Far North District Council
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The Far North is the northernmost district in New Zealand. It shares its southern boundaries with Kaipara and Whangarei Districts. Together the three districts make up the Northland Region. With 7,324 square kilometres, the Far North District is the largest of the three districts, contributing 54% of the land area and 38% of the population of the region. The district is ranked in the top ten largest land areas covered by district and city councils.
NORTHLAND — How can a public reserve at Coopers Beach better meet the recreational needs of youth? That is the question the Far North District Council is asking the Doubtless Bay community.
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NORTHLAND — ry weather and the increased fire risk have forced the Northern Rural Fire Authority to ban outdoor fires across the Far North District.
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KAITAIA — Free nutritional advice will be on offer at Te Ahu Centre in Kaitaia next Thursday.
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NORTHLAND — A reserve next to a popular swimming hole at the Waitangi River has been temporarily closed to the public following a drowning at the river yesterday.
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A proposal for less bureaucratic and more cost-effective local government in the Far North has been lodged with the Local Government Commission by the district council and Iwi leaders.
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NORTHLAND — Get a permit now if you are planning to light outdoor fires in rural areas of the Far North district during the Christmas/New Year holidays.
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NORTHLAND — Permits will soon be needed to light outdoor fires in rural areas of the district.
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NORTHLAND — A tourism brochure promoting walks in the Hokianga will be produced thanks to a grant from the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board.
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NORTHLAND — Waipapa Landing Bridge in Kerikeri will be closed for short periods this month to allow for essential maintenance.
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NORTHLAND — A commitment to reducing waste has won two Far North residents laptop computers.
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NORTHLAND — Fishing contests are the latest community projects in the Far North to get financial support from Te Hiku Community Board.
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NORTHLAND — A near record number of Land Information Memorandum (LIM) reports were issued by the Far North District Council last month.
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NORTHLAND — Replacing the district’s streetlights with energy-efficient, long-lasting lights will save Far North ratepayers about $200,000 a year.
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NORTHLAND — Fire fighters are stepping up efforts to stamp out suspicious and preventable fires in the Far North.
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NORTHLAND — Fire fighters are stepping up efforts to stamp out suspicious and preventable fires in the Far North.
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Community-minded people are needed to help manage public reserves across the district.
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Warm, windy weather across the Far North has prompted a fire safety warning from the Northern Rural Fire Authority.
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A new recycling station near Okaihau is further evidence of the Far North District Council’s commitment to reducing waste going to landfill down to the target of 200kg per person each year.
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PAIHIA — Recreational boaties in the Bay of Islands are being asked to take extra care on the water during the State Paihia Classic on Saturday 10 November.
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PAIHIA — State Ocean Swim Series clinics will be held at Paihia in the lead-up to the State Paihia Classic on November 10.
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NORTHLAND — Olympic silver medallist Blair Tuke has been named sportsperson of the year at the 2012 Far North District Council Sports Awards.
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Ukulele players and singers were the big winners in the latest allocation of community grants by the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board.
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RUSSELL — A trust which runs Russell Museum will get community board funds to improve a public right-of-way near the museum.
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PAIHIA — The Paihia Classic will open this year's State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series.
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KAITAIA — Works aimed at strengthening Donald Lane Bridge in Kaitaia will continue on Saturday (October 8), forcing the closure of the bridge to traffic for two months.
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KAITAIA — An Olympic boxer from the Manawatu will be the guest speaker at the annual Far North District Council Sports Awards this month.
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KAIKOHE — Seventeen back roads in the Far North will be closed to ordinary vehicle traffic for periods during the Rally of the North 2012 on Saturday October 13.
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KAIKOHE — Dynamic leaders are needed to govern a board which aims to develop Kaikohe’s Lindvart Park into a vibrant sports hub.
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KERIKERI — An indoor, heated, public swimming pool proposed for Kerikeri could also include a fitness centre.
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A Buddhist monk from Korea was among those Far North residents who became Kiwis at a Far North District Council citizenship ceremony earlier this month.
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NORTHLAND — A new priority system for road maintenance should maximise returns on the $25 million the Far North District Council spends on its 2,530km road network each year.
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NORTHLAND — Story-telling panels will be installed along the Pou Herenga Tai Twin Coast Cycle Trail.
