Community groups across Aotearoa are being encouraged to apply for a share of $300,000 in funding being distributed through the Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund 2026.

Clearer guidance, recognition of Māori land, and reduced administration are among the amendments adopted in the Rating Relief Policy 2025, which sets out how the council provides rates remission and postponement.

Looking for planning approval? The process just got easier with the council’s new Te Ara Rau - Adaptive Consenting programme.

A hīkoi will move through central Kaitāia tomorrow, Thursday 9 October, as community members unite to raise awareness about the harm caused by drug use.