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Rural Residents Face Bans As Water Levels Drop In The Continuing Dry Conditions
Friday, 29 January 2021, 3:17 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Rural residents are facing water bans as river levels continue to drop in the dry conditions. Regional Council chief executive James Palmer says water restrictions are common for this time of the year, and it is a difficult time when consent holders ... More >>
Councils Signal Renewed Approach To Economic Development
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 12:00 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay councils will start reviewing future economic development models this week, in a bid to improve support structures for the region’s business community, which enable them to prosper and succeed. The region’s councils are ready to begin ... More >>
Two Hawke's Bay Companies Fined Total Of $37,000 For Illegal Discharge
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 3:22 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says the court decision to fine two local companies a total of $37,000 for an illegal discharge sends a strong signal to businesses that polluting water in the region will not be tolerated. Farmers Transport Ltd and Dynes ... More >>
Swim Thru Summer - Check You're 'good To Go'
Friday, 4 December 2020, 8:57 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Summer’s here and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is encouraging people to check they’re good to go before taking a dip. Regional Council’s Marine and Coastal Scientist Anna Madarasz-Smith says ‘Swim Thru Summer’ is a reminder to check ... More >>
Regional Council Measures Its Emissions To Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2025
Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 1:52 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has measured its corporate carbon footprint and is on the way to reaching its goal of being carbon neutral by 2025. Regional Council corporate operations manager Stacey Rakiraki says the emissions profile is a great ... More >>
Hawke's Bay Farms Get $4.1 Million Grant For Freshwater Improvement
Friday, 27 November 2020, 4:12 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A joint Government and Hawke's Bay Regional Council Jobs for Nature grant of $4.2 million will improve water quality and biodiversity of Hawke's Bay farms, while providing employment opportunities following COVID-19. The Regional Council and central Government ... More >>
Regional Council Chairman Calls For Calm
Thursday, 26 November 2020, 6:25 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Chairman, Rex Graham, has expressed dismay at some of the comments and the obvious level of deep hurt being felt as a result of the Regional Council’s decision making on the question of Maori seats. It wasn’t ... More >>
Regional Council Signals Support For Greater Māori Representation
Thursday, 19 November 2020, 6:18 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has signalled its support for enhanced Māori representation at the Council table but has stopped short of creating Māori seats for the next local government elections. At an extraordinary meeting of the Regional Council today, ... More >>
Damaged Crops, Harsher Droughts, And More Pests With Climate Change
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 1:56 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay is facing wildfires, worsening droughts, crop damage, and more pests and disease in the next 70 years as a result of climate change, according to a new report. The report, Climate change projections and impacts for Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s ... More >>
Horse The Kiwi Chick Starting Life With A Light Footprint
Saturday, 17 October 2020, 11:02 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
There will be no horsing around for the all-important mission of getting newly hatched eastern brown kiwi chick Horse to his new home. Horse, recently hatched at The National Kiwi Hatchery in Rotorua, needs to get to a Napier based creche to grow bigger and ... More >>
Logging Around Tangoio And Tūtira
Friday, 16 October 2020, 11:04 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Drivers and locals can expect to see logging works and some traffic disruption around Tangoio and Tūtira from November until April. Pan Pac Forest Products will be logging in Hawke’s Bay Regional Council managed forest on the Tangoio Soil Conservation ... More >>
Engaging With Community For Mohaka Catchment Plan
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 8:26 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is getting ready to engage with the Mohaka community to develop a plan to manage land and freshwater in the Mohaka catchment. "Ngāti Pahauwera Iwi will lead the co-designing process with Regional Council staff, and ... More >>
Hawke's Bay Regional Council Applauds Tourism Success
Thursday, 8 October 2020, 11:57 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawkes Bay Regional Council is applauding the work of Hawke’s Bay Tourism, with news that visitor spending in the region in August topped the country. Tourists in Hawke’s Bay spent over $45 million, which is more than any other region in the ... More >>
Hawke's Bay Company Fined $11,900 For Illegal Burning
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 1:40 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says a court decision to fine a local company $11,900 for burning prohibited items sends a strong message to the community. The company pleaded guilty to lighting a fire in Beach Road, Tangoio on 9th October last ... More >>
Regional Council Sets New Tukituki Resource Consent Deadline
Tuesday, 15 September 2020, 9:05 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Regional Council has set a new deadline for landowners to lodge a full resource consent to meet the requirements of the Tukituki Catchment Plan. Regulation group manager Liz Lambert said the Council had set the new date as 26 February 2021 to ... More >>
Report Shows First Full Picture Of COVID-19 And Drought Impact On Hawke's Bay
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 2:02 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The first full picture of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the drought shows they have contributed to one of the greatest economic shocks Hawke’s Bay has seen. However, Hawke’s Bay is in a better position for economic recovery than some regions, ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay Estuaries Will Benefit From Targeted National Policy
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 11:08 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay’s estuaries will benefit from a recommendation to target policy around their management, according to the Regional Council. The Managing our Estuaries report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton, has highlighted ... More >>
Minister For The Environment Declines Fast-track Tukituki Plan Change
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 9:23 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Minister for the Environment David Parker has declined the Hawke's Bay Regional Council’s application to proceed with a fast-track plan to change the way that nitrogen leaching is modelled on farms in the Tukituki catchment. The Council had ... More >>
Local Company Fined $12,555 For Illegal Burning
Thursday, 2 July 2020, 1:40 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is welcoming a court decision to impose a fine of $12,555 on a local company for illegal burning. The company pleaded guilty for illegally lighting a fire in Frimley within the Hastings air shed on 1st May last ... More >>
Regional Council Delighted With Inland Port Funding
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 3:35 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Regional Council is delighted with the Government’s announcement to invest $20 million to develop a new 12ha inland port at Whakatu in the growing industrial area of Hawke's Bay. Regional Council chairman Rex Graham says the development of ... More >>
