to the Waikato. More >>
Hopes Tiny Insects Can Make Big Difference
Monday, 16 May 2011, 11:49 am | Northland Regional Council
The recent releases of two clusters of tiny South American beetles may offer one of Northland’s best hopes in tackling a plant pest despised by conservationists, landowners and gardeners alike. More >>
220 Have Say on NRC Draft Annual Plan
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 3:53 pm | Northland Regional Council
About 220 submissions have been received on the Northland Regional Council’s draft annual plan with proposals to redirect council’s investment income and for new river rates, genetic engineering and the future of regional rail common themes. More >>
Owner Fined $54,000 For Dairy Effluent Offences
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 10:38 am | Northland Regional Council
A Northland farm owner has been fined $54,000 – and his farm manager $10,000 – for offences relating to dairy effluent discharges at an Awarua farm. More >>
Manchurian Wild Rice Programme Making Inroads
Tuesday, 3 May 2011, 11:23 am | Northland Regional Council
Almost three years into a major $1 million-plus campaign to tackle one of Northland’s worst pest plants, organisers believe they are beginning to turn the tide in a lengthy war on Manchurian wild rice. More >>
Haruru Falls Oil Spill Investigated
Friday, 29 April 2011, 10:07 am | Northland Regional Council
A Bay of Island business has been ordered to clean up tonnes of oil-contaminated soil by authorities investigating a spill which polluted a stream that feeds into the river supplying Paihia’s drinking water. More >>
Large-Scale Mangrove Clearance Rejected
Monday, 18 April 2011, 2:21 pm | Northland Regional Council
A panel of three independent commissioners has rejected an application to completely strip Mangawhai Harbour of all its mangroves. More >>
Sweetwater Station Water Consents Granted
Thursday, 14 April 2011, 4:11 pm | Northland Regional Council
Several million cubic metres of Far North ground and surface water can be taken for irrigation annually in one of the biggest resource consent allocations of its kind since the 1980s, independent commissioners have ruled. More >>
Month Left To Apply For Free Native Plants
Monday, 11 April 2011, 4:16 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northlanders have a month left from today (subs: until Weds 11 May) to apply for a share of 8000 free native plants worth more than $20,000. More >>
Mystery Marine ‘Pest’ Is Beneficial Seagrass
Friday, 8 April 2011, 1:53 pm | Northland Regional Council
A local resident’s fears over the rapid spread of a grass-like marine plant at Taurikura have been allayed with news the ‘pest’ is actually a beneficial native seagrass. More >>
Have Your Say On NRC Draft Annual Plan
Tuesday, 5 April 2011, 3:14 pm | Northland Regional Council
An official month-long period for public comment on the Northland Regional Council’s Draft Annual Plan 2011-2012 begins tomorrow. (subs: Weds 06 April) More >>
Local Partner Sought for Poplar Supply Scheme
Friday, 1 April 2011, 12:46 pm | Northland Regional Council
A partner is being sought for a local authority initiative to supply up to 25,000 poplar poles for Northland erosion control work over the next five years. Poplars have extensive root systems which help bind soil and prevent erosion and their use ... More >>
$20,000 Schools’ Environmental Curriculum Awards Open
Monday, 28 March 2011, 1:26 pm | 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 >>
Volunteers sign up for Rugby World Cup 2011
Monday, 28 March 2011, 10:28 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland’s Rugby World Cup 2011 planning team has been overwhelmed with the large numbers and high calibre of Northland volunteers. More >>
$20,000-Plus Upgrade For Kaipara’s Buoys, Beacons
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 2:04 pm | Northland Regional Council
Strong tides, shifting sandbanks and drifting logs and trees are among challenges facing local authority staff carrying out more than $20,000 of upgrades and maintenance on Kaipara Harbour’s buoys and beacons. More >>
Opua Man Northland Sailor Of The Year 2010
Friday, 18 March 2011, 11:24 am | Northland Regional Council
Opua businessman and yachtie Chris Hornell has been named the Northland Sailor of the Year for 2010. More >>
Draft NRC Annual Plan Approved
Friday, 18 March 2011, 10:14 am | Northland Regional Council
Ratepayers are being asked to back a change that will allow the Northland Regional Council to directly fund projects that will grow the region’s economy, raise living standards and make it a better place to live. More >>
Local Rugby World Cup 2011 volunteers still needed
Monday, 14 March 2011, 9:43 am | Northland Regional Council
Rugby World Cup 2011 organisers are urging Northlanders to quickly put their hands up for volunteer roles as time is fast running out. More >>
Tropical conditions prompt webworm warning
Thursday, 3 February 2011, 1:23 pm | Northland Regional Council
They’ve weathered a drought and battled through last week’s cyclone…now nature is throwing pestilence at Far North farmers in the form of a pasture-devouring caterpillar. Recent near-tropical conditions on the Aupouri Peninsula in the Far North have been ... More >>
