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Yachtie Fined $750 For Dumping Waste In Opua Basin
Friday, 23 January 2009, 3:35 pm | Northland Regional Council
Unimpressed officials have served an overseas boatie with a $750 infringement notice after an angry local photographed him emptying human waste into the Opua Basin from his yacht. More >>
Lives At Risk During West Coast Boat Launchings
Monday, 22 December 2008, 1:05 pm | Northland Regional Council
Inexperienced and overconfident boaties are risking their lives launching and retrieving their vessels on Kaipara’s treacherous West Coast beaches, worried officials say. More >>
Backyard Burning Harder In Whangarei From Dec
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 12:00 pm | Northland Regional Council
New air quality rules mean burning backyard waste will be effectively banned in urban Whangarei from Monday (subs: Monday 01 December). More >>
Annual Testing Of Popular Swim Spots Begins
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 11:31 am | Northland Regional Council
Water quality tests to determine how safe Northland’s most popular beaches and rivers are for swimming are under way again. More >>
Dairy Waste Spills Cost Farmer $67,000
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 9:55 am | Northland Regional Council
Spills of animal waste which badly polluted an Aranga stream have collectively cost the owners of a Kaipara dairy farm – and a contractor who worked with them - more than $67,000 in fines and court costs. More >>
40-Plus Applications For NRC Recreation Fund
Monday, 13 October 2008, 2:44 pm | Northland Regional Council
More than 40 applicants are seeking Northland Regional Council Recreation Fund backing for wide range of projects from martial arts mats to a new gymnasium. More >>
River, Rainfall Data On NRC Website
Wednesday, 8 October 2008, 12:25 am | Northland Regional Council
A range of rainfall and river data – including flood warning levels - is now available on the Northland Regional Council’s website. More >>
Regional Council Removing Illegal Moorings
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 4:19 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council (NRC) maritime staff have begun removing illegal moorings as part of an ongoing programme to update mooring identity tags. More >>
Annual Nrc Youth Summit In Whangarei This Month
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 10:39 am | Northland Regional Council
Annual Nrc Youth Summit In Whangarei This Month Thirty-nine students from 20 Northland schools will gather for a special Youth Summit at Whangarei’s Onerahi foreshore this month (subs: Thursday 23 October) to discuss coastal environmental issues – ... More >>
Final Two Shortlisted For Events Centre Build
Monday, 6 October 2008, 10:26 am | Northland Regional Council
Two firms are to compete for the right to design and build a proposed $16 million multi-purpose regional events centre at Whangarei’s Okara Park. More >>
Resource Consent Processing Stays In North
Friday, 26 September 2008, 11:23 am | Northland Regional Council
Applications for resource consents will continue to be processed by the Northland Regional Council in Northland – not Hamilton. More >>
Broader Economic Focus For NRC Trust
Thursday, 25 September 2008, 11:51 am | Northland Regional Council
A range of changes to the way the Northland Regional Council Community Trust (NRCCT) is run will include a broader focus designed to strategically grow Northland’s economy. More >>
Marine Issues Presentation For Boaties
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 2:47 pm | Northland Regional Council
The summer boating season is fast approaching and the Northland Regional Council is keen to talk to boaties about some important issues involving the management of Northland’s coastal waters. More >>
10,000+ Sea Squirts Removed In Northland First
Wednesday, 24 September 2008, 10:54 am | Northland Regional Council
More than 10,000 sea squirts have been removed from a Bream Bay marina in a groundbreaking pest control partnership between local authority staff, the marina operator and student volunteers. More >>
157 Projects To Share $500,000+ NRC Env Fund
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 1:53 pm | Northland Regional Council
More than 150 projects ranging from protecting sand dunes to pest control have been awarded a share of this year’s $500,000-plus Northland Regional Council Environment Award. More >>
eDay Chance To Dispose Of Old Computers, Mobiles
Thursday, 18 September 2008, 11:36 am | Northland Regional Council
Northlanders keen to dispose of their obsolete computer equipment or unwanted mobile phones safely are being urged to take advantage of an upcoming national recycling day. More >>
Staged Tidal Power Generation Recommended
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 4:03 pm | Northland Regional Council
A local authority panel is recommending the Minister of Conservation allow staged development of a network of up to 200 underwater turbines – capable of generating enough power for up to 250,000 homes – in the Northern Kaipara Harbour. More >>
Aerial Boi Poison Drop Approved
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 10:13 am | Northland Regional Council
Rat poison can be dropped from the air next year to kill rodents on offshore islands in the eastern Bay of Islands (Ipipiri), a Northland Regional Council Hearings Committee has decided. More >>
Diesel Recovered From Stranded Kumea II
Thursday, 21 August 2008, 9:36 am | Northland Regional Council
Officials have recovered an estimated 3150 litres of diesel, lubricants and other oils from a wooden-hulled fishing boat which ran aground in the surf at Waipapakauri, on Ninety Mile Beach this week. More >>
Diesel Recovery From Stricken Boat ‘Difficult’
Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 9:07 am | Northland Regional Council
Officials are facing an “extremely difficult” task trying to recover thousands of litres of diesel on board a wooden-hulled fishing boat aground in the surf at Waipapakauri, on Ninety Mile Beach. More >>
