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$600,000 Of Climate Resilient Communities Funding Allocated
Friday, 14 February 2025, 9:56 am | Northland Regional Council
Councillor Shortland says deciding how to allocate the $600,000 available had been extremely difficult, but 22 projects that met the fund criteria and aimed to build community capacity and strengthen connections to build community resilience would ... More >>
Northland Regional Council Media Briefs 13/02/25
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 9:57 am | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council is finalising a list of more than 20 projects around the region which will share $600,000 of funding designed to help build climate resilience. More >>
Safeswim: Your ‘Go-To’ For Water Safety Updates
Monday, 3 February 2025, 1:16 pm | Northland Regional Council
Safeswim is a collaborative initiative by Auckland Council, Northland Regional Council, Surf Life Saving New Zealand and others, offering real-time information on water quality and swimming conditions at popular freshwater and coastal spots. More >>
Entries Open For Whakamānawa Ā Taiao - Environmental Awards
Friday, 17 January 2025, 2:41 pm | Northland Regional Council
Council Chair Geoff Crawford says the 2025 awards are the first since the transition to a biennial event. (The previous awards were in 2023.) More >>
Water Conservation Urged As Dry Summer Continues
Friday, 17 January 2025, 2:27 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council Chair Geoff Crawford says parts of the Far North and Kaipara Districts have been under water restrictions since late last year and the region has only got drier since then. More >>
Water Watch As Summer Continues
Friday, 20 December 2024, 10:53 am | Northland Regional Council
Chair Crawford says pressure on the north’s water supplies typically goes up over the holidays due to Northland being a tourist destination. More >>
Summer Checks To Keep Gold Clam Out Of Kai Iwi
Thursday, 19 December 2024, 9:13 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council member Jack Craw, who chairs the council’s Biosecurity and Biodiversity Working Party, says gold clams, first detected in the Waikato River in May last year, are a significant biosecurity threat. More >>
Shaka-laka-boom! NRC On Track To Receive Its First-ever Professional Working Possum Dog
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 1:54 pm | Northland Regional Council
‘Shaka’ - an almost two-year-old Hungarian Vizsla x German Short Haired Pointer (GSP) - has been undergoing the Department of Conservation’s (DOC) Conservation Dogs Programme since he was four -months old and is now on track to becoming a fully ... More >>
Rubbish Barge Back For Boaties In Bay Of Islands
Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 11:20 am | Northland Regional Council
The staffed barge - a familiar site in the Bay during the summer holiday season - is a joint venture between the Northland Regional and Far North District Council and the Department of Conservation supported by contractors Northland Waste. More >>
Ngāti Hine, NRC Sign First-ever Iwi-Council Resource Management Agreement In Taitokerau Northland
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 3:52 pm | Northland Regional Council
MWAR agreements were introduced into the Resource Management Act (RMA) in 2017 by the Crown as a way of improving working relationships between tangata whenua and councils, and to provide more opportunities for tangata whenua involvement in RMA ... More >>
$35,000 Of Environmental Leaders Fund Grants Allocated
Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 6:24 pm | Northland Regional Council
Council Chair Geoff Crawford says the Environmental Leaders Fund (ELF) aims to support schools and early childhood centres (ECC) with projects that increase their students' knowledge and passion for the environment. More >>
Applications Open For Tū I Te Ora Scholarships
Monday, 9 December 2024, 1:28 pm | Northland Regional Council
Six scholarships are available, each include $4000 to assist with study costs, plus paid full-time work experience with NRC from mid-November 2025 to mid-February 2026. More >>
Regional Pest Plan Under Review
Friday, 6 December 2024, 9:25 am | Northland Regional Council
The pest plan aims to get the right management approaches in place for the many species classed as pests in Te Taitokerau, and direct the right balance of resourcing and funding to the right places and people to tackle them. More >>
New Fish Passage Design To Be Installed At Ruakākā
Monday, 25 November 2024, 11:57 am | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Councillor Rick Stolwerk says the Whangarei District Council-owned weir in Flyger Road was identified by NIWA and the NRC as a barrier to migratory fish as part of mahi being undertaken through a Ministry for the Environment funded ... More >>
Commercial Fisher Caught As Council Clamps Down On Rāhui Tapu Rulebreakers
Monday, 18 November 2024, 10:09 am | Northland Regional Council
The vessel was initially reported by an off-duty contractor of Northland Regional Council. Although the fishing boat was not seen removing marine life, Fisheries NZ confirmed its fishing gear was engaged 250 metres inside the boundaries of the protected ... More >>
Sustainability Earns Whangārei-Based Coffee Producer Award
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 9:21 am | Northland Regional Council
Council Chair Geoff Crawford says the sustainability award goes to the Northland business which best epitomises an overall commitment to environmental excellence. More >>
Critically Endangered Northland Lake Plant Voted NZ’s Favourite Plant 2024
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 12:13 pm | Northland Regional Council
Northland Regional Council, in conjunction with mana whenua, DOC and landowners, is currently running eradication programmes for hornwort and oxygen weeds in several high value dune lakes. More >>
$80,000 Funding For Council Safe Boating Programme
Thursday, 17 October 2024, 12:09 pm | Northland Regional Council
Council Chair Geoff Crawford says the ‘Nobody’s stronger than Tangaroa’ programme is a multi-faceted approach to safe boating in Te Taitokerau that aims to reduce the number of recreational boating fatalities and incidents by enabling the community ... More >>
New Mangawhai Water Safety Ambassador
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 10:21 am | Northland Regional Council
Nielson said many people were now using areas like Mangawhai Harbour for kayaking, jet-skiing, and paddle boarding, which was causing the small area to become increasingly congested. More >>
Ngā Wai Theme For Annual Enviroschools Encounters
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 1:53 pm | Northland Regional Council
The free events began with Year Four to Eight students gathering in Dargaville at the Kauri Coast Top 10 Holiday Park on Thursday 26 September. More >>