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PAIHIA — Paihia residents will be without water during the early hours of Friday morning.
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The drive is on to further reduce the volume of Far North household waste going to landfills for final disposal.
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KAIKOHE — The final version of the Far North District Council's forward planning instrument, the Long Term Plan 2012-22, has now been posted for public scrutiny on the council’s website.
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Kerikeri sailor Blair Tuke's silver medal achievement at the London Olympics has "made the Far North proud," Mayor Wayne Brown said today.
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PAIHIA — Essential maintenance work on the Far North District Council's public water supply scheme at Waitangi tomorrow night (August 9) may cause minor disruptions to users.
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NORTHLAND — A group that wants to replace Northland’s four councils with two unitary authorities will begin presenting its case for better local government in the Far North to community leaders this month.
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KAWAKAWA — An independent engineering investigation into cracks in the internationally-famous Hundertwasser public toilets at Kawakawa has found the iconic building is not in any danger of imminent collapse.
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KAIKOHE — Sweet-toothed bubble and chewing gum users discarding their waste gum on the footpaths in Kaikohe’s town centre have created an expensive and complex clean-up headache for the Far North District Council.
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Able-bodied motorists in the Far North now have even less excuse for parking their cars in parking spaces reserved for disabled people.
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A $1 million programme to fix roads damaged by a storm in March is just about finished.
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KAWAKAWA — Disabled and elderly swimmers now have safer and easier access to the heated pool at ASB Recreation Centre in Kawakawa.
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NORTHLAND — More than 1000 people in the Far North have registered to take part in New Zealand’s biggest ever earthquake drill in September.
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NORTHLAND — A weed-busting working bee will be held at the Pou Herenga Tai Twin Coast Cycle Trail in Kaikohe next Saturday (July 14).
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KAWAKAWA — A maintenance shutdown will leave households connected to the Kawakawa water treatment plant without water for eight hours next Thursday night and the early hours of Friday.
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NORTHLAND — Residential ratepayers will continue to subsidise the cost of repairing roads damaged by logging trucks and dairy tankers, Far North Mayor Wayne Brown says.
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NORTHLAND — Affordability and fairness remained concerns for Far North District Councillors when they adopted the Council’s 10-year plan last week.
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NORTHLAND — Trade and education opportunities are starting to emerge from the Far North’s sister city relationship with China’s Liaoning province.
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KAITAIA — Works aimed at strengthening Donald Lane Bridge in Kaitaia will begin on Monday (July 2).
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KERIKERI — The Far North District Council may take back ownership of the Bay of Islands Airport at Kerikeri from its commercial trading company Far North Holdings Ltd.
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NORTHLAND — Forty Far North residents have become New Zealanders at the largest and most cosmopolitan citizenship ceremony the Far North District Council has held.
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NORTHLAND — The Far North District Council has adopted a ‘zero tolerance’ approach with members of the public who threaten, abuse or physically attack staff members in the course of their official duties.
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NORTHLAND — A working group that proposes to replace Northland’s four councils with two unitary authorities will present its case for improved local government in the Far North to community leaders next month.
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NORTHLAND — Submissions made to the Far North District Council's Draft Long Term Plan 2012-2022 can now be read on the World Wide Web.
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NORTHLAND — A focus workshop is planned for the end of the month to refine information from an aerial geophysical survey of Northland's mineral resources.
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A mayoral relief fund has raised $4000 in public donations for the families of two fire fighters who died while fighting a scrub fire at Karikari Peninsula last year.
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Elected members of the Far North District Council are embracing electronic technology in a bid to save ratepayers money.
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An operational community response plan for Civil Defence emergencies is now in place for residents in the Kerikeri and Waipapa area.
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SOUTHLAND — Hospice equipment, streetlights and repairs to a popular coastal walkway were among the items to get funds from the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board this month.
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NORTHLAND — Rating issues have continued to dominate in the final count of submissions to the Far North District Council's Draft Long Term Plan 2012-2022.
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NORTHLAND — Worm composting will be used to improve environmental performance and minimise costs at the Council’s new wastewater treatment plant in Kaeo.
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KAIKOHE — Eleven people have received Far North District Council Citizen Awards this year for services to their communities.
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A proposal to switch the names of State Highways 1 and 10 in the Far North will not proceed further.
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It’s been 66 years since Betty Smith sat in front of the manual telephone switchboard.
