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Regional Council Pledges $200k To Mayoral Drought Fund
Wednesday, 20 May 2020, 4:57 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional councillors have voted unanimously to contribute $200,000 to the Mayoral Drought Relief Fund to help fund the transport of feed to distressed farmers. Hastings District Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst, Minister of Agriculture Damien ... More >>
Government Contribution To Drought Appeal A Good Start
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 4:03 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Rural Advisory Group are grateful that the Government has quickly responded to the regional request for financial assistance and is injecting $500,000 to the Mayoral Drought Relief Fund. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor today made the ... More >>
Local Government leaders launch Mayoral Drought Relief Fund
Monday, 18 May 2020, 1:13 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A drought relief fund is being set up by Hawke’s Bay’s four Mayors and Regional Council Chairman this week, with the cash to be used to help Hawke’s Bay farmers through the drought emergency. The Councils are in the process of deciding how best ... More >>
Regional Council Gravely Concerned About Drought
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 11:11 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is expressing grave concerns about the continuing severe drought, particularly in the central part of the Region, and the significant impact it is having on farmers, their families, and wider community. Council Chief ... More >>
TANK Plan For Waterways - Have We Got It Right?
Wednesday, 13 May 2020, 11:38 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
There are still seven weeks left for the communities of Napier, Hastings and the Heretaunga Plains to have a say on the long-term health of the region’s waterways. Public consultation on the Regional Council’s TANK Plan change started during COVID-19’s ... More >>
Nitrogen limits in Central Hawke’s Bay
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 3:24 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is reassuring the community that high nitrogen levels in parts of Central Hawke’s Bay are being addressed through some of the toughest land use rules in the country. More >>
Charges Laid Over December Dairy Effluent Discharge
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 3:31 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A farming company has been charged with the discharge of a significant volume of dairy effluent from a Patoka farm into a tributary of the Mangatutu Stream, which flows into the Tutaekuri River late last year. The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council ... More >>
Regional Council Salutes Bus Drivers
Friday, 3 April 2020, 11:24 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Chair Rex Graham and Regional Transport Committee Chair Martin Williams say we should all salute our Go Bus drivers for their commitment to the cause, helping the region deliver essential services. There are many people ... More >>
Hawke's Bay Regional Council Signals Zero Rates Increase Due To Covid-19
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 12:09 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Councillors have signalled a zero rates increase to the community. At the Regional Council meeting yesterday, Councillors sought urgent advice from Chief Executive James Palmer on the issue. Chair Rex Graham says the Council is aware ... More >>
Rāhui Placed On Tutaekurī
Thursday, 19 March 2020, 11:39 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A rāhui has been placed on the Tutaekurī River from Waiohiki to Waitangi, following a body being found. Mana whenua have placed the rāhui. The rāhui prohibits anyone from swimming until Saturday 21 March or collecting mahinga kai/food until Wednesday ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay homes becoming more sustainable
Thursday, 12 March 2020, 10:24 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
More homes in Hawke’s Bay are becoming healthier with a massive uptake in the Regional Council’s Sustainable Homes programme. More >>
Youth Councillors To Be Leaders In Schools - New Members Sought For 2020
Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 12:48 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Media Release 11 February 2020 The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is on the hunt for new Youth Environment Council (YEC) members. We want young leaders who can help their peers understand what they can do to make a difference for their ... More >>
Water Take Bans on Many Hawke's Bay Rivers And Streams
Tuesday, 4 February 2020, 12:09 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay’s hot, dry weather means rural residents are facing water take bans on many rivers and streams, while urban residents face restrictions across much of the region. More >>
New Council Directors Appointed to Investment Company Board
Thursday, 30 January 2020, 3:37 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has appointed three of its councillors to its Investment Company Board. More >>
Making a meal of dung – new farm workers
Thursday, 19 December 2019, 4:14 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A new breed of farm worker has been released in Māhia today, Dung beetles. These beetles are paid in dung, work 24/7, and improve farms and their environments. More >>
Check you’re ‘good to go’ and swim thru summer
Tuesday, 10 December 2019, 3:24 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
With the arrival of summer, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is encouraging people to get out and enjoy the great swimming spots the region has to offer. More >>
Dairy Compliance on the up And up
Friday, 6 December 2019, 9:32 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Dairy industry and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council have adopted the shared goal to achieve 100% compliance with all resource consents, and are almost 80% towards the goal, celebrated at this week’s Dairy Compliance Awards. More >>
World Soil Day highlights erosion risk in Hawke's Bay
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 8:05 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The focus of World Soil Day Te Ao rā oneone is erosion, and it’s a very topical issue for Hawke’s Bay with more than a fifth of the land in the region at risk. More >>
Clean hull the way to go
Monday, 2 December 2019, 11:50 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Heading into summer, the Regional Council is asking boaties to keep their hull clean to keep pests out of Hawke’s Bay waters. More >>
Regional Council taking to the sky
Thursday, 21 November 2019, 9:36 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s 3D aquifer mapping project will take off in the New Year. More >>
