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Wet Weather Prompts Stopbank Grazing Reminder
Friday, 3 June 2022, 5:17 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
With the change of season, Bay of Plenty Regional Council is again reminding rural landowners of the requirements to protect the region’s stopbanks from the effects of stock and overgrazing. Over the wetter winter months stopbanks can be damaged ... More >>
Airshed Extension In Rotorua To Help Protect Improved Air Quality
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 4:41 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Rotorua Airshed Boundary Extension from 3 June 2022. The Rotorua Airshed boundary will be extended from Friday 3 June 2022 to include future residential housing developments in areas next to the existing airshed. The Ministry for the Environment has granted ... More >>
eDNA Confirms Threatened Fish Species In The Ōhiwa Area
Friday, 20 May 2022, 10:30 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
New and rare fish species have been discovered by Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council scientists in the Nukuhau catchment. Toi Moana, on behalf of the seven Ōhiwa Harbour Strategy partner organisations, trialled two methods of collecting eDNA from ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty Regional Council’s Drive To Meet Carbon Neutral Goal
Monday, 2 May 2022, 10:03 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
An encouraging start is how Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is describing the progress it is making towards reducing corporate greenhouse gas emissions during the past two years. For Toi Moana, total CO2 emissions are under 1,000 tonnes of ... More >>
Public To Decide Which School Projects Get Funding
Thursday, 14 April 2022, 10:31 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
It’s democracy in action from next week when Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council opens public voting on who gets funding from its School Sustainability & Resilience Fund. For the first time the Regional Council will use participatory budgeting, ... More >>
Out Of Bounds: Safeguarding The Whakatāne Stopbank
Monday, 11 April 2022, 1:13 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Plantings and structures outside property boundaries have prompted the need for remediation works along the Whakatāne River stopbank. Construction work is finishing up on the first stage of a project focused on safeguarding the stopbank to ensure ... More >>
Rotorua Cityride Bus Services To Resume Normal Timetables From This Monday
Friday, 1 April 2022, 6:04 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Rotorua bus users can enjoy a return to normal Cityride timetables from this Monday (4 April) as the network recovers from the impacts of COVID-19 related staff shortages. All Cityride bus routes, 1 to 12, will return to their standard weekday and weekend ... More >>
Coast Care Stalwarts Set To Retire
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 1:14 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Chris and Jayne Ward have been the backbone of Western Bay of Plenty’s dune ecosystem for more than 11 years. Now, they’re preparing to hang up their spades and spend more time with their family. The two have been working with Coast Care in the Western ... More >>
Half Price Bus Fares On The Way For All Bay Of Plenty Regional Council Services
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 12:13 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty bus fares will be half price for three months from this Friday as the Government-funded discount on public transport fares initiative begins. All Bay of Plenty Regional Council contracted bus services, including Bayhopper, Cityride ... More >>
Further Fines For Container Storage Company After Sediment Discharges Into Tauranga Harbour For Second Time
Wednesday, 30 March 2022, 11:05 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
CRS Tauranga Limited (CRS) has been fined a second time in the Tauranga District Court after pleading guilty to further charges of discharging contaminants into Tauranga Harbour. Twice in June 2020, Bay of Plenty Regional Council officers found sediment-laden ... More >>
EDNA Testing Of Rivers May Reveal Secretive Fish
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 11:03 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Secretive fish species may be uncovered through environmental DNA testing of rivers and streams in the Ōhiwa area. Bay of Plenty Regional Council staff, on behalf of the seven Ohiwa Harbour Strategy partner organisations, are trialing two methods ... More >>
People Urged To Stay Off Dunes
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 10:41 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
That small track you use to go to the beach everyday could be causing harm to the dunes it crosses. Aerial images taken at Port Ōhope over the last 10 years show how what started as a small beach track has led to the dunes around it eroding en ... More >>
Fish To Have Easier Passage Across Ōhiwa
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 2:43 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Migratory native fish will soon find it easier to make their way along rivers and streams in the Ōhiwa area following an extensive survey of the catchment’s culverts and bridges. Bay of Plenty Regional Council is carrying out the ambitious project ... More >>
Supporting Change Within Our Communities
Monday, 7 March 2022, 10:43 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is offering support to communities who are concerned about climate change. In particular those who are looking to better understand the risks it brings and plan for how they might adapt. We’re already ... More >>
Exposure Event Tauranga Hospital
Friday, 25 February 2022, 1:03 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
On Thursday 24 February, a COVID-19 exposure event was identified at Tauranga Hospital’s Orthopaedic Ward involving 68 people. Tauranga Hospital has been preparing for possible cases of COVID-19, and had a number of precautions in place to minimise the risk ... More >>
Awards Keep Flowing In For Kaituna River Re-diversion Project
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 12:12 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Partnership and collaboration have won Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council and consultancy firm WSP a silver in the General Category at the 2021 Association of Consulting and Engineering (ACE) Awards. The award — for the Kaituna River Re-diversion ... More >>
Bus Timetables About To Change Following COVID-19 Concerns
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 4:33 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Tauranga bus users are being asked to check before they travel from next week, as the Bayhopper network moves to a revised COVID-19 bus timetable from Monday 21 February. The network will temporarily move to running its reduced Saturday, Sunday and public ... More >>
Boaties Encouraged To Respect New Motiti Protection Area Rules
Thursday, 3 February 2022, 3:16 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Boaties looking to take advantage of the upcoming long weekend are reminded to not fish around the three protected reefs that make up the Motiti Protection Area. This is the first summer the three reefs off the coast of Motiti Island have been closed ... More >>
Pig Farm Prosecution Shows Importance Of Correct Farming Practices
Wednesday, 2 February 2022, 10:33 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Rotorua’s Kleadmak Farms has been fined $27,000 and imposed an enforcement order for grazing of pigs in the bed of a tributary of the Ngongotahā catchment. Bay of Plenty Regional Council prosecuted Kleadmak Farms in October 2020 for the grazing ... More >>
Check Before You Travel
Friday, 28 January 2022, 11:52 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Baybus bus services currently continue to operate as normal, but short notice cancellations are anticipated as Omicron spreads in the community and potentially leads to bus drivers reporting sick. Bay of Plenty Regional Council advises, it is likely in the ... More >>
