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
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
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Sporting the bright purple and orange campaign shirts, these wonderful walkers hit the Auckland waterfront and marched from Mission Bay to Kohimarama, raising awareness for bowel cancer and the importance of early detection along the way.
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