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Hawkes Bay Regional Council - Latest News [Page 42]
Single Dam Site Has Most Potential
Monday, 22 August 2011, 5:15 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The most recent results from the Ruataniwha water storage project feasibility study have identified that the best route forward is to concentrate on a single dam site. Expert international advice gained through engineering consultants Tonkin & Taylor ... More >>
New Group Manager for Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence
Tuesday, 16 August 2011, 4:41 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A new Group Manager for the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management office has been appointed. Ian Macdonald will take up this newly created role and will also serve as the primary Group Controller in a regional scale event. More >>
Spray Hormone Herbicides Before Spring
Friday, 12 August 2011, 1:41 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke's Bay Regional Council and Hawke's Bay Winegrowers are urging anyone who needs to use hormone herbicides to spray now during winter before bud burst in vineyards and orchards. More >>
Discounts Agreed for Leasehold Sales
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 12:33 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has agreed to offer a 17.5% discount to residential leaseholders wanting to freehold. Leaseholders who are occupying their properties can take advantage of the 17.5% discount on the purchase price of freeholding their ... More >>
Trial Bus Service for Ahuriri and Westshore
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 9:47 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke's Bay Regional Council has approved a trial bus service to serve the areas of Ahuriri and Westshore. More >>
Registering Forestry in the Emissions Trading Scheme
Monday, 18 July 2011, 11:42 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Forest owners intending to enter the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) need to register and identify their forest extents. More >>
Views Sought on Provisional Leasehold Land Decision
Friday, 15 July 2011, 9:50 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke's Bay Regional Councillors are keen to hear from both leaseholders and ratepayers on their provisional decision to freehold more leasehold land. More >>
Wastewater Plan Change Better targeted
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 5:00 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Changes to rules for discharging domestic wastewater on private land are being proposed by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. The proposed plan change aims to place a stronger focus on locations where on-site wastewater could be a risk to the environment and ... More >>
Unwanted Agrichemicals Collection Successful
Monday, 27 June 2011, 4:10 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Over the past 17 years, 105 tonnes of unwanted agrichemicals have been safely removed from Hawke’s Bay orchards, farms and industrial sites, as expectations of environmental and human health safety have changed. More >>
The state of our environment - May 2011
Friday, 3 June 2011, 3:49 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
May had none of the extremes following April’s rainfall event, but Air Quality has come into focus following a stream of overnight exceedances in Hastings. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s monitoring equipment shows 5 exceedances in Hastings, which ... More >>
Fred Lichtwark On Restoring Fisheries
Friday, 3 June 2011, 3:12 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
With a growing focus by urban people, marae and farmers on better care of waterways and restoration of fisheries, a special speaker Fred Lichtwark, has been invited to Hawke’s Bay to share his experience and inspiration. More >>
More Air Quality Exceedances in Hastings
Monday, 23 May 2011, 11:44 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hastings air quality exceeded the National Environmental Standards (NES) for Air Quality three times last week. More >>
First air quality exceedance in Hastings
Friday, 20 May 2011, 2:20 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Overnight, Hastings air quality exceeded the National Environmental Standards (NES) for Air Quality for the first time this winter. More >>
Improving waste water rules
Monday, 2 May 2011, 1:00 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is asking for initial comments on amendments it is drafting to improve and modernise the rules controlling the discharge of domestic waste water on private land. More >>
Rain Easing but Emergency still in place
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 12:17 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A state of emergency was declared in Central Hawke’s Bay District at 7.30 this morning due to the severe impacts of flooding over the past two days in the coastal communities of Central Hawke’s Bay. More >>
Bus passengers and revenue up
Friday, 8 April 2011, 12:16 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says a combination of improved bus services and rising petrol prices has resulted in increasing bus passengers on Napier and Hastings goBay routes. More >>
The state of our environment - March 2011
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 1:27 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council now provides a monthly environmental summary of the region’s temperatures, rainfall, river flows, groundwater & soil moisture levels, and air quality. More >>
Consultation Opens on Regional Draft Annual Plan
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 12:19 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
The draft annual plan for Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for the coming year 2011-12 is available for public consultation. This plan largely follows those set by Council in the Ten Year Plan and there has been a strong push to keep cost increases in rates ... More >>
Hawke's Bay Regional Council - Discussion Document on Pests
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 2:54 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A discussion document out now effectively kicks off the review of the Regional Pest Management Strategy. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is required to review the strategy every 5 years and a formal process will follow once comments on the discussion document ... More >>
Marine Oil Spill Exercise at Mahia
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 4:58 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A marine oil spill exercise at Mahia next week will test processes and actions for the main oil spill response agencies in Hawke’s Bay and East Coast. The exercise on Thursday 17 March involves Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Gisborne District Council, ... More >>
