Northland News

Whangarei — In a tense meeting today, Whangarei councillors voted seven to six (with one abstainer) to reject the Director-General of Health’s (DGH) directive to start fluoridation.

By Fluoride Free New Zealand
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Northland — A commercial fishing boat caught operating within the boundaries of the Rākaumangamanga Rāhui Tapu marine protected area has been served an abatement notice as Northland Regional Council begins stricter enforcement of no-fishing rules.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A tiny and very rare Northland lake plant, Trithuria inconspicua, has been voted ‘New Zealand’s Favourite Plant’ in a national poll.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A controlled training exercise will be conducted in the Bay of Islands and Paihia areas from Friday through to Sunday.

By New Zealand Police
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Northland — A new to mainland New Zealand red seaweed - Asparagopsis taxiformis - has been found at Tamaterau in Whangārei Harbour and at Iris Shoal, Kawau Island.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A project to rewild a Northland valley in New Zealand, creating a wetland from previously grazed land, has been marked to celebrate World Wetlands Day.

By Expert Briefing
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Northland — Two people have died after an ATV-style vehicle they were travelling in rolled into a swimming hole in Peria, New Zealand, on 29 December.

By Expert Briefing
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Northland — Biosecurity officials in New Zealand are appealing to the public for information after a dead wallaby was found at the side of a highway near Kawakawa on 4 December.

By Expert Briefing
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Northland — A Northland man has been fined more than $33,000 for an incident that saw dozens of large tyres burnt on a property south of Kaiwaka in early January last year.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Northlanders are being asked to keep an eye out for new patches of Manchurian wild rice grass within a formal ‘Eradication Zone’ that covers much of the region amid fears the invasive pest plant could have been spread during recent flooding.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — A meeting between new Conservation Minister, Willow-Jean Prime, the Northland Regional Council and the Department of Conservation has highlighted the shared goals that local and central government have for Taitokerau, the council says.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Investigations are underway into the mysterious loss of most of the submerged vegetation in Lake Taharoa, the largest in the Kai Iwi dune lakes group and Northland’s deepest lake.

By Northland Regional Council
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Whangarei — Please attribute to Superintendent Tony Hill, Northland District Commander: Searchers working to locate a student missing in Abbey Caves, Whangārei have recovered a body.

By New Zealand Police
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Northland — Two dozen Northland Regional Council staff have taken part in a practical exercise based around a fictional oil spill from a commercial fishing vessel running aground on a rock in the Tutukaka Harbour.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Organisers estimate about 300 lifejackets have been distributed to communities throughout Northland over the past several years as part of an innovative lifejacket library scheme.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — The Northland Regional Council has revealed a suite of measures in response to Cyclone Gabrielle including a ‘pragmatic’ approach to non-compliance, plans to remove some trees from rivers and freeing up funding to help repair storm-damaged fences.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Northland’s six-monthly tsunami siren test will take place at the end of daylight saving on Sunday, 2 April.

By Northland Regional Council
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Whangarei — Whanganui, a picturesque town on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island, is a popular tourist destination for both domestic and international visitors.

By Premium SEO NZ
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Dargaville — A large hare is thought to be behind Northland’s most recent ‘wallaby’ sighting.

By Northland Regional Council
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Northland — Senior Northland Regional Council manager Jonathan Gibbard has been appointed as the organisation’s new CEO - Tumuaki.

By Northland Regional Council
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Whangarei — This week’s torrential rains have set a new national rainfall record.

By NIWA
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Northland — Whangarei couple Jeff and Jana Joy are fighting back against New Zealand’s appalling dental health, one mouth at a time.

By Lassoo
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