Rates are essential for funding the services we all rely on. However sometimes, certain properties or households face challenges that make paying them difficult or unfair.

An animated video about voting in the Māori Ward Poll – which is part of the Local Elections this year – has been created in-house at the council and goes live on social media on Wednesday 9 July.

The government has listened to calls from Far North District councillors to create common-sense insulation rules that will ease costs for Far North designers, builders and homeowners.

Far North District Council has adopted a 10.95 per cent rates increase for the 2025/26 financial year, the second time it has delivered increases below those originally forecast.

Far North Mayor Moko Tepania welcomed 118 new citizens to Aotearoa New Zealand this week (Monday 30 June) during a ceremony he described as ‘the largest the region has ever seen’.