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A country rock festival, hospice and a riding for the disabled centre were the big winners in the latest allocation of grants by community boards in the Far North.
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With two-thirds of submissions now analysed, ratepayers in the Far North have generally favoured changes designed to mitigate anomalies and move closer to a ‘fairer’ rating system.
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The Far North District Council could be a unitary authority by 2013 if a new working party succeeds in its bid to gain greater decision-making powers for the district.
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KAITAIA — One of New Zealand’s most innovative public buildings has been officially opened in an extraordinary display of partnership between Maori, Pakeha and the Dalmatian Communities.
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KAITAIA — Two entertainment icons and an All Black legend have accepted invitations to be special guests at a celebration dinner and cabaret to mark the official opening of the Te Ahu Centre at Kaitaia later this month.
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Former post office workers and Kaeo identities have responded well to the call for anecdotes and memorabilia to mark the centenary of the old Kaeo Post Office building next month.
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It is one of life’s ironies that people who pride themselves on being open-minded are often the opposite.
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A salute from historic military cannons with 17th century origins, a dance competition, formal dinner and cabaret will be among the entertainment at the grand opening of the Te Ahu Centre later this month.
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The appointment of an Auckland property specialist as chief executive of Far North Holdings Ltd reflects the company’s search for an entrepreneur with local and international experience.
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NORTHLAND — Encouraging minerals prospecting and exploration investment in the Far North is not an open invitation to mining, Far North Mayor Wayne Brown says.
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Fighting fires in the Far North this summer has already cost more than $1 million.
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A celebration is being arranged for May to mark the centennial of the former Kaeo Post Office building.
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NORTHLAND — Tiny tweaks have been needed in a few places, but Te Ahu Centre has otherwise passed its first week in business with flying colours.
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KERIKERI — Kerikeri and Waipapa residents are being encouraged to develop a community-based plan to provide a pathway through natural disasters.
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NORTHLAND — The Pou Herenga Tai –Twin Coast Cycle Trail is on track for a grand opening by the end of this year.
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“We can do a lot better.” That is how Far North Mayor Wayne Brown has described the community’s response to a mayoral relief fund set up to help the families of fire fighters who died fighting a scrub fire at Karikari Peninsula last year.
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NORTHLAND — Booklovers in Doubtless Bay will soon have access to a wider range of library books thanks to a joint initiative between the Far North District Council and Mangonui Community Library.
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NORTHLAND — Stray dogs impounded by the Far North District Council are going to new homes in greater numbers thanks to an Okaihau animal lover.
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NORTHLAND — A rubbish-strewn highway and beach in the Far North are much tidier thanks to students at Waima and Riverview Schools.
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NORTHLAND — Moerewa’s water supply will be shut down for six hours next month for essential maintenance.
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NORTHLAND — The government has tightened rules regulating the use of land that may have been subject to specifically identified hazardous activities and industries.
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A fire ban on the Aupouri and Karikari Peninsulas has been temporarily lifted as a result of recent rain.
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Library users can now renew books from Far North District Council libraries online.
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KAITAIA — It's been more than seven years in the making, but Kaitaia's Te Ahu Centre will finally open its doors for business in eight weeks.
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NORTHLAND — If you have been relying on rules and regulations to avoid tidying up vegetation in the backyard, the excuse may soon no longer hold water.
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NORTHLAND — Our roading contractors have advised that, to the best of their knowledge, all roads in the district are now open.
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NORTHLAND — We think we have got it right but if there are storm water or wastewater manholes near your home that you believe should be better secured, please let us know.
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NORTHLAND — Choking dust from metal roads could be a problem fewer Northlanders have to suffer from if the Northland Regional Council removes a ban on waste oil road sprays.
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RUSSELL — The battle for the women’s title at this year’s State Paihia Classic on Saturday could be a showdown between an Aussie and a Kiwi.
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Far North Mayor Wayne Brown has established a mayoral relief fund to help the families of fire fighters who died fighting a blaze at Karikari Peninsula last week.
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NORTHLAND — Thousands of home and building owners in the Far North may be vulnerable if they have had building work carried out, but have never completed their obligations under the Building Act.
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NORTHLAND — New building industry regulations will protect the public from ‘cowboys’ who have left a legacy of heartache and costs for some homeowners.
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