News stories

Kerikeri's Turner Centre general manager, Gerry Paul, gives a quick update on what's on at this magnificent venue in the month of July.

A collaboration formed to tackle food shortages and hunger in the Hokianga has been granted more than $26,000 by the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board.

Water supplies will be turned off overnight to about 20 Ōpononi homes on Waianga Place after a watermain sprang a leak next to an electricity transformer this afternoon.

A targeted stormwater rate, a $10 public good rate, and what may be one of the lowest total 2024/25 rate increases for any council in Aotearoa were confirmed following adoption of the 2024-27 Long Term Plan.

Tears and laughter were among the myriad emotions that filled Memorial Hall in Kaikohe on Monday as 45 people officially became New Zealand citizens. In a ceremony officiated by Far North Kahika (Mayor) Moko Tepania and assisted by Deputy Mayor Kelly Stratford, a crowd of around 60 whānau and friends attended to see loved ones complete their citizenship journey.

Creating better environments for children, along streams, at local halls and along cycle trails was the theme of many funding decisions made by Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board last week.

Eight organisations are celebrating after being granted funding by the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board on 21 June.

Celebrations are getting underway to mark Matariki with numerous events planned around the Far North.

The council is reviewing its policy on how to reduce risks to the public from buildings that are structurally unsound, pose a fire risk, have poor sanitation or are earthquake prone.