A number of our staff have been diverted to emergency services relating to Cyclone Gabrielle. Council services will continue but some with limited capacity so please be patient. We will continue to keep you updated.

Summer is here and so are all our visitors. It’s the busiest time of the year for the Taharoa Domain, and we need you to help us look after this beautiful gem.

The popular free Mangawhai bus service is back for summer!  

Security improvements at Taharoa Domain are now complete, enhancing the safety of campers, day trippers and Domain staff. 

Mangawhai will soon have land designated for future public sporting and recreational facilities.

A new fees structure for Taharoa Domain was confirmed at Kaipara’s August Council Meeting.

Pop into Dargaville Museum to see their latest display on the development of the Kaihu Valley Trail.

April’s relatively calm weather meant that Kaipara’s roading team could focus on jobs carrying over from previous months, and complete work on this year’s sealed pavement rehabs, unsealed heavy metal sites, and footpath kerb and channel renewals before the wet winter weather sets in.

The second season of road surfacing works commenced in the Kaipara District this month, after 14.4kms was completed in December 2021.

Kaipara District’s coastline winds from the wild West Coast Ripiro Beach into the impressive Kaipara Harbour and over to the beautiful Mangawhai Estuary and scenic East Coast. The coast borders some of Aotearoa’s most fertile land and skirts significant rural development. The beaches and harbour are an important community asset with many unique characteristics and natural qualities we want to preserve for future generations to enjoy.

Dargaville Intermediate tamariki joined forces with the Kaipara District Council parks team recently, planting approximately 400 native plants in Taharoa Domain.

The fungal disease Myrtle Rust has been discovered within the boundaries of the Taharoa Domain.