More than 500 submissions were received on the council's proposed Long Term Plan 2024-27 (LTP) during a month-long consultation which concluded on 28 April.
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Far North sports enthusiasts are the big winners with the opening of the new world-class, multi-sports complex at Kaikohe’s Lindvart Park. The building can accommodate more than 20 sporting codes including basketball, netball, volleyball, badminton and table tennis.
Far North District Libraries will be one of 40 council-operated library services to use Australian-based data centres for customer records, library catalogues, and other library services from this month.
More than $30,000 has been granted by the Far North’s three community boards to help young sports enthusiasts compete around the district. The Winter Rural Travel fund will help 32 clubs and schools to attend training and competitions during the 2024 winter sports season.
A 2016 decision to upgrade Bay of Islands Airport is paying off with larger Air New Zealand aircraft now regularly scheduled to use the Northland transport hub.
The council’s Nothing-But-Net programme, which enables communities to connect to the internet by providing free public Wi-Fi, recently completed an extension into the Hokianga with hotspots now available at Ōpononi and Rāwene.
Attracting tourists from far and wide is key to the success of many local businesses, but how do our isites support this success?
Two incredibly rare taonga from Kaitāia’s Te Ahu Museum, dating back to the 13th Century, have been hand-delivered to the South Island for an exhibition.
Giant glow-in-the-dark puppets will take centre stage during Matariki after the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board granted event organisers $2000 during its April meeting.