News stories

Can you believe NZ's hottest band, The Beths, is coming to play in little old Kerikeri this month! Check out the other cool events coming up in March.

The final chapter has closed on this year’s Summer Reading programme at He Puna Mārama, Far North District Libraries, with scores of tamariki across the Te Hiku o Te Ika diving into books, creativity and imagination.

A multi-million-dollar upgrade to Kaikohe’s water reticulation system is on track to be completed by the end of March, while wastewater connection upgrades will continue for several more months, through until late 2026.

The full recording of Far North District Council’s second State of the Far North Address – Te Taumata o Te Hiku o te Ika is now available to watch online, following last week’s event at the Turner Centre in Kerikeri.

Far North District Council has been ranked 10th out of 54 district councils across New Zealand for customer experience, following the release of the 2025 Customer Experience (CX) Benchmarking Programme results by the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM).

Anticipation is revving up across the Far North for the annual Cruz’n the Bayz which gets into gear this week.

The upgrade of Kaikohe’s water treatment plant has reached a milestone – completing the foundation of the new 1.5 million litre storage reservoir. The upgrade will permanently remedy the limitation of water storage at the plant and the call for residents to conserve water in March is not the result of water shortage issues.

The grounds at Kaitāia Airport were blessed earlier this week ahead of the beginning of upgrade work funded by Te Arawhiti and Far North District Council.

Business, community, political and Te Ao Māori representatives packed into Kerikeri’s Turner Centre last night (26 February) for the second State of the Far North address.