Stories by Susan Botting

Far North kahikā (mayor) Moko Tepania says being elected with the support of local iwi means he and his councillors are not alone.

However, a longtime anti-fluoride campaigner wants the council to halt the $4.5 million-plus drinking water fluoride implementation process.

A Ruawai leader is taking her community's call to save Kaipara's $1.5 million climate adaptation mahi to the local council.

A petition is challenging Whangārei District Council's decision to change its electoral system.

The move comes amid funding concerns, claims of a loss of democracy and a councillor asking about a potential High Court injunction - which the council lawyer quickly dismissed.

A kilometre-long Brynderwyns viaduct is the best fix to solve "unacceptable" State Highway 1 closure issues, Two Northland transport leaders say.

Hundreds of thousands of Northland's Cyclone Gabrielle-downed trees are in for the chop in a unique $6.5 million resilience project.

An $8m plan to improve transport and connections through Dargaville has been met with criticism by some who say the money should be spent improving current risk areas.

A family relation of Daisy Fernandez who was killed by a motorbike at Ripirō Beach is worried about what might happen when hordes of off-roaders pour onto the coastline over Labour Weekend.

Hundreds of mature mangroves have been cut down for Whangārei's new $20 million Okara marina, angering environmentalists who campaigned against their removal 30 years ago.

Northland is facing an at least 10-year-long battle to eradicate the new marine seaweed superspreader, caulerpa.

A council specialist is warning it may be the best option for those facing expensive and ultimately short-term fixes to deal with foreshore sand dune erosion in Northland.

Te Tai Tokerau east coast iwi Ngātiwai is concerned about what they say will undoubtedly be undetected caulerpa along their Northland coastline.

Northland Regional Council divers have today set up a New Zealand-first caulerpa attack tool in the Bay of Islands.

The government and mana whenua have put in place an anchoring ban to fight the growing threat of one of the world's most invasive marine seaweeds.

Whangārei District Council infrastructure committee chairman Simon Reid said the situation at the dam was "quite a concern".

Councils representing more than half NZ's population are calling on the government for more money and support to be thrown at one of the world's worst invasive marine seaweed pests recently discovered…

One of the most expensive berths in Whangārei's $20 million Okara Marina will cost more than $500,000.

Bay of Islands officials are concerned about what the invasive seaweed could mean for the region's environment and economy.

Kaipara District Council's push to build a controversial waste to energy plant in or near Auckland includes the 41 per cent Chinese-owned company aiming to build a $350 million equivalent in…

Whangārei's old town hall "eyesore" is to live on in a now $7.43 million renovation due to start by June - in spite of five of the city's leaders wanting...

A former councillor has told Whangārei District Council that Kensington residents have had enough of the rescue helicopter nightmare in their suburb.

Northland's worst-hit Cyclone Gabrielle district is deferring more than $10 million of planned work rather than almost doubling its rates to pay for major Cyclone Gabrielle damage.

More than $22 million has been shaved off plans for a controversial wastewater scheme that would see Mangawhai sewage redirected into a golf course.

A karakia rang out across Kaipara District Council's monthly meeting on 29 March, just four months after new Mayor Craig Jepson banned its use.