Whangārei, Kaipara and Far North district councils have reaffirmed their shared commitment to establishing a Northland-wide council-controlled organisation (CCO) to deliver drinking water and wastewater services for the region from July 2027.

Northland’s councils are making strong progress toward establishing the region’s new water services council controlled organisation (CCO).

Council’s planned programme of water infrastructure renewals rolls on this month, with $3.6 million of new watermains for Dargaville and Maungatūroto.

UPDATE 9pm: The repair has been completed and we've got water flowing into the treatment plant.