News stories

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.

Duncan Road will be closed tomorrow (27 February) as contractors carry out emergency culvert replacement works near 1358 Duncan Road.

Far North District Council’s Te Hono Team (Māori Development & Māori Relationships) is seeking applications from iwi, hapū and marae requiring funding to develop environmental management plans for their rohe.

Far North District Council (FNDC) is having its say on central government’s proposed replacements for the Resource Management Act.

A section of Te Ahu Ahu Road in Waimate North will be closed for up to four weeks, with a detour in place, while pavement rehabilitation works are carried out.