Hawkes Bay Regional Council - Latest News [Page 30]
Youth Environment Team make an impact
Friday, 11 September 2015, 9:30 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Youth Environment Team make an impact A group of keen secondary school students is appalled at the amount of rubbish that is dumped or drifts up at Waitangi estuary, Awatoto beside the mouth of the Ngaruroro River. The Youth Environment Council team ... More >>
August 2015 State of the Environment
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 3:29 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Weather-wise August was a bit of yawn – both temperature and rainfall were boringly average. In this case boring isn’t such a bad thing. After two months of lower than normal rainfall and temperatures see-sawing from positively balmy in June to ... More >>
HBRC holds first Climate Briefing
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 8:52 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Regional Council held its first Climate Briefing on Monday for the benefit of those who work in and support the primary sector in Hawke’s Bay. The meeting was called by HBRC’s Resource Management Group Manager Iain Maxwell, with the support ... More >>
Tukituki Plan Change – a three year journey
Wednesday, 26 August 2015, 4:31 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council today adopted the Tukituki Plan Change, concluding a three year process and paving the way for a comprehensive implementation plan to be delivered. More >>
Soil Doco to Prompt Discussion
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 2:26 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
As 2015 is the International Year of Soils, a movie and discussion event has been organised by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council to increase awareness of soil issues in the community. More >>
Public Transport Still Popular
Thursday, 13 August 2015, 12:06 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Public transport is still a popular way to travel across Napier and Hastings, with investigations currently underway for more goBay services to make these accessible for more people in the region. More >>
Regional relationship with HB A&P Society
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 2:29 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is recommending to strengthen its relationship with the Hawke’s Bay A&P Society off the back of a successful partnership with the National Horticultural Field Day event, held in June each year. More >>
Regional Parks Improvements Proposed
Wednesday, 12 August 2015, 1:50 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s Environment and Services Committee today agreed to recommend improvement plans and funding for regional parks More >>
Schools Planting for Conservation
Friday, 31 July 2015, 12:03 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay’s annual ‘Conservation Week’ schools planting programme begins at Tūtira this Monday (3 August). More >>
HBRC Adopts Hawke’s Bay Biodiversity Strategy
Wednesday, 29 July 2015, 2:47 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council today unanimously endorsed the Hawke’s Bay Biodiversity Strategy, which has been under development by major groups, agencies, tāngata whenua and key individuals since 2012. More >>
Hawke’s Bay Urban Possum Control A Winner
Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 10:10 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
21 July 2015 Hawke’s Bay Urban Possum Control A Winner The Hawke’s Bay Urban Biodiversity (HuB) possum control programme was a winner at the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) Awards last night. More >>
Water Scheme consent confirmation great news for the region
Friday, 17 July 2015, 3:32 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Chairman of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says confirmation of Tukituki Plan Change 6 and consents for the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme is good news for the region. The appeal period for the Board of Inquiry’s final decision on the ... More >>
State of Our Environment Hawkes Bay
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 2:16 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
El Niño is now the name of the game and westerlies, westerlies, westerlies tend to be the result! More >>
Environment website wades deeper into water data
Monday, 29 June 2015, 12:53 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Environmental monitoring website Land Air Water Aotearoa (LAWA) is expanding its repertoire, offering more data about New Zealand’s most valuable natural resource, water. More >>
Valuable Hawke’s Bay Archives Centralised and Online
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 10:56 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council archives are now searchable online, and include such treasures as a 1931 minute book recording that a board meeting was disbanded due to a severe earthquake. HBRC has used Archives Central in Fielding, a unit of Manawatu ... More >>
Tourism wins with HBRC Long Term Plan
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 3:30 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
24 June 2015 Tourism wins with HBRC Long Term Plan Hawke’s Bay Regional Council today adopted its Long Term Plan for 2015-25, confirming a total average rate increase of 5.87% for the 2015-16 year. The key programmes and activities named in April’s ... More >>
Garden Bird Survey On Again
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 10:08 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay people are encouraged to take part again in the annual garden bird survey which starts on Saturday 27 June. More >>
HBRC prosecutes Te Mata Mushrooms for offensive odour
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 9:46 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is prosecuting Te Mata Mushroom Company of Havelock North with discharging offensive and objectionable odour from its property in Brookvale Road, Havelock North on six different dates in March and April of this year. More >>
First Air Quality Exceedance in Hastings
Tuesday, 9 June 2015, 12:25 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
9 June 2015 First Air Quality Exceedance in Hastings Hastings has had its first air quality exceedance for winter. Yesterday (8 June) the average level of PM10 over 24 hours was 54 micrograms per cubic metre as measured at the St John’s monitoring ... More >>
Enviroschools Speech Competition
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 9:53 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Students from six Hawke’s Bay Enviroschools will be taking part in a speech competition on Tuesday 9 June at Napier Intermediate. More >>
