Police are looking into the circumstances of the 4-year-old death.
"This sort of driving behaviour is incredibly reckless and unacceptable."
The council is urging the Government to provide millions in funding to remove the invasive seaweed.
Recent severe weather across Aotearoa has left multiple regions without power.
More than 100,000 people were left without power after a Transpower pylon fell last week.
It took four days to confirm the truth.
An external party is undertaking a full investigation into the incident.
Transpower had been re-routing power through its 110 kV network, but demand ramping back up on Monday was expected to put pressure on this supply.
Transpower expects work to restore a key transmission line into Northland will resume Sunday morning after experiencing delays.
They had been unable to complete the transfer of all the conductor wire to the tower before dark.
Transpower said it aimed to have the temporary pylon running by Saturday afternoon, but the process was "complex and challenging".
Almost 100,000 properties were affected after a pylon collapsed at Glorit.
The pylon collapse caused widespread power outages across Northland on Thursday.
Thousands are being urged to conserve power till 10am.
The fallen pylon cut power to nearly 100,000 properties.
Food is quickly defrosting at Countdown and New World supermarkets.
Whangārei is under an orange heavy rain warning and thunderstorm watch.
People living in the hills east and north of the Bay of Islands are asked to be wary of rapidly rising streams.
KiwiRail says the money has not been wasted as the materials can be used elsewhere.
MetService said flash flooding could also occur overnight, and weather warnings are also in place elsewhere around the country.