Bay of Plenty Regional Council - Latest News [Page 5]
Kaituna Field Days Provide Outdoor Education For Local Students
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 2:00 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
More than 3,000 native trees and shrubs have been planted as part of Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Te Pourepo o Kaituna wetland creation project , thanks to the volunteer support of Western Bay of Plenty school students. The planting was part ... More >>
Iwi And Community Acknowledged For Incredible Efforts During COVID Response
Monday, 15 August 2022, 1:24 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Leaders from Iwi, the community, and local and central government came together in Tauranga last Thursday evening to mark the incredible efforts that kept the people of the Bay of Plenty-Waiariki safe during the unprecedented pandemic response of ... More >>
One Year Of The Motiti Protection Area
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 9:18 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
The Motiti Protection Area, covering the three offshore reef areas surrounding Motiti Island, came into effect one year ago today and initial monitoring programmes are underway. Since 11 August 2021, Bay of Plenty Regional Council has had Compliance ... More >>
Boat Salvages Keep Harbourmaster Team Busy
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 12:58 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Harbourmaster team has had its busiest winter in recent memory assisting with the salvage of a number of boats in Tauranga Harbour. The last week in July alone saw four vessels needing assistance from the Harbourmaster ... More >>
Lake Rotorua Highest Level In Five Years
Friday, 29 July 2022, 9:11 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Lake Rotorua is experiencing its highest sustained levels since 2017 following heavy rainfall in June and July according to Bay of Plenty Regional Council data. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2207/f4c4fe7ae060c9cfadf6.jpeg" ... More >>
Waihī Estuary Health Under The Microscope
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 1:26 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Monitoring is now underway in a joint wetland project between Bay of Plenty Regional Council, kiwifruit orchard management company Baygold, and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) to help restore the Waihī Estuary to a ... More >>
Community-led Adaptation Funding Supports Three More Projects
Friday, 1 July 2022, 11:17 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A further three community-led climate change adaption projects are set to receive funding from Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council, taking the total number of projects supported by the fund to five. Te Manatōpū Hau Kāinga o Ōhinemutu, a ... More >>
Regional Council Adopts Annual Plan In “challenging Environment”
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 5:11 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has adopted its Annual Plan 2022/23 in what Chair Doug Leeder describes as a “challenging operating environment”. Leeder says it is now becoming clearer what the future will look like post COVID-19 and this Annual ... More >>
Bay Of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana Supports Urgent Call For Central Government Investment In Flood Protection
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 3:04 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana is urging Central Government to prioritise co-investment in flood protection, warning that the time to act is now. The call follows a recent report, which was tabled at a Council meeting today [Thursday, June ... More >>
Value Of Dune Planting And Restoration Easy To See At Mount Maunganui Beach
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 10:43 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Mount Maunganui beach of today is unrecognisable when compared to photos from sixty years ago. Photos from the 1960s show a drastically different beach with no rich dune habitat and steep banks down to the water. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2206/f6493039dee60e86b3e3.jpeg" ... More >>
Tauranga's Central City Bus Stops Changed To Durham Street
Monday, 13 June 2022, 10:38 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bus users will find their Tauranga city centre bus stops just up the road on Durham and Wharf Streets from today, Monday 13 June. All existing Bay of Plenty Regional Council funded bus routes have relocated from Willow Street to the temporary interchange. ... More >>
Yacht Skipper Fined After Container Ship Forced To Change Course
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 2:02 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A yacht skipper who forced a container ship to change course in the Tauranga Harbour entrance has been infringed by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Harbourmaster. The incident occurred on June 5 as the container ship was coming into the Port of ... More >>
New Infrared Camera Technology To Help Detect Illegal Wood Burners In Rotorua
Tuesday, 7 June 2022, 10:26 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
From today, Tuesday 7 June 2022, Bay of Plenty Regional Council Compliance officers will start using new infrared camera technology to help detect illegal non-compliant wood burner use in Rotorua. The new thermal imaging camera technology detects thermal ... More >>
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 >>
