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Environment Bay of Plenty - Latest News [Page 32]
Not much time left to have your say
Friday, 21 April 2006, 2:55 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty’s Draft Ten Year Plan closes for submissions on Wednesday 3 May. More >>
Manawahe Farmers Win Supreme Award
Tuesday, 11 April 2006, 4:26 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
A Manawahe family that looks to get maximum enjoyment from their farm are the supreme award winners of this year’s Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Papamoa residents on hunt for invasive shrub
Wednesday, 5 April 2006, 4:41 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Papamoa East residents are being asked to hunt down an invasive evergreen shrub that poses a serious threat to the coastal environment. More >>
Opotiki’s special heritage 'best of its kind'
Tuesday, 4 April 2006, 9:18 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Opotiki’s town centre is one of the best surviving examples of its kind in the upper North Island. More >>
Consent holders given more reason to comply
Friday, 31 March 2006, 12:43 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty resource consent holders may have even more reason soon to make sure they follow the rules. More >>
What’s the regional council up to?
Thursday, 30 March 2006, 2:22 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Watch your letterbox next week (from 3rd April) so you don’t miss the arrival of a booklet setting out Environment Bay of Plenty’s plans for the next 10 years and how much they will cost to carry out. More >>
Great improvement in stormwater from timber sites
Friday, 24 March 2006, 9:54 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Rotorua timber processing plants have substantially improved their environmental performance after getting the hard word from Environment Bay of Plenty last year. More >>
Strong lobbying for vital roads in Bay of Plenty
Thursday, 23 March 2006, 9:56 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty plans to lobby Transit New Zealand strongly to ensure that plans for vital state highways are not deferred due to lack of funding. More >>
Special care in development of contaminated site
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 1:40 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
A risk evaluation of a contaminated site currently being turned into a bulk retail outlet has supported Environment Bay of Plenty’s stance for careful management now and in the future. More >>
Misrepresented details re 1080
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 11:54 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
All pest control operations using 1080 are carefully planned and rigorously monitored - and often end up boosting native bird life, says Environment Bay of Plenty councillor Jim Pringle. More >>
Regional council tackles extraordinary challenges
Thursday, 16 March 2006, 2:27 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Environment Bay of Plenty has revealed a draft plan showing how it wants to tackle the “extraordinary challenges” of the next decade. It includes ongoing major work to clean up the Rotorua lakes, a better bus service for Tauranga, and the use of ... More >>
Hundreds of households safer due to HazMobile
Friday, 10 March 2006, 2:47 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
About 700 households are now all the safer thanks to a recent visit to Tauranga by the hazardous waste collection service called the HazMobile. Brought to the city by Environment Bay of Plenty and Tauranga City Council, the HazMobile set up at the ... More >>
Bovine Tb in southern Ureweras threat to farms
Monday, 6 March 2006, 11:01 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
An animal disease with the potential to affect New Zealand’s overseas meat trade has been found in Whirinaki Forest Park, posing the risk of the infection spreading more widely. More >>
Farm environment award finalists announced
Friday, 24 February 2006, 3:00 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
A beekeeper, two Murupara dairy farmers and three livestock properties have made it into the finals of this year’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>
Review of regional land transport strategy
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 6:10 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
A regional land transport strategy that prompted a $150 million Government grant last year is soon going to be made even better. More >>
A new era begins for Environment Bay of Plenty
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 2:28 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Long-standing chief executive Jeff Jones, who has led the regional council since it was formed 17 years ago, yesterday handed over the reins to his successor Bill Bayfield. More >>
Give biking a go during Bike Wise Week
Friday, 17 February 2006, 4:25 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
It’s fun, it’s healthy, it’s cheap and it’s better for the environment. So give biking a go during Bike Wise Week in the Bay of Plenty. More >>
Deluge of replies on targeted rating proposal
Friday, 17 February 2006, 11:59 am | Environment Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty residents are definitely keen to have their say on how they want to be rated by Environment Bay of Plenty. The regional council received nearly 1000 replies when it asked for people’s views on a new way of rating for some of its activities. More >>
More earthworks for kiwifruit orchards
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:24 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Large-scale earthworks activity has risen sharply in the Bay of Plenty over the past year. More >>
Farms and orchards can get rid hazardous waste
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 3:23 pm | Environment Bay of Plenty
Bay of Plenty households will have the chance soon to get rid of their old paints, poisons and pesticides - safely. More >>
