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The chance to register your dog for the new financial year began on Monday 1 July. As well as being the best time to pay, for the cheapest fees, paying between 1 July and 31 August will put you in the draw to win a prize pack.

Forty-two new state-of-the-art tsunami sirens are to be installed near coastal settlements around the Far North District over the coming months. Watch the video to see how this early warning system will help save lives.

Water supplies will be turned off overnight to about 20 Ōpononi homes on Waianga Place after a watermain sprang a leak next to an electricity transformer this afternoon.

A collaboration formed to tackle food shortages and hunger in the Hokianga has been granted more than $26,000 by the Kaikohe-Hokianga Community Board.

The Bay of Islands isite centre in Paihia will close at 3pm today so its well-trodden carpet can be replaced. The isite, one of the country’s busiest information centres, will also be closed for the whole day on Wednesday 3 July so a new electrical cupboard can be installed.

Kerikeri's Turner Centre general manager, Gerry Paul, gives a quick update on what's on at this magnificent venue in the month of July.

A targeted stormwater rate, a $10 public good rate, and what may be one of the lowest total 2024/25 rate increases for any council in Aotearoa were confirmed following adoption of the 2024-27 Long Term Plan.

Tears and laughter were among the myriad emotions that filled Memorial Hall in Kaikohe on Monday as 45 people officially became New Zealand citizens. In a ceremony officiated by Far North Kahika (Mayor) Moko Tepania and assisted by Deputy Mayor Kelly Stratford, a crowd of around 60 whānau and friends attended to see loved ones complete their citizenship journey.

Creating better environments for children, along streams, at local halls and along cycle trails was the theme of many funding decisions made by Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board last week.