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A new look dog registration campaign launches today (Tuesday 16 June) with fresh faces and a new free service available to owners who opt in to Doggone when registering their dogs from 1 July.
How illegal dumping of household rubbish is an expensive waste in more ways than one.
Residents and road users are being advised of a planned overnight closure of Wiroa Bridge, near Kerikeri, this week to allow essential repairs to be carried out. The bridge will be closed from 7pm to 6am for one night only, with work scheduled for either Wednesday 17 June or Thursday 18 June, depending on weather conditions. If wet weather prevents the work from taking place on either night, the repairs will be postponed until the following week.
Water supplies to Kaikohe will be affected overnight for six hours on Wednesday 17 June. The planned outage will affect water pressure from 10pm to 4am. Residents and businesses are advised to prepare in advance for their overnight water needs as reduced water pressure will affect the amount of water available.
All three Far North community boards have committed to supporting Matariki celebrations and other community initiatives across the district as part of their June funding decisions.
The Far North District Council has approved the release of its decisions on submissions to the Proposed District Plan (PDP), marking a significant milestone in the development of the district’s land use planning framework. The council’s decisions on submissions will be formally notified on Tuesday 30 June 2026.
Spark, the Far North District Council (FNDC) and Dryad have implemented an advanced ultra-early fire detection system at the Waitangi Endowment Forest.
A modern refurbishment of the layout and look of the Hokianga isite at Ōpononi starts on Monday 15 June and is expected to take three weeks. The refresh will cause minimum disruption to isite and council contact centre services with a dedicated isite desk set up temporarily at the Manea Footprints of Kupe centre, located nearby.