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Audit NZ Called In To Investigate Virus
Wednesday, 23 December 2009, 12:06 pm | Environment Waikato
Waikato District Health Board today called in Audit New Zealand to undertake the external review into the Conficker virus event, which saw more than 3000 computers shut down at the DHB for periods from 34 hours to four days. More >>
Crafar company pleads guilty to effluent charges
Monday, 21 December 2009, 12:48 pm | Environment Waikato
A Crafar dairying company Hillside Ltd has today pleaded guilty to four charges of unlawfully discharging effluent to land and breach of an abatement notice. These charges arose from a series of incidents between November 2007 and February 2008 ... More >>
Variation 5 charges overstated
Monday, 14 December 2009, 10:16 am | Environment Waikato
Some media coverage of indicative consent-related charges for Taupo farmers has incorrectly stated that farmers could face annual charges of up to $6000 for monitoring of rules designed to protect Lake Taupo from nutrient leaching. Last week Environment Waikato ... More >>
EW outlines Variation 5 consent charges
Thursday, 10 December 2009, 10:52 am | Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato is announcing details of the indicative charges farmers will face for new consents in the Lake Taupo catchment. More >>
Coromandel warned: be on alert for weather impacts
Friday, 4 December 2009, 3:22 pm | Environment Waikato
Residents of the Coromandel are being urged to be alert for severe thunderstorm warnings, rapidly rising river levels and surface flooding as heavy rain hits the region today and overnight. Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management group controller Scott ... More >>
EW welcomes progress on Crown pest mgmt obligation
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4:10 pm | Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato is welcoming significant progress towards having the Crown recognise its obligations to act as a “good neighbour” under regional pest management strategies. The council hopes this will ultimately mean that the Government pays a fairer share ... More >>
River settlement could lead to tighter regulation
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 10:30 am | Environment Waikato
The signing of the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claim River Settlement Bill is likely to mean Environment Waikato will need to tighten its regulatory processes to protect water quality in the Waikato River, says EW chairman Peter Buckley. In remarks to ... More >>
EW remains on alert due to heavy rain warning
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 9:33 am | Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato’s flood management staff remain on alert due to a heavy rain warning for parts of the Waikato. More >>
EW on alert as heavy rain forecast over Waikato
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 3:47 pm | Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato’s flood management staff are on alert following a heavy rain warning for parts of the Waikato over 30 hours from 2pm Wednesday. The Met Service has warned up to 120 millimetres of rain could fall in an area from Raglan to Lake ... More >>
Waikato tsunami alert over
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 11:35 am | Environment Waikato
Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management says the tsunami warning on the region's east and west coasts has now (11.05am) been cancelled following advice from national agencies. Waikato CDEM group controller Scott Fowlds said local civil defence officials ... More >>
Update re Waikato tsunami threat (10.33am)
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 11:09 am | Environment Waikato
Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management has revised the times it expects a tsunami to affect the region. It now expects a wave of around a metre high to possibly hit the east coast of the region about 11am today, and to possibly affect the west ... More >>
URGENT - Waikato West Coast warning
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 9:47 am | Environment Waikato
Residents on the Waikato region's WEST coast are also being urged to move away from low lying areas due to the threat of a tsunami after the earthquake in Samoa. The warning follows a similar warning for low-lying areas of the Coromandel coast and ... More >>
Tsunami wave expected in Coromandel 9.45
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 9:19 am | Environment Waikato
Residents in low-lying areas of the Coromandel coast are being urged to move to higher ground NOW because of a potential one-metre high tsunami due to hit shortly (at approx 9.45am NZ time). More >>
EW to spread nutrient knowledge
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 2:47 pm | Environment Waikato
Farmers involved in a three-year trial in South Waikato have been able to improve nutrient efficiency and make reductions in the amount of nutrients that will leave their land in future years, says a new report from Environment Waikato. More >>
Lower Waitaki farmers to discuss water metering
Wednesday, 9 September 2009, 1:05 pm | Environment Waikato
Farmers in the Lower Waitaki will have the chance next week to quiz Environment Canterbury (ECan) staff about the introduction of compulsory water metering. The Lower Waitaki River Management Society is holding its annual meeting on Wednesday, September 16, ... More >>
EW welcomes decisions on Auckland Super Council
Friday, 4 September 2009, 4:44 pm | Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato says it is very pleased that its submissions on the Local Government (Auckland Council) Bill have been accepted by a parliamentary select committee. The Auckland Governance Legislation Committee today announced it had recommended the ... More >>
Retiring land a smart move, says farmer
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 2:46 pm | Environment Waikato
Waipa farmer Pieter van Dongen is encouraging other Waikato farmers to retire land around sensitive water bodies, saying it makes good economic sense. More >>
Environment Waikato secures funding for peat lake
Tuesday, 1 September 2009, 2:30 pm | Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato is being given nearly $100,000 of funding to enhance two peat lakes near Hamilton that are under threat from human land use activities. More >>
Fines show intolerance of environmental offending
Saturday, 29 August 2009, 10:46 am | Environment Waikato
Significant fines handed out today to a Crafar farming company and members of the Crafar family are a clear sign of the intolerance the courts and the wider community have for environmental offending that further degrades water quality, says Environment ... More >>
Environment Waikato supports eDay
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 3:05 pm | Environment Waikato
Environment Waikato is encouraging Hamilton, Waipa, Waikato, Hauraki, Otorohanga, Thames-Coromandel and Waitomo residents to ring their local council about eDay collections happening in their area over the next two weeks. eDay is a nationwide event that ... More >>
