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Love The Beach? Tell Coast Care What You Think!
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 3:03 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty communities are being asked to have their say about what matters most to them about their coast – and help guide the work of a programme dedicated to protecting and enhancing our coastal environment. Coast Care’s Beach User Survey ... More >>
Legacy Funeral Homes Limited Faces Penalty For Unlawful Discharges
Tuesday, 1 August 2023, 2:16 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Legacy Funeral Homes Limited has been convicted and fined a total of $70,000 for unlawful discharges of offensive and objectionable cremation smoke and ordered to pay reparation for emotional harm of $15,000 in total to directly impacted persons ... More >>
Viewing The Region From A Different Angle
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:55 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
There is a new way to see the Bay of Plenty, following the completion of a project to map the region in 3D using LiDAR (light detection and ranging) elevation data, which is now available through Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand. Made ... More >>
2023 School Sustainability And Resilience Fund Recipients Announced
Monday, 26 June 2023, 1:29 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Maungaarangi Kindergarten and Whānau Centre is a small kindergarten, but it has a big community behind it. The Welcome Bay-based kindergarten was one of 16 education providers to receive funding from Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s $50,000 ... More >>
Tree Removal Near Sala Street, Rotorua
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 2:34 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
More than 100 trees will soon be removed from the reserve area alongside Puarenga Stream, near Sala Street, to reduce the risk of tree fall. The removal project, which is due to start in July, is a joint effort between Bay of Plenty Regional Council, ... More >>
Transformational Joint Venture To Restore Waihī Estuary
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 10:55 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council and iwi collective Te Wahapū o Waihī have partnered to return 30ha of low-lying farmland to coastal wetland in an effort to improve the ecological health of Waihī Estuary. This significant collaborative ... More >>
Despite Set-back, Regional Council On Track To Reduce Emissions
Monday, 19 June 2023, 10:37 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council has completed its third annual audit of its carbon emissions. Toi Moana started measuring their carbon emissions in 2019 and have managed to reduce that overall figure by 8%. Customer Contact Manager, Rebecca ... More >>
Moving Day Mastery: Plan Ahead To Stop Pests And Manage Effluent
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 11:31 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
With Moving Day just around on the corner on June 1, it’s an exciting but busy time for the dairy farming community. It’s the day dairy farming families, contract milkers, sharemilkers, and employees move to new farms. In many cases cattle, farm ... More >>
Boaties Beware – Significant Rainfall Creates New Underwater Hazards At The Lakes
Monday, 29 May 2023, 3:24 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Boaties using the Rotorua lakes are being asked to be extra careful around lake edges following recent heavy rain which has significantly raised lake levels, creating new underwater hazards. It has also left some ramps unusable. Bay of Plenty Regional ... More >>
Record Rain Across The Rohe Causing Erosion And River Discolouration
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 12:36 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Multiple slips and erosion in the upper reaches of catchments across Bay of Plenty are washing sediment into local rivers and estuaries and causing them to discolour. At sites measured by Bay of Plenty Regional Council there has been an average of ... More >>
Help Keep Flood Defences Functioning This Winter
Monday, 8 May 2023, 10:35 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
With increased rainfall and weather events impacting the region, Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reminding landowners living near the region’s flood defences to refresh themselves of the rules. The Flood Protection and Drainage Bylaws provide protection ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty Councils Join Forces To Launch FutureFit - An Innovative Online Tool For A Sustainable Future
Monday, 1 May 2023, 2:35 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Climate change is a global challenge needing local action. Recognising this, councils within Bay of Plenty are excited to come together to support the region’s launch of FutureFit, an online tool to help individuals and families determine their carbon ... More >>
Celebrating The Bay Of Plenty’s Pest Animal Control Efforts Through Technology
Monday, 1 May 2023, 9:13 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A collective effort to develop an online mapping system shows the extent voluntary and community groups in the Western Bay of Plenty are going to in helping make the region predator free. More than 30,500 pests have been recorded as being caught across ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty Mayors Release Climate Change Risk Assessment
Friday, 21 April 2023, 12:52 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
The Bay of Plenty Mayoral Forum was presented with the region’s first climate change risk assessment today, highlighting just how significant and wide-ranging future impacts might be. Chair of the Mayoral Forum, Rotorua Lakes Council Mayor ... More >>
Up To $10,000 Is Available For Students Through The He Toka Tū Moana Scholarship
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 9:17 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Funded through the Bay of Plenty Regional Council the scholarship was established in 2017 to recognise and support students who are undertaking study, research or training that aligns with the enhancement and protection of our Taiao (environment). ... More >>
Changes Proposed To Make Bus Travel Easier
Monday, 3 April 2023, 9:49 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is looking to use current public transport resources more efficiently and make bus travel easier as part of proposed changes to the Tauranga bus network. The Council is inviting customer and community feedback on proposed ... More >>
Project To Support Ōhiwa Harbour’s Waterways Reveals At-risk Indigenous Fish Species
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 10:31 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A project to improve connectivity between the waterways around the Ōhiwa Harbour, and increase freshwater fish populations, has uncovered the presence of threatened and at-risk indigenous species. The Ōhiwa Fish Passage Project is a multi-year project ... More >>
Speed Key Concern In Navigation Safety Bylaws Feedback
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 9:17 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Safer speed limits in recreational areas, the future of current ski zones and a buoyed swim lane in Pilot Bay were some of the hot topics that the community provided feedback on as part of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Navigation Safety Bylaws ... More >>
Dairy Farm Discharge Prosecution Shows Importance Of Correct Effluent Management Practices
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 1:26 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Two Aongatete farmers have been convicted and fined a total of $28,000 for discharging dairy shed effluent to land where it entered a tributary of the Aongatete estuary. Bay of Plenty Regional Council prosecuted Francis Nettleingham and John Nettleingham ... More >>
Regional Council Ramps Up For Next Big Weather Event
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 3:20 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana continues to monitor and respond to the impact of significant rainfall across the Bay of Plenty. Bay of Plenty Regional Council CEO, Fiona McTavish, says the organisation is focused on supporting and protecting ... More >>
