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Further consultation on Navigation Safety Bylaw
Friday, 9 April 2010, 2:36 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty is inviting the public to make submissions on additional information affecting several of the Rotorua lakes, as part of its review of the Navigation Safety Bylaw. More >>
Industrial action may disrupt Tauranga buses
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 3:04 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Tauranga’s Bay Hopper bus services may be disrupted tomorrow morning due to industrial action in the form of a strike by the National Distribution Union (NDU). More >>
Economic development in good hands
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 10:28 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Bay of Connections, the region’s economic development strategy, has been given the thumbs up in an independent report on its success to date. More >>
Smartride card pays for itself
Tuesday, 6 April 2010, 9:57 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Purchasing a Tauranga Smartride card will now effectively be free for bus users. The $10 cost of purchase will give passengers $10 worth of travel on the Tauranga Bay Hopper bus service. More >>
Bay schools energised for the future
Friday, 26 March 2010, 3:05 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty schools and the environment are set to benefit from a new practical, hands-on energy resource for teachers and students. More >>
Eco Hut Challenge For Future Architects & Builders
Monday, 22 March 2010, 5:34 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Students from more than a dozen Bay of Plenty schools will compete against each other on the Rotorua lake front on Wednesday 24 March 2010, building ecologically friendly huts as part of the Enviroschools Eco Hut Challenge. More >>
Regional councils sign geothermal agreement
Monday, 22 March 2010, 12:50 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Regional councils Environment Bay of Plenty and Environment Waikato (EW) have agreed to explore collaborative management of the bulk of New Zealand’s geothermal resources. More >>
Fertiliser factory owner breaches RMA
Friday, 19 March 2010, 10:08 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Former fertiliser factory owner and kiwifruit grower John Rhys Thomas, aged 63, was this week sentenced in the Tauranga District Court to a total of 400 hours community work for four offences under the Resource Management Act 1991. More >>
Proposed rates increase less than forecast
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 4:29 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
It is proposed there will be only a slight general rates increase for Environment Bay of Plenty ratepayers from July this year, much less than forecast last year. More >>
Dairying and Clean Streams Accord
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 12:34 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty is pleased with the results reported in the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord Snapshot of Progress 2008/09, released today, but admits there is definitely room for improvement. More >>
Forestry giant fined $80,000 plus costs
Thursday, 18 March 2010, 9:52 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
One of New Zealand’s largest forestry management consultancies, PF Olsen Limited, was this week fined $80,000 in the Tauranga District Court, for two offences under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA). This is the largest fine awarded for any ... More >>
Still time to apply for Environmental Enhancement
Monday, 15 March 2010, 12:27 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
MEDIA RELEASE Still time to apply for Environmental Enhancement Fund For immediate release: 15 March 2010 More >>
Councillor sworn in
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 4:30 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Tai Eru has been sworn in to sit on Environment Bay of Plenty’s Ōkurei Constituency seat. More >>
HazMobile coming to Tauranga
Wednesday, 3 March 2010, 5:32 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
After a successful event in Katikati, HazMobile, a free collection service for household hazardous waste, will be in Tauranga on Saturday 13 March at the Maleme Street Transfer Station in Greerton from 9am to 2pm. More >>
Weed harvesting to begin in lakes
Tuesday, 2 March 2010, 2:52 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Weed harvesting in Lake Rotoiti’s Okawa Bay and Lake Rotoehu is planned to begin next week, with several thousand tonnes of weed in total expected to be removed from the two lakes. More >>
Hazmobile…Time for Toxic Clean up
Friday, 19 February 2010, 3:54 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
HazMobile, a free collection service for household hazardous waste, will be visiting the region later this month, beginning in Katikati on Saturday 27 February. If you have a collection of old – and often dangerous - chemicals, poisons and cleaning ... More >>
Dairy Compliance Monitoring Shows Mixed Results
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 4:48 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Routine farm dairy effluent compliance monitoring in the eastern and western Bay of Plenty has recorded mixed results, with some catchments performing very well but continual poor performance in others. More >>
Asiatic Knotweed targeted for control
Thursday, 18 February 2010, 10:14 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty has targeted one of the world’s most invasive weeds, Asiatic Knotweed for control. This pest plant poses a serious threat as it smothers and takes over native growth. More >>
Sediment study to help improve harbour
Friday, 12 February 2010, 3:16 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
A three-year study of sedimentation in Tauranga Harbour will help Environment Bay of Plenty when it comes to improving the health of Tauranga Harbour and ensuring it remains a taonga, a treasure for all. More >>
Comment On How Region's Resources Are Managed
Saturday, 6 February 2010, 10:51 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Interested in how the Bay of Plenty’s natural and physical resources should be managed over the next 10 years? Now’s your chance to have a say. More >>
