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Bay of Plenty Regional Council - Latest News [Page 45]
Rotorua Land Innovation Challenge launched
Friday, 4 October 2013, 1:18 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A national competition with a $20,000 prize is being launched to identify additional land uses for the Lake Rotorua catchment as part of efforts to clean up the lake water quality. More >>
Councils join forces to tackle pollution risk
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 12:29 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Whakatāne District Council are joining forces to inspect industrial sites around Whakatāne which could pollute waterways. More >>
Adopt a Nation captures imagination
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 10:45 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
In August, Kawerau Youth Council and Kawerau District Council launched the Adopt a Nation programme for junior schools across Kawerau. Already, momentum is starting to build as the programme catches the imagination of students and rafters alike. More >>
Public warned not to touch fumigant canisters
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 12:58 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Residents have been warned not to touch any metal canisters of a dangerous fumigant which has washed overboard from a cargo ship about 200 kilometres offshore from Opotiki. More >>
False Alert - No tsunami warning in Bay of Plenty
Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 8:53 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
The tsunami siren network in the eastern Bay of Plenty was triggered this morning and has resulted in numerous calls to our offices and the Police 111 Centre. This was a false trigger of the system and as yet the cause is unknown. The incident is ... More >>
Peak time services to increase on busy Tauranga bus routes
Monday, 30 September 2013, 2:47 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Peak time services on two of Tauranga’s core bus routes are increasing from 7 October 2013. The changes to routes 2 and 33 will improve services for commuters to the CBD and improve transfer options for trips to Windermere. More >>
Bay of Plenty supports tsunami review messages
Monday, 30 September 2013, 11:50 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
People in the Bay of Plenty must understand and be prepared to respond to the threat of a tsunami – that’s the message from a review of tsunami hazard in New Zealand. More >>
Mediterranean fanworm found in Pilot Bay
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 2:40 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has confirmed that a single specimen of the invasive aquatic pest Mediterranean fanworm ( Sabella spallanzanii) has been found at Pilot Bay in Tauranga Harbour. More >>
Matahina Dam Resource Consent Issued
Monday, 23 September 2013, 3:21 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
The Environment Court has granted TrustPower Limited a 35-year resource consent for operating the Matahina Hydropower Scheme using a modified operating regime. Resource consent conditions require increased monitoring and five-yearly reviews, with changes ... More >>
Land Owners & Regional Council United On Approach
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 5:06 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Land owners and Bay of Plenty Regional Council have agreed on an approach for allocating nitrogen loss for land use in the Lake Rotorua catchment. More >>
More animal carcases dumped in river
Thursday, 19 September 2013, 12:32 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has pulled more animal carcases out of Tauranga’s Wairoa River this week, following illegal dumping along the riverbank last month. More >>
Preferred option chosen for Kaituna River re-diversion
Monday, 16 September 2013, 2:27 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has chosen its preferred option for its plan to re-divert the Kaituna River and create new wetlands in the area. The Regional Council has chosen the second of two options, which maximises the flow into the Ongatoro/Maketū estuary ... More >>
Galatea farm and worker fined for illegal tyre burning
Monday, 16 September 2013, 12:01 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A Galatea farm manager was convicted and fined $3,000 plus court costs for burning tyres, plastic silage wrap and rubbish, which discharged contaminants to air. More >>
Ngongotaha sawmill fined for air pollution
Friday, 13 September 2013, 2:17 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A Ngongotaha sawmill has been convicted and fined a total of $20,000 and ordered to pay $10,000 reparation plus court costs for discharging contaminants to air on six occasions from March to August 2012. More >>
Joint effort to protect native whitebait species
Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 9:27 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Promising progress has been made in protecting koaro, a native freshwater whitebait species, in Hamurana Springs. More >>
OSET Plan system upgrade deadlines extended
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 10:58 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Septic tank system upgrade deadlines have been extended in the Rotorua Lakes area as part of changes to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s On-site Effluent Treatment Plan. More >>
Significant improvements in lake but rules still needed
Monday, 9 September 2013, 12:44 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Lake Rotorua’s water quality has seen significant improvements in recent times, but Bay of Plenty Regional Council says rules to reduce nitrogen losses from pastoral land use are still needed. More >>
Communities commit to native plantings
Monday, 9 September 2013, 11:44 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Planting season is well underway and there have been several successful planting days this winter on the Bay of Plenty coasts, rivers, streams and hills. Smaller communities are taking the opportunity to get involved and make a real and long-term ... More >>
Bay of Plenty Mayors and Chair launch Invest Bay of Plenty
Thursday, 5 September 2013, 12:48 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty’s local authorities are joining forces to maximise investment opportunities across the region. More >>
Investigation into harbour oil spill
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 4:03 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council received a complaint on its Pollution Prevention Hotline about 7.30pm last night about an oil spill in the Tauranga Harbour. The complainant said there was “a visible thick oil spill” between Sanfords and Tauranga Harbour ... More >>
