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The main geological hazard in Northland is the potential for landslides, particularly in mudstones and sandstones of the Northland Allochthon. Northland has the least incidence of earthquakes of anywhere in New Zealand. Volcanic activity is dormant rather than extinct. [13]
Regional councils have these specific functions under the Resource Management Act 1991: Planning for the integrated management of natural and physical resources [11] Planning for regionally significant land uses [12] Soil conservation, water quality and quantity, water ecosystems, natural hazards, hazardous substances [13]
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The Oruaiti River is a river of the northern Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island.It is fed by Wainui River and flows generally north, draining into Mangonui Harbour at the southern end of Doubtless Bay.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Lake Wahakari is a lake in the Northland Region of New Zealand. [2] See also
The presence of numerous steep drop-offs limits the development of a littoral fringe with emergent plants. The mean depth of Lake Taharoa is 16.42 metres. Lake Taharoa has been recognised as ‘probably the best example of a clear-water lake in Northland with the deepest recorded (24m) submerged vegetation in Northland’. [3]
The Northland Region has been governed by the present Northland Regional Council since 1989. [4] The seat of the council is in Whangārei. Regional council members represent 8 constituencies: Far North, Bay of Islands-Whangaroa, Mid North, Coastal Central, Coastal South, Whangārei City, Kaipara and Te Raki.
Fish and Game, a statutory government body, started a dirty dairying campaign to highlight water pollution due to dairy farming. It led to the creation in 2003 of the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord, a voluntary agreement between Fonterra, Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and regional councils. [citation needed]