Awanui River News Today

After many years, and $13.5 million spent so far, there’s still no date for when water from Sweetwaters aquifer - which was meant to end to Kaitāia’s water...

The Far North District Council wants to renew its resource consent to run the Kaitāia Wastewater Treatment Plant and discharge treated wastewater into the...

Forget the election - in one corner of the Far North, the only contest that matters is the one to decide which town will be judged the most beautiful in Aotearoa.

Residents in the South Hokianga towns of Ōpononi and Ōmāpere will have to conserve water for at least another 24 hours as the search continues for a pipe b

Flooding from Tuesday’s deluge has hampered efforts to find the pipe break.

Towns affected by water woes include Paihia, Waitangi, Ōpua, Kaitāia, Ōpononi and Ōmāpere.

Officials feared for Moerewa and Ōtiria but flooding subsided in time.

Heavy rain is forecast for Northland, the west coast of the North Island and the top of the South Island with MetService and councils monitoring the situation in some areas in case of flooding.

Associate Local Government Minister Kieran McAnulty will soon visit Northland to check out vulnerable communities that could potentially be forced into managed retreat in the face of climate-change induced flooding...

Water restrictions are expected to be a thing of the past with the start-up of Kaitāia's major new $15.3 million Sweetwater supply.