Hawkes Bay Regional Council - Latest News [Page 11]
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Welcomes Climate Change Commission’s Report
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 2:27 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is welcoming the just released Climate Change Commission’s report, and says it’s already addressing some of the issues raised. Chief Executive James Palmer says it reinforces the two major emissions challenges faced ... More >>
Regional Council Best Placed To Lead Coastal Strategy
Friday, 4 June 2021, 2:51 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A new report has found that Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is best placed to collect rates and lead work on the next phase of the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazard Strategy 2120. The Strategy looks at how Hawke’s Bay can respond to the risks of coastal ... More >>
Regional Council's Tough Line On Illegal Burning Ongoing
Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 9:14 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s tough stance on illegal burning continues, with two more companies pleading guilty in the Hastings District Court and being fined a total of $26,200. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2106/f66a0d8152b8ee7cd583.jpeg" ... More >>
Regional Council Says Illegal Burning Will Not Be Tolerated
Friday, 28 May 2021, 1:11 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says fines totalling $24,700 handed out to two companies it prosecuted for illegal burning serve as a timely reminder that it is unacceptable to breach burning rules. Judge Melinda Dickey sentenced both companies ... More >>
Hawke's Bay Farmers Urged To Focus On Mental Wellbeing As Region Heads In To Dry Winter
Friday, 28 May 2021, 11:01 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Rural Advisory Group is encouraging farmers to look out for each other as it will be challenging and stressful to farm through the winter and the continuing dry conditions. The region has received some welcome rain this week, however ... More >>
Heretaunga Plains Water Hearing Begins
Friday, 21 May 2021, 3:48 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke's Bay Regional Council’s catchment plan change hearing for the Heretaunga Plains waterways starts this Monday 24 May in Hastings – nine years after this process began. This plan change hearing is specific to the Tūtaekurī, Ahuriri, ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Says Yes To Māori Constituencies
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 4:41 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has voted unanimously to establish Māori constituencies for the 2022 and 2025 local elections. These seats will ensure those on the Māori electoral roll have guaranteed representation proportional to their share of the ... More >>
Planting Trees In The Right Place The Most Effective Way To Reduce Erosion
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 10:04 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Regional Council is proposing an ambitious tree planting solution to address the region’s significant erosion challenges in a way that retains and strengthens pastoral farms. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/8e583f55bc136e8b61ba.jpeg" ... More >>
Regional Council Consulting The Community About An On-demand Public Transport Service
Friday, 23 April 2021, 10:17 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is consulting the community on a new form of public transport that replaces fixed routes with an on-demand service. Regional Councillor and Chair of the Regional Transport Committee Martin Williams is excited about the ... More >>
Regional Council Taking Strong Stance On Breaches To Resource Management Act
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 2:03 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Three Hawke’s Bay companies have been fined a total of $37,840 in the Hastings District Court, after prosecutions taken by the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2104/805de9ffcdebec11e1f1.jpeg" ... More >>
Caution: Wet Wood Season
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 3:57 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is warning people against buying wet or green wood as we come into the colder months. Regional Council Procurement Lead Mark Heaney says it’s important for people to check the wood they buy is fit for purpose. “Buying ... More >>
Large Wetland Being Constructed In Tukipo, Central Hawke's Bay
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 9:28 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A large wetland is being constructed in Tukipo, Central Hawke’s Bay to investigate how wetlands can be used to remove nitrogen and other contaminants from farm run-off and improve the health of surrounding waterways. The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council ... More >>
Provincial Development Unit Grants Regional Council $5 Million To Develop Bridge Pa Water Storage Option
Thursday, 1 April 2021, 12:52 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Provincial Development Unit has allocated $5 million to the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to accelerate investigations into a water storage development in the Heretaunga region for environmental, productive and municipal purposes. The funding includes ... More >>
Regional Council Shortlists Sites For Managed Aquifer Recharge
Friday, 26 March 2021, 11:12 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has shortlisted potential sites for a Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) pilot in Central Hawke’s Bay and is now conducting field testing to validate and determine site feasibility. MAR is a technology used to purposefully ... More >>
Is It Time For Māori Constituencies For Hawke's Bay Regional Council?
Monday, 22 March 2021, 5:50 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Me whakatū rānei ngā roherohenga Māori ki Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Te Matau-a-Māui? Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is consulting with the community on whether to establish Māori constituencies* before the 2022 elections. E kōrero tahi ana Te Kaunihera ... More >>
Draft Long Term Plan Prioritises Action Now To Protect The Future
Monday, 22 March 2021, 9:28 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is proposing another step up in the environmental work it accelerated in 2018, by investing an extra $10.5 million on the services it delivers to the Hawke’s Bay region and $14.7 million on infrastructure and capital ... More >>
Regional Council Supports Deferral Of Winter Grazing Regulations
Thursday, 18 March 2021, 12:46 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council will work closely with farmers to encourage best practices in winter grazing, ahead of new regulations coming into effect next year. Yesterday the Government announced it has deferred the introduction of Intensive ... More >>
Maxwell Farms Fined $48,750 For Illegal Discharge Of 80,000 Litres Of Effluent
Friday, 12 March 2021, 3:14 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A Hawke’s Bay dairy company, Maxwell Farms Ltd, has been fined $48,750 for illegally discharging 80,000 litres of effluent into a stream which turned it green. The company was sentenced in the Hastings District Court today by Judge Melinda Dickey, after ... More >>
Permanent Swimming Ban Lifted For Lake Tūtira
Friday, 26 February 2021, 11:39 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has lifted the permanent swimming ban for Lake Tūtira. Regional Council water quality scientist Andy Hicks says this is an exciting milesone for the lake. “Tūtira is a beautiful regional park, and it’s great that the ... More >>
Five Councils Committed To Supporting Business Hawke's Bay Through Its Transition
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 3:09 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The leaders of the region’s five councils have acknowledged Business Hawke’s Bay’s (BHB) decision to wind up its operations, and thanked the organisation for the valuable work it has done. They say they’re heartened to hear from BHB that ... More >>