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Sincere Apology Made By Regional Council Chair
Monday, 13 December 2021, 2:19 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council Chair Russ Rimmington has been censured by elected members for comments he made during a recent Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) webinar on the Three Waters reform. It followed a letter of complaint about the comments ... More >>
“Urgent” Change Needed To Address New Zealand’s Waste: Waikato Regional Council
Monday, 13 December 2021, 1:20 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is calling for urgent and transformational change to address New Zealand’s growing waste problem in its submission to Government. That includes a call for a suite of actions that should be rolled out together, including a ban ... More >>
Christmas Bonus For Waikato Bus Drivers
Monday, 13 December 2021, 12:30 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has voted to allocate a Christmas bonus totalling $200,000 for bus drivers. This amounts to about $1000 for a full-time worker and recognises the job they have done through COVID-19 lockdowns in the region. There’s also good ... More >>
Illegal Stream Works Results In Fine
Monday, 13 December 2021, 11:44 am | Waikato Regional Council
A Waikato farmer has been convicted and fined $24,050 for carrying out unlawful earthworks in a stream on his Te Awamutu property in May and June 2020. The prosecution was taken by Waikato Regional Council under the Resource Management Act following ... More >>
Sincere Apology Made By Regional Council Chair
Friday, 10 December 2021, 4:52 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council Chair Russ Rimmington has been censured by elected members for comments he made during a recent Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) webinar on the Three Waters reform. It followed a letter of complaint about the comments ... More >>
Liquefaction Hazard Mapping Gives Clarity On ‘good Ground’ In The Waikato
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 9:38 am | Waikato Regional Council
Local councils, building consent authorities, engineers and developers now have more clarity on ‘good ground’ thanks to new liquefaction hazard mapping of the Waikato region. Co-Lab (formerly Waikato Local Authority Shared Services) commissioned ... More >>
Fletchers Sentenced For Unlawful Discharge Into Whangamatā Harbour
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 7:41 am | Waikato Regional Council
Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited, the corporate arm of Firth Industries, has been convicted and fined in the Hamilton District Court following a prosecution taken by Waikato Regional Council. The case followed a council inspection in June ... More >>
Dive Team To Search For Marine Pests In The Coromandel Peninsula
Monday, 6 December 2021, 12:53 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council will again be engaging a dive team to survey coastal marine areas around the Coromandel Peninsula to determine the presence and extent of marine pest species. This biosecurity surveillance work, which will particularly target ... More >>
Scholarship Helps Student Gain Honours
Friday, 3 December 2021, 8:43 am | Waikato Regional Council
Winning Waikato Regional Council’s Roger Harris (Waihou Valley) Scholarship allowed forestry student Liam Gilroy to focus on his research investigating the turbidity levels of rivers and tributaries. Liam, who has just achieved his Bachelor of Forest ... More >>
Climate Change Report Helps Steer Discussion On Adaptation To Drought
Friday, 26 November 2021, 1:22 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has released a report on adapting to climate change, with a focus on drought in the Waikato, and what might be done to successfully adapt to the risks of an uncertain future. The report draws on the expertise of a wide range ... More >>
No Understanding Of Waikato’s Unique Environment In Bill To Improve Housing Supply
Monday, 22 November 2021, 9:26 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato region appears “an afterthought” in the Government’s Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, which is designed to improve housing supply. Chair of Waikato Regional Council’s Strategy and Policy More >>
Council Achieves 44.4 Per Cent Emissions Reduction In Four Years
Friday, 19 November 2021, 2:16 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has reduced its gross emissions by 44.4 per cent since it started measuring the carbon emissions from its corporate activities in 2016/17, well on track to meet its current target of 68 per cent CO2e reductions by 2030 compared ... More >>
Council Secures WRA Funding For Landowners To Help Clean-up Rivers’ Catchments
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 4:47 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has secured $68,1760.75 in the Waikato River Authority’s (WRA) latest funding round to help landowners with ‘clean-up’ projects in the Waikato River and Waipā River catchments. This takes the total amount of WRA funding ... More >>
Safety Key As Boatie Numbers Surge
Thursday, 11 November 2021, 7:35 am | Waikato Regional Council
Boaties are being urged by Waikato Regional Council to stay within the limits of their abilities, after record numbers were seen on the Waikato region’s west coast on the weekend. “The weather was stunning and Raglan had probably double the number ... More >>
Te Huia Weekday Services To Travel Into Central Auckland
Wednesday, 10 November 2021, 11:56 am | Waikato Regional Council
It has now been confirmed Te Huia will take train passengers direct to The Strand Station in central Auckland on weekdays. Having earlier been endorsed by the multi-agency rail governance group, the extension of the weekday service has now received final ... More >>
Removal Of Many Thousands Of Wilding Pines Good For The Environment And Fitness
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 10:11 am | Waikato Regional Council
More than 34,000 wilding pines have been removed from Black Jack Reserve in Kuaotunu. This control work is one of nine wilding pines community-led projects in the Waikato to receive funding from the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme. Kristina Pickford, More >>
Transport Made Easier For Disabled People In Matamata-Piako
Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 9:22 am | Waikato Regional Council
Hot on the heels of the expansion of the Total Mobility Scheme to Waikato District, it’s now the turn of people living with transport disabilities in the Matamata-Piako. The national scheme gives registered users a subsidy off taxi fares and door-to-door ... More >>
Environmental Initiatives Fund Encourages Climate Change Awareness
Wednesday, 3 November 2021, 8:58 am | Waikato Regional Council
A pilot climate response programme is one of 11 projects Waikato Regional Council is supporting with funds from its Environmental Initiatives Fund (EIF). The council’s Integrated Catchment Management Committee has approved total funding of $147,069.68 ... More >>
Total Mobility Comes To The Waikato District
Monday, 1 November 2021, 7:31 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A national door-to-door transport scheme involving disability agencies, taxi companies/transport providers and local government is being extended into the Waikato district. The Total Mobility Scheme is already operating in Hamilton, Tokoroa, Taupō and the Waipā ... More >>
Emphatic Support For Vaccination Of Staff, Councillors, Public
Friday, 29 October 2021, 9:27 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato regional councillors have joined the chorus of voices supporting the COVID-19 vaccination drive, recommending that all elected members, staff and the public get the jab. While councillors agreed that vaccination was a personal choice, a motion ... More >>
