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Council Progresses Climate Action
Friday, 22 November 2024, 11:54 am | Waikato Regional Council
Climate Action Committee Chair Jennifer Nickel says the council is confident it will meet its target of a 68 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030, despite challenging conditions. More >>
Community Transport Fund Opens For Applications On Monday
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 11:16 am | Waikato Regional Council
The fund supports operators that provide transport services to residents whose needs are generally not met by the public transport network, which is mostly in remote and rural areas or where passengers have specialist medical and accessibility needs. More >>
Waikato Beach Water Monitoring Underway
Friday, 15 November 2024, 7:33 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Before people swim, Dr Townsend encourages them to head over to the LAWA website, find the most recent results and use them to make a judgment call along with the weather since, and the conditions they find at their chosen swimming spot. More >>
Modelling Reveals Reductions In Erosion Due To Soil Conservation
Tuesday, 12 November 2024, 1:58 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The council’s Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) directorate incentivises landowners to undertake soil conservation mitigations in priority catchments and reaches, providing co-funding support particularly from Waikato River Authority and the Ministry of ... More >>
Bike Rack Use Withdrawn From Regional Waikato Bus Services
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 2:15 pm | Waikato Regional Council
All bike racks on buses on the Waikato Regional Council’s public transport network will be temporarily unavailable from the commencement of services on Saturday (9 November) until further notice is given. More >>
Multiple Drainage And Environmental Outcomes From New Floodgate Project
Monday, 4 November 2024, 3:18 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A new high capacity drainage network and floodgate inlet storage pond storage pond, which is designed to capture more than 90 per cent of the sediment from the water, means the catchment can now be drained within 24 hours – with the old structures, ... More >>
New Vessel To Expand Council’s Maritime Capacity In Waikato
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 3:53 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The 6.7m aluminium vessel weighs three tonnes, with a capacity for up to 10 people. Twin 140 hp Suzuki engines give a top speed of 40 knots and cruising speed of 22 knots. More >>
Year-Long Landfill Fire Results In Convictions
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 10:07 am | Waikato Regional Council
Judge Melinda Dickey convicted Puke Coal Ltd (PCL) and Kenneth John Campbell, who had active control of the site, on four charges each relating to discharging contaminants into the air, using land illegally and breaches of abatement notices. The company ... More >>
Roger Harris Scholarship To Help With University Course Fees
Thursday, 24 October 2024, 6:50 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Roger Harris (Waihou Valley Scheme) Scholarship supports one student each year to study civil engineering or resource management, with a particular focus on river and catchment management. It provides up to $6000 toward the cost of university fees. More >>
Record Fine For Dairy Effluent A ‘Wake-Up Call’
Friday, 27 September 2024, 9:35 am | Waikato Regional Council
Flint Farms Limited, farm owner Barry Flint and farm manager Gavin Flint were sentenced by Hamilton District Court Judge Melinda Dickey this week on 14 charges under the Resource Management Act as a result of a prosecution taken by Waikato Regional Council. More >>
Council Confirms Commitment To Regional Economic Development
Friday, 27 September 2024, 8:35 am | Waikato Regional Council
“We remain committed to supporting economic development and ensuring a unified voice for the Waikato,” said Chair Pamela Storey. More >>
Council Helps Landowners Retire 940ha And Plant Nearly 450,000 Trees In 2023/24
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 5:48 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A seven-year summary of catchment restoration activities has shown the council has worked with landowners and iwi to complete almost 1600 kilometres of fencing, retiring 8442 hectares of riparian or erosion prone land and planting over 4.5 million plants. More >>
Council Grants $372,873 To 12 Waikato Environmental Projects
Friday, 20 September 2024, 11:25 am | Waikato Regional Council
The council has granted $372,873.18 to the 12 projects after receiving 38 applications requesting a total of $1.19 million in funds. More >>
Restoration Project Exceeds All Targets
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 4:40 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The project, which included partnership funding from the Ministry for the Environment, Fonterra and Ngā Whenua Rāhui, was able to provide landowners with up to 80 per cent of the costs of the restoration work completed. More >>
No Clear Evidence Of Culpability In Final Stages Of Investigation Into Orange Sediment Discharge
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:14 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council’s investigation reveals that orange sediment discharged into the Ōhinemuri River is linked to century-old mining, but lacks clear evidence of recent culpability. More >>
Waste And Recycling Services Could Support Greater Adoption Of Reusable Packaging Systems
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:59 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Local councils and waste and recycling organisations could evolve their current services to help support the adoption of reusable packaging in the Waikato region, a new report commissioned by Waikato Regional Council has found. More >>
Waikato River Closed Between Pūkete And Huntly For Tangihanga
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:52 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council will be closing a section of the river between the Pūkete Boat Ramp and Huntly from 12 noon tomorrow (Wednesday, 4 September) until 7pm on Thursday. More >>
Council To Be A Part Of Solution To Deliver Effective Water Services
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:30 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has agreed to be a participating council in the co-design of a new model for the delivery of water services. More >>
Te Huia SuperGold And Child Fare Changes, Stop Added At Pukekohe
Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:50 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Te Huia will call at Pukekohe station and child fares will halve from 30 September as part of a suite of changes to the passenger train service by Waikato Regional Council. More >>
Te Huia SuperGold And Child Fare Changes, Stop Added At Pukekohe
Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:30 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Councillors agreed the changes were a good balance of getting contributions in line with what’s happening nationally and increasing incentives for families to use the service. More >>
