Our services at Alert Level 3
Northland region moves to Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm Thursday 2 September 2021. At Alert Level 3 we provide the following services:
🟢 Rubbish and recycling collection
🟢 Drinking water
🟢 Wastewater
🟢 Roads
🟢 Parks and reserves and walking trails (please keep physical distance from people outside your "bubble")
🟢 Public toilets (to a reduced level)
🟢 Cemeteries
🟢 Animal control for dangerous dogs and wandering stock
🟢 Noise control - with limitations
🟢 Te Matau a Pohe Bridge lifting
Our call centre will still be open 24-hours, every day:
✆ 09 430 4200 or 0800 932 463.
The following services will be provided to a limited degree, subject to safety measures, masks and physical distancing:
🟠 Transfer stations (winter hours schedule)
🟠 Building inspections
🟠 Resource consent inspections
🟠 Some roadworks
🟠 Some regulatory inspections
🟠 Jetties open
🟠 Free parking
🟠 Library book loans extended until libraries open again
🟠 Public facilities closed
The following public facilities are closed:
❌ Playgrounds
❌ Forum North and Ruakaka Customer Service Centre
❌ Libraries
❌ i-Sites and the Hub
❌ Water Laboratory (public access)
❌ Clapham’s Clocks
❌ Botanica
❌ Dog Parks
❌ Aquatic Centre
❌ Art Museum
❌ Kiwi North
❌ Quarry Gardens
❌ Skateparks
❌ Bike park
❌ Boat ramps
❌ Semenoff Stadium
Scam Alert: Fake information regarding December Bonuses from MSD
The Ministry of Social Development is reporting that fake information is circulating about new ‘December bonuses’ or ‘benefit increases’
If you get suspicious communication, please contact Netsafe.
Poll: Are Kiwis allergic to “exuberance”? 🥝
In The Post’s opinion piece on the developments set to open across Aotearoa in 2026, John Coop suggests that, as a nation, we’re “allergic to exuberance.”
We want to know: Are we really allergic to showing our excitement?
Is it time to lean into a more optimistic view of the place we call home? As big projects take shape and new opportunities emerge, perhaps it’s worth asking whether a little more confidence (and enthusiasm!) could do us some good.
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41.7% Yes
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33.5% Maybe?
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24.8% No
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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