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Climate Change At The Heart Of Stop Bank Focus
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 4:48 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
River flood protection across the Tūtaekurī, Ngaruroro, Lower Tukituki and Clive rivers is getting a $20 million investment over the next three years. $7.2 million of Hawke’s Bay Regional Council funding along with the Government’s $12.8 million ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay’s First Full Coastal Survey Shows Healthy Bird Population
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 4:00 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Regional Council has released its first survey of Hawke’s Bay’s coastline which shows a strong coastal bird population. The surveying team went by foot or boat along 321 kilometres from the bottom of Hawke’s Bay’s coast at Whangaehu ... More >>
'Momentous' Day For Regional Council
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 4:55 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Chair Rick Barker and co-chair of the Māori committee, Michelle Mcllroy celebrating in May this year when Council voted to establish Māori constituencies. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has voted to increase the number of councillors from nine to ... More >>
Number Of Burning Complaints Reduce By 50% Over Winter
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 10:00 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is thanking the community for doing the right thing, following a season of fewer burning complaints and infringements than previous years. Group Manager Policy & Regulation, Katrina Brunton, says burning complaints ... More >>
$18,750 Fine For Offensive Odour
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 12:11 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council continues to take a hard line on offending with another successful prosecution, this time for an offensive smell. Emmerson Transport Limited (ELT), which operates its yard in Hastings, pleaded guilty to discharging a contaminant ... More >>
Regional Council's Partnership With TNC A Potential Game-changer For The Region
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 10:14 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke's Bay Regional Council partnering with global environmental organisation The Nature Conservancy The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says its new partnership with the global environmental organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC) could be a game-changer ... More >>
Sustainable Homes Programme Recommend By Ventilation User
Friday, 1 October 2021, 11:35 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s Sustainable Homes programme is helping whānau with ventilation which means dry, healthier homes that are warmer in winter and cooler in summer. Brooke Menhennet’s home was hard to keep warm in winter and had a problem ... More >>
Dust storm a reminder to use good land management practice
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 11:23 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A recent dust storm in Hastings is a strong reminder to Hawke’s Bay landowners to make sure they’re using good land management practices. The dust storm early this month started southeast of Hastings and grew to cover rural and urban areas, ... More >>
Council launches free drought indicator web app
Tuesday, 14 September 2021, 10:05 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is today launching a free easy-to-use drought indicator web app for the region’s rural community. The Regional Council designed the tool – the first of its kind in New Zealand - to build drought resilience in ... More >>
Wetland restoration in CHB
Thursday, 9 September 2021, 2:45 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A restoration wetland project in Central Hawke’s Bay is already showing improvements to the health of centuries old kahikatea trees and endangered tadpole shrimp. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has been working in partnership with The Conservation Company, ... More >>
HBRC Hastings By-election Vote Extended Until 24 September
Saturday, 28 August 2021, 4:04 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
It has been decided to extend the election period for the current Hastings By-election so that postal votes can now be accepted until midday on Friday 24 September 2021. The decision was made by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s Electoral Officer Leeanne ... More >>
Second year of braided river bird survey encouraging
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 11:31 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A recently completed survey of Hawke’s Bay river birds is encouraging, and shows that shorebirds continue to thrive on rivers in the region. More >>
Regional Council Acknowledges Government's Overseer Review
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 3:43 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Government today released a review of the nitrogen modelling tool known as Overseer, prepared by a Scientific Advisory Panel, which found limitations in how the tool estimates nitrogen leaching on farms. The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council acknowledges ... More >>
Fine For Illegal Burning In Clive
Wednesday, 4 August 2021, 9:52 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s hard line on illegal burning continues, with its eighth successful prosecution this year. David Cowan, who owns a property in Clive, pleaded guilty in the Hastings District Court to burning a fire containing ... More >>
Regional Council Steps Up To Lead Coastal Strategy
Monday, 2 August 2021, 4:13 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has agreed in principle to lead work on the next phase of the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazard Strategy 2120. This move follows a recent report which found that the Regional Council is the best placed local government ... More >>
Illegal Burning Not Okay
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 2:33 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says its seventh successful prosecution this year sends a strong message that illegal burning will not be tolerated. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/99b5ec6914646f2a7b0a.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> The illegal fire at Mr Glasgow's ... More >>
$2 Million Boost For Biodiversity In Hawke's Bay
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 11:43 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Around 423 hectares of critically threatened native bush in Hawke’s Bay will be fenced and protected over the next three years, thanks to a $2 million funding partnership between the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, QEII National Trust (QEII), Department ... More >>
Regional Council Welcomes Government's Freshwater Regulation Consultation
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 9:55 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council supports the Government consultation on its proposed Freshwater Farm Plans and stock exclusion regulations as part of a push towards integrated farm planning. The Government’s consultation will run from 26 July to 12 September ... More >>
Three In The Running For HBRC Hastings Seat By-election
Thursday, 15 July 2021, 1:36 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Three nominations have been received by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to fill a vacancy for the Hastings constituency seat. Nominations to be elected to the Hastings seat were received for Tom Belford, Jacqueline Taylor and Joe Walding-Karaitiana. ... More >>
Living Wage For Bus Drivers
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 1:44 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay goBay drivers will be paid the Living Wage of $22.10 per hour from 1 July 2021. The pay increase will be funded jointly by the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Waka Kotahi. Regional Council Group Manager Policy and Regulation, Katrina ... More >>
