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Abatement notice issued to Whanganui District Council
Friday, 14 December 2018, 11:28 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council has issued Whanganui District Council an abatement notice due to unauthorised wastewater discharge into the Mowhanau Stream at Kai Iwi Beach. More >>
Inaugural Whangaehu community funding awarded
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 3:18 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council is pleased to announce the first six recipients to ever receive community funding made available through the Freshwater Improvement Fund to help improve the Whangaehu Catchment. More >>
River Leaders’ Accord community grants funding awarded
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 3:15 pm | Horizons Regional Council
The Manawatū River Leaders’ Forum are pleased to announce nine successful applications who have secured community grants funding for fresh water improvement projects throughout the Manawatū Catchment. More >>
Swimmability targets proposed for Horizons Region
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 4:35 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council have set their swimmability targets for the region’s large rivers and lakes suitable for swimming year-round to 70 per cent by 2030 and 80 per cent by 2040. And for summer, when most people actually swim, Council has ... More >>
Manawatū River progress celebrated
Monday, 19 November 2018, 4:33 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Manawatū River progress celebrated The Manawatū River Leaders’ Forum is celebrating progress of initiatives underway to help improve the Manawatū River and catchment with a progress report, new website and river festival. The Forum is made up of iwi/hapū, ... More >>
$48 million Provincial Growth Fund announcements welcomed
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 10:24 am | Horizons Regional Council
Manawatū-Whanganui regional leaders have welcomed Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones’ announcements today of over $48 million from government’s Provincial Growth Fund towards a Regional Freight Hub in Palmerston North, improved ... More >>
World first biological control granted to Horizons Region
Thursday, 8 November 2018, 4:27 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council, on behalf of the National Biocontrol Collective, has been successful in its bid to be the first in the world to use a mite for biological control against the invasive weed old man’s beard. More >>
Tōtara Reserve opens Labour Weekend for camping
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 1:34 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Tōtara Reserve opens Labour Weekend for camping Tōtara Reserve, just 50 minutes drive from Palmerston North, is nestled in the foothills of the Ruahine Ranges in the Pohangina Valley. It is one of the best and most accessible examples of native ... More >>
Restoration work continues under a modified work programme
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 2:13 pm | Horizons Regional Council
During Horizons Regional Council meeting yesterday, councillors recommended the continuation of Horizons’ lake restoration via a modified work programmes under the Lake Horowhenua Accord. More >>
Emergency river control works undertaken on Rangitikei River
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 1:46 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council is undertaking emergency river management works on the Rangitikei River downstream of Bulls. More >>
Final election results for Horizons Regional Council
Wednesday, 26 September 2018, 11:15 am | Horizons Regional Council
Local body voting for Horizons Regional Council’s Palmerston North constituency closed at 12 noon on Friday and the final results are now available. Horizons electoral officer Craig Grant says that the final results available at www.horizons.govt.nz ... More >>
Milson/Cloverlea bus reverts to less frequent times
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 11:51 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council’s Passenger Transport Committee has decided the Cloverlea/Milson urban bus service will return to running every 20 minutes during peak times from 1 October 2018. More >>
Preliminary election results for Horizons Regional Council
Friday, 21 September 2018, 2:22 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Local body voting for Horizons’ Palmerston North constituency closed at 12 noon today and preliminary results are now available on Horizons Regional Council’s website, www.horizons.govt.nz . More >>
Progressive election results for Horizons announced
Friday, 21 September 2018, 12:53 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Local body voting for Horizons’ Palmerston North constituency closed at 12 noon today and progress results are now available on Horizons Regional Council’s website, www.horizons.govt.nz . More >>
River levels peaked in the Horizons Region
Thursday, 6 September 2018, 9:34 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council river management staff monitoring the Moutoa floodgates overnight say that the Manawatū River peaked at 8.25 metres at the gate site early this morning. More >>
River levels continue to be monitored
Wednesday, 5 September 2018, 12:52 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council river management staff will be keeping a close eye on river levels in the Manawatū Catchment, which includes the Pohangina and Oroua Rivers, over the next two days. This includes the Manawatū River where level predictions ... More >>
Horizons welcomes decision on environmental offending
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 9:53 am | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council have welcomed the District Court’s decision to fine and convict Land Meats New Zealand (LMNZ) $66,500 for illegally discharging wastewater from its meat processing plant into the Whanganui River. More >>
Three staged approach to freshwater in the Horizons Region
Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 1:26 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council’s strategy and policy committee today outlined a package of work around freshwater in the region. More >>
Further funding for erosion control in Horizons Region
Friday, 10 August 2018, 3:12 pm | Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council is pleased to learn it will receive a further $300,000 for erosion control works undertaken as part of the Sustainable Land Use Initiative (SLUI). More >>
Horizons prosecutes environmental polluters
Friday, 27 July 2018, 10:19 am | Horizons Regional Council
Three of five prosecutions Horizons Regional Council currently has before the courts have been found guilty for environmental offending. More >>
