Far North DC's new lineup welcomed in Waitangi Treaty Grounds pōwhiri

Powhiri for new Far North District Council - single use only

Caption:Moko Tepania (left) and Cr Tāmati Rakena enjoy a light moment during his council’s pōwhiri at Waitangi Marae.Photo credit:LDR/ Northern Advocate / Tania WhyteNew Far North mayor Moko Tepania with Te Kura o Te Kao students at the council pōwhiri.LDR/ Northern Advocate / Tania WhyteFNDC’s new council includes (from left) Cr Babe Kapa, Cr Hilda Halkyard-Harawira, deputy mayor Kelly Stratford, mayor Moko Tepania, Cr Tāmati Rākena and Cr Penetaui Kleskovic.LDR/ Northern Advocate / Tania WhyteKuia (from left) Mereama Schreurs, Alice Hirini, Wini Williams, Joyce Baker and Patu Sigley on the wharenui atea (front verandah).LDR/ Northern Advocate / Tania Whyte

Moko Tepania, Far North District councillor and teacher at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Kaikohe.

Northland has 13 new women local government politicians. Photographed from left (top row) Ann Court (FNDC), Amy Macdonald (NRC), Carol Peters (WDC), Jayne Golightly (WDC); (bottom row) Eryn Wilson-Collins (KDC), Felicity Foy (FNDC), Hilda Halkyard-Harawira (FNDC), Kelly Stratford. The remaining politicians not in the montage are Pera Paniora and Rachael Williams (KDC), Deb Harding and Marie Olsen (WDC) and Tui Shortland (NRC).

Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo (standing)

Far North Mayor John Carter outside Kaitāia’s Te Ahu centre.

Boats grounded on a silt bar at Whakatāne Yacht Club’s marina at low tide over the past month.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council chairwoman Matemoana McDonald, Western Bay of Plenty mayor James Denyer, Tauranga mayor Mahé Drysdale, Local Government Minister Simon Watts, and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, at the signing of the Western Bay of Plenty regional and city deal.

A view of the Waiho River avulsion, bottom left, with the Westland District Council’s Franz Josef wastewater treatment ponds immediately above, and now prone in the river bed.

Jeremy Clarkson is at the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit in Towcester, England, on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto) (Photo by MI News / NurPhoto via AFP)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Tolutau Koula of the Blues is tackled by Kalyn Ponga of the Maroons during game one of the 2026 Men’s State of Origin series between New South Wales Blues and Queensland Maroons at Accor Stadium on May 27, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)