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Waihi Dam Update
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 3:48 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says they’ve been advised by Eastland Group that it intends to have the sluice gates on the Waihi Dam closed by the end of this week. More >>
HBRC to consult on proposed Environmental Flows
Wednesday, 16 March 2016, 2:33 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is to consult with the public on whether to sign up to take additional water from the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme for environmental flows. More >>
Getting more young Hawke’s Bay drivers on the road
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 2:53 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
There has been another step forward in the quest to make it easier for young Hawke’s Bay people to gain a driver’s licence. More >>
Waihi Dam Update
Friday, 4 March 2016, 2:35 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council visited the Eastland Group’s Waihi Dam near Wairoa yesterday and are happy with the progress being made on repairs so far. The Eastland Group dam has been discharging silt into the Waiau River since before Christmas after ... More >>
Rotorua transport funding announcement welcomed
Friday, 26 February 2016, 4:54 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Chair of the Bay of Plenty Regional Transport Committee has today welcomed the Government’s announcement to inject $24 million into Rotorua’s transport network. Bay of Plenty Regional Councillor Jane Nees says the investment will help strengthen ... More >>
Taking the Ngaruroro’s Temperature
Thursday, 18 February 2016, 4:58 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Taking the Ngaruroro’s Temperature Fibre-optic cable was used in the Ngaruroro River last week to find out more about the connections between groundwater and surface water. Scientists from GNS Science ( www.gns.cri.nz/ ) were working with Hawke’s ... More >>
HBRC Maori Committee holding meeting in Wairoa
Friday, 12 February 2016, 9:53 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Maori Committee will be holding its first meeting of the year in Wairoa on Monday. The committee meets bi-monthly and consists of three councillors and 12 Maori members representing the four Taiwhenua of Wairoa, Tamatea, ... More >>
HBRC reviewing plan to resolve Waihi Dam silt discharge
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 3:12 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is reviewing an action plan from Eastland Group outlining the steps it will take to resolve the discharge of sediment from the Waihi Dam into the Waiau River. More >>
Hawke's Bay Trends
Friday, 5 February 2016, 12:25 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
We seem to have an El Niño with an identity crisis. It lives up to its name for a time and then it suddenly adopts a warm, drenching, vaguely La Niña persona. But in this case, the wetter than usual January was courtesy of a couple of ex-tropical ... More >>
Master Plan being developed for TANK
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 11:16 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A master plan is being developed in an effort to help a stakeholder group brought together by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to set objectives and limits for managing water in the Greater Heretaunga and Ahuriri catchment regain momentum. More >>
Mana Enhancing Agreement signed
Monday, 1 February 2016, 11:04 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Mana Enhancing Agreement signed between Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust and HBRC An historic agreement has been signed between the Maungaharuru-Tangitū Trust and the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council aimed at working together to enhance the Te Wai-o-Hingānga ... More >>
Lethal conditions for fish in Tūtira Lake
Friday, 29 January 2016, 3:45 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
More dead fish have been found at Lake Tūtira by HBRC’s science monitoring team this week. “We saw at least dozens, and potentially over a hundred pan-sized trout along the shores of the lake today,” said Vicki Lyon, a Water Quality and Ecology ... More >>
HBRIC Ltd Update
Friday, 29 January 2016, 10:45 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Finalising the investor mix for the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme is the current focus for the Hawke’s Bay Regional Investment Company Limited. More >>
1931 Earthquake Survivors’ Afternoon Tea This Weekend
Tuesday, 26 January 2016, 2:24 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
This weekend, the afternoon tea for the survivors of the 1931 Hawke’s Bay Earthquake will be a very special occasion with Hon Nikki Kaye, Minister of Civil Defence, attending as the guest speaker. More >>
Greater Heretaunga and Ahuriri group gets refresh
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 3:15 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s latest arrival will be taking a fresh look at the group collaborating to develop a plan change for Heretaunga Plains and Ahuriri water resources. James Palmer, HBRC’s new Group Manager for Strategic Development ... More >>
Genuine water purity calls in Hastings-Napier
Thursday, 21 January 2016, 2:50 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council confirms that commercial calls concerning water filter sales to local residents of Napier and Hastings are genuine. HBRC yesterday distributed a media release stating that public should be wary of bogus phone calls. More >>
Bogus Water Testing Calls Ring Alarm Bells
Wednesday, 20 January 2016, 4:05 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Bogus Water Testing Calls Ring Alarm Bells Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is concerned for the security of local homeowners. HBRC has this week received calls from residents of Napier and Hastings properties. People have been contacted and asked to commit ... More >>
Potentially Toxic Algal Bloom in Lake Tūtira
Monday, 18 January 2016, 2:48 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
An algal bloom sampled in Lake Tutira last week has been found to contain potentially toxic cyanobacteria. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council environmental science staff sent water samples from the lake to the Cawthron Institute. “Cawthron has assessed that ... More >>
Stopping the Silt is Council’s Focus
Wednesday, 13 January 2016, 10:27 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
There is ongoing public concern over the silt discharge into the Waiau River and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s is enforcing an abatement notice requiring the Eastland Group to stop the discharge from its Waihi Dam. More >>
Greater Heretaunga and Ahuriri group at a crossroads
Wednesday, 16 December 2015, 5:03 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A stakeholder group brought together by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to set limits for managing water in the Greater Heretaunga and Ahuriri catchment is at a crossroads. More >>
