News stories

Mangōnui just got a bit bigger with the completion of a dedicated long-vehicle parking platform over the water next to the main wharf.

Work to improve pedestrian safety on the Ahipara bridge on Foreshore Road kicks off next month.

Hundreds of Far Northerners attended the 185-year anniversary celebrations of the Waitangi treaty signings at Māngungu Mission, near Hōreke, last week.

Ōpononi and Ōmāpere risk having Level 4 water restrictions applied – the highest restriction level – after a water main leak over the weekend almost emptied the supply’s storage reservoir.

A detour will be in place for 10 weeks from Monday 3 March as Northland Regional Council begins an important bridge extension project that will close Quarry Road in Kaitāia.

Much needed recent rains have boosted many Far North water supplies but the levels in smaller streams and water sources continue to fluctuate dramatically during summer.

It has been confirmed that no properties in the Far North District meet the criteria for the Future of Severely Affected Locations (FOSAL) programme.

Tourists and residents in Taipā and Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē Ninety Mile Beach have better connectivity after new mobile broadband towers were switched on in both areas in January.

Starting this month, FNDC’s mobile library will be trialling new ways to support our communities by providing services normally found only at council service centres.