News stories

**UPDATE 5.15pm 27 Feb**
Repairs have been completed on the wastewater pipe at Tokerau Beach.

The flag at the council headquarters in Kaikohe will be flown at half-mast tomorrow to mark the funeral of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins, the Green Party MP and former Auckland Mayoral candidate.

Te Hiku-based Te Rarawa have embarked on a project to digitise hundreds of historical documents and other taonga charting the cultural and legal history of the iwi.

More than $14,000 has been distributed among five organisations during the Te Hiku Community Board meeting earlier this month.

Te Hiku’s stunning beaches, scenic areas and their histories have been brought to life on an Awanui fence as part of the Te Hiku Open Spaces Revitalisation Project.

State-of-the-art broadband is coming to parts of Waipapa, Taumatamakuku and Kāeo, as a national programme to roll out fibre and ensure high-speed, reliable broadband reaches more provincial homes and businesses.

Planned speed changes in the Bay of Islands and Kerikeri have been given the green light by Far North elected members following the coalition government’s decision to halt “blanket” speed limit reductions.

** UPDATE - Monday 26 Feb ** Landing Road bridge will now close from 6am Tuesday 27 February and reopen at 6am Friday 1 March (three days and nights). Pedestrian access to the bridge will also be affected during this time.

Level 2 water restrictions applied to four council water supplies on Monday 19 February and Ōmanaia-Rāwene last month will remain unchanged.