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Revamped Section Of Te Araroa Trail Opens In Kerikeri
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 10:12 am | Northland Regional Council
A picturesque three-kilometre section of the Te Araroa length-of-New Zealand trail at Kerikeri has been upgraded and is now open for all walkers to enjoy. Te Araroa Northland Trustee (TANT) Mark Williams says although only a small part of the 3000km ... More >>
New Northland Regional Council CEO Appointed
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 9:19 am | Northland Regional Council
Senior Northland Regional Council manager Jonathan Gibbard has been appointed as the organisation’s new CEO - Tumuaki. His appointment for a five-year term comes as the current CEO Malcolm Nicolson prepares to retire at the end of September, with ... More >>
New Northland Regional Council CEO Appointed
Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 9:19 am | Northland Regional Council
Senior Northland Regional Council manager Jonathan Gibbard has been appointed as the organisation’s new CEO - Tumuaki. His appointment for a five-year term comes as the current CEO Malcolm Nicolson prepares to retire at the end of September, with ... More >>
Poplar And Willow Sales Resume
Monday, 11 April 2022, 8:55 am | Northland Regional Council
Poplars and willows offer a host of benefits including stabilising land and helping hold fertile soil in place instead of polluting waterways as it washes into our estuaries. Northland Regional Council (NRC) member Rick Stolwerk says the benefits the two species ... More >>
Environmental Awards Deadline Extended
Friday, 1 April 2022, 8:02 am | Northland Regional Council
The closing date for applications for the fourth annual Northland Regional Council Whakamānawa ā Taiao - Environmental Awards has been extended by 10 days to April 20. The Northland Regional Council says applications for the awards - which recognise ... More >>
Half Price Trips For Public Transport Users
Friday, 25 March 2022, 9:58 am | Northland Regional Council
It’s not an April Fools’ Day joke; all CityLink and BusLink services in Northland and Total Mobility Whangarei services will be half price from 01 April. Rick Stolwerk, who chairs Northland’s Regional Transport Committee, says the discounts will run ... More >>
Have Your Say On Annual Plan
Friday, 25 March 2022, 9:57 am | Northland Regional Council
The increased cost of a new council maritime vessel and moves to boost and improve the Whangārei CityLink public transport service are the key proposals the public is being asked to comment on via the Northland Regional Council’s 2022/23 Annual ... More >>
Start Soon For $5M-plus Of Long-awaited Floodworks
Friday, 25 February 2022, 11:38 am | Northland Regional Council
More than $5 million of long-awaited staged works designed to substantially reduce the flood risk to Otiria and Moerewa are to begin in earnest shortly. Northland Regional Councillor Justin Blaikie says about $5.1 million of works will be carried out over ... More >>
Goat Control To Clear Way For Russell Deer Operation
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 12:36 pm | Northland Regional Council
Professional hunters are in the Russell Forest hunting feral goats ahead of a later operation targeting unwanted sika deer. A small sika herd in Russell Forest has been designated as top priority for eradication by Northland Regional Council and its ... More >>
Fourth Year For Whakamānawa Ā Taiao - Environmental Awards
Monday, 21 February 2022, 9:04 am | Northland Regional Council
Applications are open for the fourth annual Northland Regional Council Whakamānawa ā Taiao - Environmental Awards which recognise the environmental work being carried out in Northland. Council Chair Penny Smart says numerous groups have been recognised ... More >>
$3M-plus Workboat Tender Awarded
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 12:59 pm | Northland Regional Council
A $3 million-plus tender has been let for the replacement of the Northland Regional Council’s main workboat the Waikare. Chair Penny Smart says local Northland firm Circa Engineering was awarded the tender recently and expects to begin physical works ... More >>
Early March Deadline For Scholarship
Friday, 4 February 2022, 9:13 am | Northland Regional Council
Time is running out to apply for eight $3000 scholarships being offered to provide a springboard for future environmental leaders and champions. Nominations for the council’s ‘Tū i te ora Scholarship’ opened in December last year and will ... More >>
Time To Tackle Moth Plant; NRC
Thursday, 27 January 2022, 7:51 am | Northland Regional Council
People are being urged to tackle perennial invasive moth plant as soon as possible before its kapok-like seed pods mature, then burst and infest new areas. Jack Craw, who chairs the Northland Regional Council’s Biosecurity and Biodiversity ... More >>
Natural Causes Behind Some Waterway ‘Pollution’
Monday, 24 January 2022, 9:11 pm | Northland Regional Council
Natural causes - not pollution - are being blamed for smelly, discoloured waterways that prompt an annual rash of summer complaints to the Northland Regional Council. Cathy Orevich , the council’s, Compliance Monitoring Manager - General, says every ... More >>
Kaipara Uri, Councils Welcome Government Funding
Sunday, 5 July 2020, 7:05 pm | Northland Regional Council
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Kaipara Moana Negotiations Reference Group; Northland/Auckland councils Kaipara Uri and councils have welcomed the government’s announcement of $100 million in funding to help restore Kaipara Moana, through a cross-regional programme ... More >>
$12M funding boost - regional water storage and use project
Friday, 31 January 2020, 11:46 am | Northland Regional Council
Today’s (Friday’s)announcement of a $12 million boost for the water storage and use project underscores the Government’s confidence in the scheme and the region, says Northland Regional Council Chair Penny Smart. More >>
Regional council prepares for $800k investment loss
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 8:18 am | Northland Regional Council
The Northland Regional Council says a combination of factors, including a big jump in local log prices, is behind the looming potential loss of almost $820,000 invested in a Marsden Point-based timber processing start-up. Councillors at their monthly ... More >>
Council says no to regional rules on GMO for Northland
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 3:40 pm | Northland Regional Council
After lengthy deliberations this week, Northland Regional Council will not include any provisions on the management of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its Proposed Regional Plan. The regional plan is effectively the rulebook for the way ... More >>
‘ELF’ ensures a not-so-happy ending for North pests
Friday, 9 November 2018, 11:12 am | Northland Regional Council
A fund that shares its name with a mythical storybook creature is ensuring a not-so-happy ending in the real world for a range of Northland pests. The ELF (Environmental Leaders Fund) is an annual $20,000 Northland Regional Council (NRC) initiative that this ... More >>
Good response to NRC exotic fish, water-weed survey
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 8:44 am | Northland Regional Council
Biodiversity experts are pleased with the public response to a survey that will help steer future management options for invasive weeds and exotic fish in Northland’s lakes, ponds and dams. More >>
