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What Matters To You? Waikato Survey Results Released
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 1:55 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Water quality continues to be considered the most important environmental issue for Waikato residents. That’s one of the key findings of the latest Your Environment – What Matters? survey of 1206 residents undertaken in March and April 2022 by ... More >>
Council Submission On The Draft Hauraki Fisheries Plan
Tuesday, 7 March 2023, 9:58 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is backing New Zealand’s first proposed area-based fisheries plan. The council’s submission on Fisheries New Zealand’s Draft Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan supports the move towards an ecosystem-based fisheries management ... More >>
Council To Review Climate Action Roadmap And Take Hard Look At Further Reducing Corporate Emissions
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 3:25 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Climate Action Committee yesterday endorsed reviewing the council’s Climate Action Roadmap approved by the previous council in 2020. The current roadmap outlines the legislative, economic and social context for the council’s climate action response ... More >>
First Gate Closure To Hold Back Rising River Done In A ‘drop Of A Hat’
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 1:01 pm | Waikato Regional Council
While Paeroa’s community slept during the height of Cyclone Gabrielle, a small team was beavering away to dam the Ohinemuri River across State Highway 26 at the town’s Criterion Bridge. Waikato Regional Council’s Hauraki operational staff ... More >>
Fish Passage Kaupapa Resonates With Iwi
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 11:01 am | Waikato Regional Council
When Ngāti Te Ata was told by Waikato Regional Council that it wanted to put the outlet of a new fish-friendly pump on the iwi’s land, they jumped right on board. More >>
Support Available For Flood Affected Farmers
Friday, 17 February 2023, 2:01 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato and South Auckland Primary Industries Adverse Event Cluster continues to meet plan for and coordinate recovery support for farmers and growers following the Auckland Anniversary weekend flooding and Cyclone Gabrielle. “It has been a ... More >>
Council Agrees Sub-inflation Rates Rise Under Challenging Economic Conditions
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:48 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has approved an annual budget of $197.6 million, representing an increase in total rates revenue from current ratepayers of 5.8 per cent for 2023/24. While the increase exceeded the 1.6 per cent forecast in the council’s 2021-2031 ... More >>
Support Available For Flood Affected Farmers
Friday, 3 February 2023, 10:44 am | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato and South Auckland Primary Industries Adverse Event Cluster has welcomed a decision to classify the heavy rainfall event over the past week a medium-scale adverse event. The announcement was made yesterday by Minister for Agriculture Damien ... More >>
Heavy Rain ‘Red’ Warning Reflects Landslip Risk: Coromandel Peninsula
Monday, 30 January 2023, 4:19 pm | Waikato Regional Council
MetService has this afternoon issued a ‘Red’ level heavy rain warning for the Coromandel Peninsula. The decision to issue a Red Warning has been made by MetService, Waikato Regional Council and Thames-Coromandel Civil Defence. A Red Warning is only ... More >>
Unprecedented Rainfall, Landslips Likely On Saturated Waikato Region Catchments
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 2:34 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Continuing downpours over the rest of the long weekend on top of unprecedented rainfall are increasing the risk of more landslips in some areas of the region, warns Waikato Regional Council. The council’s Regional Flood Response Team activated on Thursday ... More >>
Concern About Weekend Of ‘crazy’ Behaviour By Boaties At Lake Karapiro
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 8:29 am | Waikato Regional Council
A weekend of boaties behaving dangerously at Lake Karāpriro has Waikato Regional Council’s maritime officers concerned for the safety of the lake’s recreational users. Regional Harbourmaster Chris Bredenbeck says there were three maritime patrol ... More >>
Improved Weather Will See Operation Neptune In Full Swing Again This Weekend
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 8:53 am | Waikato Regional Council
With weather conditions expected to improve, Operation Neptune will be patrolling Waikato waters again this weekend. For three weeks over the Christmas holiday break, Waikato Regional Council’s Maritime Services ramps up its presence in holiday hotspots ... More >>
Significant Increase To Go Bus Driver Wages In Waikato Region
Monday, 19 December 2022, 4:15 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Go Bus driver wages in Hamilton are set to jump to $28 an hour – an increase of almost 20 per cent – with a funding injection from Waikato Regional Council and support from Go Bus. Earlier in December, councillors met in a public excluded session ... More >>
Swimmers: Check Before You Dive In
Monday, 12 December 2022, 1:49 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Swimmers are being urged to check for potentially toxic algal blooms before they dive into lakes, rivers and streams this summer. Water users should also be aware of the potential for higher levels of bacteria in waterways following periods of ... More >>
New Committee Structure Ensures Strong Governance Oversight
Friday, 25 November 2022, 4:30 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Nine discretionary committees confirmed by Waikato regional councillors will ensure strong governance oversight of the council’s work for the next three years. Committee structure and membership was the main business of the day when councillors met in ... More >>
Wētā Workshop Kauri Model Spreads Protection Message
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 3:45 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Award-winning special effects and prop company Wētā Workshop Ltd has created a scale model of a mature kauri tree for Waikato Regional Council to help spread the message about protecting kauri. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2211/1118983f2db6597ba0f2.jpeg" ... More >>
Dogs Cover 453km In 4000ha Search Around Mōkau But No Wallabies Found
Monday, 14 November 2022, 9:02 am | Waikato Regional Council
Surveillance by Waikato Regional Council shows there is unlikely to be an established population of wallabies in the Mōkau area. In July this year, a landowner’s find of a female wallaby with a broken hind leg and a joey in her pouch sparked a two-month ... More >>
Council Secures WRA Funding For Projects To Benefit Rivers
Monday, 31 October 2022, 6:04 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato River Authority has awarded $2.17 million to three Waikato Regional Council catchment-scale projects and its new Māori medium environmental educational programme to benefit the health and wellbeing of the Waikato and Waipā rivers. The ... More >>
Waikato Regional Council Chair And Deputy Selected
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 4:36 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Pamela Storey has been selected chair of Waikato Regional Council during the triennial meeting held in Hamilton today. The second term councillor was nominated for the role of chair alongside Stu Kneebone, now starting his fifth regional council term. ... More >>
Coastal Monitoring Of Waikato Region Beaches To Get Underway
Friday, 21 October 2022, 9:46 am | Waikato Regional Council
The summer monitoring programme of Waikato region beaches and estuaries is due to get underway at the end of the month with help from two environmental science university students. Every year, Waikato Regional Council staff monitor coastal water quality, ... More >>
