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Hawkes Bay Regional Council - Latest News [Page 42]
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 >>
Hawke’s Bay Water take bans and warnings
Friday, 4 March 2011, 2:33 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Water take bans have been placed back on some of the region’s larger rivers this week as a lack of rain sees river flows drop. More >>
Hawke’s Bay CDEM personnel to help earthquake response
Friday, 25 February 2011, 11:06 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Five Hawke’s Bay emergency operations logistics staff will be going to Wellington today to assist the National Crisis Management Centre with their logistics functions for the Canterbury earthquake response. The staff going are: Te Aroha Cook from Central ... More >>
Irrigation bans and warnings in Hawke's Bay
Friday, 18 February 2011, 4:56 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
With cooler and damper weather in some parts of the region, rivers and streams in Hawke’s Bay are generally above low flow limits. However Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has irrigation bans in force on - More >>
Hawke's Bay 1931 Earthquake Survivors’ Afternoon Tea
Friday, 28 January 2011, 9:40 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
A special afternoon tea on Saturday 5 February will be an important part of the 80th Anniversary commemoration of the Hawke’s Bay Earthquake on 3-6 February. About 250 people are expected to attend the afternoon tea at Napier Boys High School. These ... More >>
Hawke’s Bay Getting Very Dry
Friday, 21 January 2011, 10:43 am | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Some decent rain is expected over the weekend and Monday, which will provide temporary relief to Hawke’s Bay farmers and irrigators who have been dealing with very dry soil conditions and irrigation bans recently. More >>
Dry Summer Shaping Up
Wednesday, 12 January 2011, 3:22 pm | Hawkes Bay Regional Council
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is starting to observe an increasingly familiar pattern of low soil moisture, low river levels and lengthy periods without rain indicating the region is heading toward another dry summer where natural water resources may ... More >>
