News stories

Library customers are being urged to stock up on Easter reading with Far North libraries closing their doors over the long weekend. All six libraries will be closed from Friday 29 March to Monday 1 April. Normal opening hours will resume on Tuesday 2 April.

The opportunity to have your say on how the council allocates its spending for the next three years starts on Tuesday 26 March and will run for a month.

A council project to install sun protection over 12 playgrounds across the Far North is wrapping up, with work on the final two play areas almost completed.

Waka Kotahi will transition to daytime works to resurface State Highway 10 near the new Kāeo Bridge from Monday 25 March.

A new online mapping tool developed by Northland’s three district councils shows the latest repair plans for the 195 remaining slips (85 in the Far North) still affecting district roads in the wake of severe weather events that hit the region in 2022-23.

Doubtless Bay Sea Scouts' application to extend its ground lease at Taipā has been approved after public consultation.

Level 3 water restrictions banning the use of hoses, sprinklers and irrigation systems will be applied to Kaikohe and Ngāwhā from Monday 25 March. Level 2 water restrictions will also be applied to Kawakawa and Moerewa from Monday.

A unique Far North kapa haka rōpū will be going all out at the Northland regional competition this Saturday 23 March at McKay Stadium in Whangārei.

A blaze of colour will fill the air along the Paihia waterfront this Saturday 23 March when the BOI Rotary Club Colour Fun Run gets underway.