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Final proposal for representation for 2013 election
Thursday, 13 September 2012, 5:21 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council may have one extra councillor elected at next year’s local body elections, due to population growth in the Tauranga constituency area. More >>
World Car Free week celebrated in the Bay
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 2:56 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
How do you travel each day? Could you do it without jumping in the car? More >>
Poor dairy farm effluent management leads to $89000 in fines
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 10:27 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Three dairy farmers were sentenced in the Tauranga District Court yesterday for the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent after separate prosecutions brought against them by Bay of Plenty Regional Council. More >>
Dairy effluent sentencing Monday
Friday, 7 September 2012, 5:05 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
On Monday, 10 September three Bay of Plenty farmers will be sentenced in the Tauranga District Court starting at 10am for offences relating to unlawful discharge of dairy farm effluent near Rotorua, Rūātoki and Te Puke. More >>
Navigation marker missing near Opotiki
Tuesday, 28 August 2012, 10:00 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A large navigation marker has gone missing from an aquaculture farm about nine kilometres north of Opotiki/Waiotahi. More >>
Bay of Plenty: Bus fares to rise on Monday 3 September
Wednesday, 22 August 2012, 2:36 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bus fares will be increasing on Monday 3 September 2012. The move follows a decision made by Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Public Transport Subcommittee on 29 June, to help recover some of the costs of running the Bay of Plenty region’s $10 million ... More >>
Interest sought in new Infrastructure Fund
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 9:37 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Interest in a fund set up to support the development of infrastructure is being sought by Bay of Plenty Regional Council. More >>
More choice, better access to Rotorua air clean-up scheme
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 2:21 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Rotorua home owners now have more choices to upgrade their old wood burners and open fires to cleaner heating methods under Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Hot Swap scheme. Hot Swap is an interest-free loan of up to $4600 including GST, paid off ... More >>
Volcanic Activity Update 11am
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 11:04 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
The Bay of Plenty Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is continuing to monitor the situation following last night’s eruption of Mt Tongariro, however the situation is unchanged from the previous update. More >>
Growing and sharing banned aquatic plants is illegal
Tuesday, 17 July 2012, 4:16 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
The Ministry for Primary Industries and Bay of Plenty Regional Council are urging residents not to grow or share banned aquatic pest plants because they pose a huge risk to our waterways. They are particularly concerned about salvinia (also known ... More >>
Government funding cuts will affect local roads
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 4:36 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A recent government decision to cut road funding to local councils will have flow-on effects to the standard of roads around the Ōpōtiki District. Road maintenance in the Ōpōtiki District has traditionally been paid for by local rates and central ... More >>
Failures to maintain effluent irrigation systems mean fines
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 4:29 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
A body corporate and two individuals were today sentenced in the Whakatāne District Court for the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent after separate prosecutions brought against them by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. More >>
Flooding pasture may be good for lake water quality
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 12:33 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Farmers in the Rotorua catchment are experimenting to see if controlled flooding of some of their best pasture land can capture phosphorus during storms and stop it polluting Lake Rotorua. More >>
Working together to reduce the cost to do business in NZ
Wednesday, 4 July 2012, 11:05 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Tauranga City Council are among 10 organisations to join forces in a bid to increase freight efficiencies throughout the upper North Island. More >>
Regional Council adopts Ten Year Plan
Friday, 29 June 2012, 9:45 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council has adopted its Ten Year Plan after responding to public views and substantially cutting general rates increases, while continuing to fund the region’s environmental and economic priorities. More >>
Bay of Plenty: Wave buoy onshore for repairs
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 11:11 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Surfers and recreational fishermen wanting to check out the swell will need to wait a few more weeks before the Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s wave buoy is back in action. More >>
Failure to check irrigator leads to $72,000 fine
Monday, 25 June 2012, 4:22 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Armer Farms (N.I.) Limited was today fined $72,000 plus costs for the unlawful discharge of dairy effluent after a prosecution brought against the company by Bay of Plenty Regional Council. More >>
Bay of Plenty Regional Council saddened by loss
Monday, 18 June 2012, 3:03 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council Chairman John Cronin has expressed his deepest sympathies to Tauranga City Council staff and Councillors and Mr Paterson’s wife Melanie and his family on hearing of the passing of the Council’s Chief Executive Officer Ken ... More >>
Less water in Lake Rotoiti during June
Friday, 1 June 2012, 11:06 am | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Water levels in Lake Rotoiti will be reduced by as much as 100mm from usual operating levels during June, as the first annual draw-down occurs. Bay of Plenty Regional Council Principal Engineering Surveyor, Graeme O’Rourke said the water levels will ... More >>
Council and iwi share management
Thursday, 31 May 2012, 6:46 pm | Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Council and iwi share management of Bay of Plenty’s longest river, Te Awa o Rangitāiki For immediate release: Thursday 31 May, 2012 After decades of Treaty settlement discussions, a new group overseeing the Bay of Plenty’s Rangitāiki River and its catchments ... More >>
