Kohukohu Bowling Club has been granted a new lease over the recreation reserve it has called home since 1958, following approval at the council’s September council meeting.
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Significant drainage and stabilisation works will close parts of Haruru Falls Road and start today (Monday 13 October).
Preliminary election results released today confirm that Moko Tepania has a comfortable lead over rivals for the top job as mayor of the Far North. That result is unlikely to change when special votes are counted and published later this week.
Your opportunity to drop your completed voting papers off to one of our ballot boxes is rapidly reducing as the voting deadline of midday on Saturday 11 October closes in. If you haven’t dropped your completed voting papers off yet – do it now!
Community groups across Aotearoa are being encouraged to apply for a share of $300,000 in funding being distributed through the Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund 2026.
Clearer guidance, recognition of Māori land, and reduced administration are among the amendments adopted in the Rating Relief Policy 2025, which sets out how the council provides rates remission and postponement.
Looking for planning approval? The process just got easier with the council’s new Te Ara Rau - Adaptive Consenting programme.
In July, the council decided that much of the iconic waterfront road in Kororāreka / Russell would be transformed into a shared pedestrian zone. That decision was endorsed by the Bay of Islands-Whangaroa Community Board.