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New Dates For Hokianga Flood Meets Set
Wednesday, 6 October 2010, 1:37 pm | Northland Regional Council
A round of several meetings in the Hokianga to discuss local authority draft river management plans has now been rescheduled for early November. More >>
Let the Voting Begin!
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 4:36 pm | Northland Regional Council
The wait is almost over for Northlanders keen to vote in this year’s local body elections. More >>
Hokianga Flood Meetings Deferred
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 3:33 pm | Northland Regional Council
An unexpected clash with upcoming Waitangi Tribunal hearing dates has prompted the postponement of a planned round of several meetings in the Hokianga to discuss local authority draft river management plans. More >>
Oyster Storage Research Wins NRC Award
Monday, 13 September 2010, 12:54 pm | Northland Regional Council
A 17-year-old Kerikeri High School student’s study into post-harvest oyster management has earned her this year’s Northland Regional Council ‘Excellence Award’ at the Top Energy Far North Science and Technology Fair. More >>
Mangrove Management Fund Opens
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 10:25 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland communities keen to better manage mangroves in their areas are being urged to apply for a share of a $135,000 local authority fund. More >>
Water Quality Research Wins Student NRC Award
Wednesday, 25 August 2010, 11:41 am | Northland Regional Council
A study into how well an urban carpark ‘rain garden’ cleans stormwater has earned a Whangarei student a $1000 Northland Regional Council award at the Central Northland Science and Technology Fair. More >>
25 Nominated for Regional Council
Friday, 20 August 2010, 12:56 pm | Northland Regional Council
Twenty-five people are to contest eight seats on the Northland Regional Council at this year’s Saturday, 09 October local authority elections. More >>
Week Left for Regional Council Nominations
Friday, 13 August 2010, 10:05 am | Northland Regional Council
Would-be Northland Regional Council members have just one week left (subs: until noon on Friday 20 August) to get their nominations in if they wish to stand as a candidate in the 09 October local authority elections. More >>
Sediment Seminars Aim To Better Protect Water
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 2:59 pm | Northland Regional Council
Officials are hoping up to 90 Northland contractors and consultants will attend one of a series of seminars designed to better protect the region’s waterways from harmful sediment runoff. More >>
Events Centre Shortlisted for Global Award
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 4:59 pm | Northland Regional Council
The ratepayer-funded Northland Events Centre in Whangarei has been shortlisted in the 2010 World Architecture Festival Awards. More >>
Minister to Have Final Say on Okara Sewage
Wednesday, 4 August 2010, 4:14 pm | Northland Regional Council
Independent Commissioners have recommended the Conservation Minister grant the Whangarei District Council permission for emergency sewage discharges from its Okara Park Pump Station to the Hatea River. More >>
Nominations Open Soon for NRC Hopefuls
Thursday, 15 July 2010, 12:51 pm | Northland Regional Council
People keen to give local body politics a go and help shape Northland’s future – now’s your chance! More >>
Rabbit- Killing Virus Set for Release
Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 12:09 pm | Northland Regional Council
People with pet rabbits are being warned to make sure the animals are vaccinated ahead of a controlled release of the rabbit-killing calicivirus in the Far North this month. More >>
Funding to Keep Stock Out of Waterways
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 11:42 am | Northland Regional Council
Farmers are being urged to apply to a local authority fund which may help them cover some of the cost of keeping dairy cattle out of the Northland’s streams, rivers, lakes and wetlands. More >>
Hatea River Bridge Consents Granted
Thursday, 1 July 2010, 5:23 pm | Northland Regional Council
Independent Commissioners have granted consents for the raft of activities needed to build the Whangarei District Council’s proposed multimillion dollar new bridge across the Hatea River. More >>
Veteran Northland ‘Weedbuster’ Retires
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 1:17 pm | Northland Regional Council
One of Northland’s best-known ‘weedbusters’ has hung up his sprayer for the final time, signalling the end of more than 25 years fighting pest plants throughout the region. More >>
NRC’s Annual Plan Finalised
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 11:43 am | Northland Regional Council
Extra spending on water quality work and to potentially unlock some of the region’s mineral wealth are among new initiatives in the Northland Regional Council’s freshly-adopted Annual Plan. More >>
Grass Carp To Eat Far North Lake Weed
Tuesday, 15 June 2010, 2:25 pm | Northland Regional Council
Four hundred grass carp are to be released into Lake Heather, north of Kaitaia, in a bid to wipe out two invasive weeds threatening some of the nation’s most precious dune lakes. More >>
Illegal Cyanide Baits Put Lives at Risk
Friday, 11 June 2010, 3:05 pm | Northland Regional Council
A trail of possum-killing cyanide poison laid illegally along an approximately two-kilometre long stretch of Kaipara forest road could have potentially put lives a risk, Northland Regional Council experts say. More >>
19 Share $20,000 Schools’ Environmental Awards
Friday, 11 June 2010, 12:32 pm | Northland Regional Council
Projects from honey harvesting to ridding exotic plant pests are among 19 school initiatives to share this year’s $20,000 Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards (ECAs). More >>
