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Hawkes Bay Regional Council - Latest News [Page 31]
Water take renewals
Tuesday, 2 June 2015, 4:20 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is notifying 52 applications to replace existing resource consents to take water from the Ngaruroro River and its tributaries and from adjacent groundwater. The applications are for the renewal of existing takes, and some applicants ... More >>
Kids 4 Drama Returns to Bay Schools
Monday, 18 May 2015, 10:16 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The Kids 4 Drama group will be returning to Hawke’s Bay primary schools for two weeks from Monday 18 May. More >>
Manuka Seminar in Napier A Success
Wednesday, 13 May 2015, 6:12 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
An enthusiastic crowd of 280 people filled Napier’s War Memorial Centre last week on 6 May for the seminar about mānuka on marginal land. More >>
Farmers back a pioneering environmental restoration project
Friday, 1 May 2015, 9:46 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay farmers are getting in behind a New Zealand first environmental restoration project, which has just been launched in Napier. The Cape to City project is a world-leading programme, which will aim to achieve a predator free Hawke’s Bay. It will focus ... More >>
Pekapeka Regional Park Weekend Closure
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 2:44 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council notifies that Pekapeka Regional Park will be closed to the public this weekend, for the opening weekend of the game bird season. The gate to the wetland car park, interpretation area and walkways will be closed and ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay – a bike friendly region
Tuesday, 28 April 2015, 8:59 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Whether you love BMX and pump tracks, mountain bike parks, country roads, the iWay or our trails, Hawke’s Bay is set to become the most bike-friendly region in the country. More >>
Dry weather still impacting areas of Hawke’s Bay
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 11:03 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council warns farmers that weather forecasts are not predicting any significant rain for the region during the first half of April. More >>
Hawke’s Bay schools getting closer to nature
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 4:08 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
More than 120 school children from throughout Hawke’s Bay will be getting a little closer to nature this Friday with a special Enviroschools event in Havelock North. Enviroschools is a school-based programme, administered by Hawke’s Bay Regional ... More >>
HBRC approves extra funding for Ruataniwha Water Scheme
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 3:36 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has given its investment company HBRIC Ltd approval to borrow up to $2 million so it can continue to investigate the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme. Ongoing delays in the consenting process has meant HBRIC Ltd has ... More >>
State of the Environment Trends Report Completed
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 3:34 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council today adopted the five yearly state of the environment report: ‘Hawke’s Bay Trends: the state of our environment, summary report 2009-13’. More >>
Encouraging Results for Wairoa Possum Control Areas
Monday, 23 March 2015, 2:09 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
There are encouraging results from Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s recent possum monitoring programme in the Wairoa area. Over the last 3 months trend monitoring for possums has been completed over farms within the possum control area (PCA) programme ... More >>
Successful first meeting of new bus users group
Monday, 23 March 2015, 9:51 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
There has been an enthusiastic response to the first meeting of the newly established HB BUG (Hawke’s Bay Bus Users’ Group). HB Bug has been set up to give people the opportunity to share their ideas and suggestions on public transport in the region. ... More >>
Alan Dick disappointed at KiwiRail decision
Friday, 13 March 2015, 3:43 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
KiwiRail’s refusal to consider HBRC’s very responsible request for a short time extension to confirm equity investment in a Napier/Gisborne short line rail operation, is a great disappointment. It is a serious blow to regional economic development ... More >>
Napier-Gisborne Rail Update
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 4:10 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Chairman Fenton Wilson says he’s hugely disappointed the council hasn’t been given an extension of time to investigate the possibility of leasing the Napier to Gisborne Rail corridor. More >>
Dry Conditions Biting in Hawke’s Bay
Thursday, 12 March 2015, 3:39 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The long summer may have been a great one for swimming and barbecues, but conditions are starting to get critical for the primary production sector in Hawke’s Bay. “In the last 10 years we have experienced 5 years of significantly stressful summer ... More >>
Tui Quadruple on Napier Hill
Friday, 6 March 2015, 4:01 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Tui numbers on Napier Hill have increased four-fold and bellbirds three-fold since the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council first cracked down on possums there during 2008. More >>
Swimmers advised to stay out of lake ski lanes
Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 11:36 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Swimmers using the Rotorua Lakes are being advised to stay out of the lake’s ski lanes. The lakes’ Harbour Master and maritime officers have received complaints from water skiers that swimmers are using the designated ski lanes when the lakes ... More >>
Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme Update
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 10:38 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Work on finalising the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme continues within all four main work streams. More >>
Tangata Whenua views considered
Monday, 23 February 2015, 1:06 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A recommendation is being put to Wednesday’s Hawke’s Bay Regional Council meeting asking for a working group to be set up to help review how the Council is doing with its relationships with iwi and incorporating Tangata Whenua views into its work. ... More >>
Support in principle for Napier-Wairoa Rail line proposal
Wednesday, 18 February 2015, 2:44 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Support in principle for Napier-Wairoa Rail line proposal Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s Corporate & Strategic Committee is recommending Council supports in principle a proposal to lease the mothballed Napier to Gisborne Rail line from ... More >>
