Kaiwaka wastewater treatment plant upgrade
August 9, 2026
Dargaville water main upgrade
August 5, 2026
Last week I attended the commencement of works for a major upgrade to Dargaville's drinking water mains.Approximately 4.3 kilometres of water mains will be replaced between the water treatment plant and Logan Street, via Station Road, Edward Street, Day Street, Beach Road an...
Photo: L to R Mina Paikea, Principal Sharlene McCormick, Cathy Henderson, Kaumatua Ben Hita, former teacher (and my mother) Judith Cain, Chairman of the Board Phillip Wattam, MP for Northland Grant McCallum, Mayor Jonathan Larsen...
Local government reform
July 26, 2026
Here is my column on central government's amalgamation proposal -https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/kaipara-wants-evidence-based-approach-to-local-council-reform-jonathan-larsen/KWJDLQ3STVFZDJGLLO4BMTRRAE/?fbclid=IwY2xjawTlqltwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX...
Insley Street / Black Swamp Road revetment
July 24, 2026
Photo: L to R Councillor Rachael Williams, Councillor Craig Jepson, KDC Roading Manager Varunesh Sinha, Mayor Jonathan Larsen...
Citizenship ceremony
July 16, 2026
Dargaville turned on a beautiful morning yesterday to welcome our newest Kaipara New Zealand citizens with a special citizenship ceremony overlooking the river at the Northern Wairoa Boating Club in Dargaville. New citizens hailing from 13 countries took the oath or affirmat...
Dargaville wastewater treatment plant upgrades
July 16, 2026
Photo: In front of the new solids screenL to R Deputy Mayor Gordon Lambeth, Johan Guy KDC Manager, Operations (Water, waste and land drainage), Mayor Jonathan Larsen, Councillor Snow Tane...
Taharoa Domain's new wastewater treatment plant
July 11, 2026
I attended the completion event for the new Taharoa Domain wastewater treatment plant on a cold and rainy Thursday morning.The state of the art new system will allow for greater capacity and future proof the system in this sensitive environment for both the Taharoa Domain ca...
New Kaipara Council is Official
November 12, 2025
I had the great pleasure of attending the new Council's inaugural meeting and swearing in ceremony today at Matakohe War Memorial Hall.The ceremony was opened by Pastor Tawhiri Littlejohn accompanied by his mother Mina Paikea. The Dargaville High School kapa haka group perfo...
Aranga Beach Toilet Opening
November 4, 2025
It was a beautiful sunny morning on Monday for the official opening of the new Aranga toilets.The project was built by Huband Contractors with project management by Hoskin Civil, with a final cost of $230,000 funded by depreciation reserves.The old toilets had failed and it ...
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Jonathan Larsen
MAYOR - Kaipara District Council
jlarsen@kaipara.govt.nz
021 067 6525
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