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Safe Fieldwork Activities Stepped Up Under Alert Level 3
Tuesday, 28 April 2020, 10:12 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is stepping up its fieldwork activities under COVID-19 Alert Level 3, including resuming pest animal and plant control and full flood protection and land drainage work. “Like so many others in our community, our field staff ... More >>
Increased Public Bus Services Under Alert Level 3
Friday, 24 April 2020, 9:12 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council will be increasing its public bus services under COVID-19 Alert Level 3, but numbers on board will still be restricted to meet government physical distancing rules. Bus travel will also continue to be free until further notice to ... More >>
Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora Plan Change Decisions Version Notified
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 5:24 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has today notified the decisions version of its groundbreaking Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora plan change. It replaces previous notified versions of Proposed Waikato Regional Plan Change 1: Waikato and Waipā River Catchments . The council ... More >>
Regional Council Chair And CE To Donate 20 Per Cent Of Their Salaries
Monday, 20 April 2020, 4:51 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council chair, Russ Rimmington, and chief executive, Vaughan Payne, are the latest local government leaders to get behind the PM’s call for leadership as the country stamps out COVID-19. Both have pledged to donate 20 per cent of each ... More >>
It’s Not All Grey – There’re Also Green Projects On Council’s Government Funding Wish List
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 6:24 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is bidding for around $120 million of government funding to fast track projects that would put more than 1000 people into a range of short and long-term work opportunities. The Government recently called for ‘shovel ready’ ... More >>
2020 Start Date Still Possible For New Train Service
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 4:07 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato’s politicians remain hopeful the new start-up passenger rail service to Auckland will launch in 2020. The COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown has resulted in work on the Huntly and Rotokauri stations, as well as the fit out of the carriages ... More >>
Councillors Consider Rates Relief Package For Ratepayers
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 6:51 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is considering options for a rates relief package for ratepayers facing financial hardship. Chairman Russ Rimmington says prolonged economic impacts are expected for our communities and the regional council wanted to be able to help ... More >>
Regional Council Prioritises Work Within Its Nine Essential Services
Friday, 3 April 2020, 4:59 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Working with Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management, replacing flood infrastructure and incident/pollution response were some of the essential services delivered by Waikato Regional Council this week. The regional council has nine essential services ... More >>
Lockdown An Extra Challenge For Farmers In Drought
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 12:51 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato Primary Industries Cluster met online on 30 March to take stock of the continuing drought and new challenges arising from the COVID-19 response. Neil Bateup, Chairman of the Cluster and the Waikato Rural Support Trust, says members have all ... More >>
Bus Passengers Asked To Register Their Trips
Friday, 27 March 2020, 2:46 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Travel on board Waikato Regional Council’s BUSIT services is available to people who either work in essential services or need to use the bus to access an essential service, like the pharmacy or the supermarket. From today, passengers will be asked ... More >>
Waikato: Into Recession…and Out The Other Side
Friday, 27 March 2020, 10:03 am | Waikato Regional Council
By Russ Rimmington As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps around the globe, the Waikato region – like the rest of New Zealand – has gone into lockdown. This doesn’t mean all economic activity has stopped. Essential production and services continue, ... More >>
Hamilton Buses Continue For Essential Services
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 9:22 am | Waikato Regional Council
From Thursday, 26 March, BUSIT services in Hamilton will only be available to people who work in an essential service or who need to use the bus to access an essential service like healthcare or the supermarket. Bus travel will also be free of charge ... More >>
Emergency Committee Established For Swift Decision-making, Zero Per Cent Rates Increase Signalled
Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 8:43 am | Waikato Regional Council
An emergency meeting of Waikato Regional Council this evening agreed a process to enable swift decision-making in light of the Government’s announcement to impose alert levels 3 and 4 in the COVID-19 response. Councillors also agreed to strive ... More >>
Waikato Regional Council Staff Working Remotely
Monday, 23 March 2020, 6:34 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is responding to the Government’s call to work remotely and to limit non-essential travel to help slow down the spread of COVID-19. Chief Executive Vaughan Payne said the offices were closing for two days to firmly reset ... More >>
Decisions Version Of Healthy Rivers Plan Change To Be Notified
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 3:22 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The ground-breaking plan to improve water quality in the Waikato and Waipā rivers has reached a major milestone today, with Waikato Regional Council voting to notify a decisions version following hearings. The recommendations of five independent commissioners ... More >>
Te Huia Launch Date Confirmed
Friday, 13 March 2020, 8:33 am | Waikato Regional Council
Monday, 3 August 2020 has been set for the launch of Te Huia – the new passenger rail service between Hamilton and Papakura. The date has been decided by a multi-agency rail working group. A ceremonial launch of the service will be three days earlier. ... More >>
Classification Brings Relief For Farmers In Drought
Friday, 28 February 2020, 7:29 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato Primary Industries Adverse Event Cluster, made up of Waikato and South Auckland agricultural industry representatives, is pleased Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has heeded its call to classify the impacts of drought as an adverse event. ... More >>
Train Name Flies For Councillors
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 7:28 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The new Hamilton to Papakura passenger rail service launching in mid-2020 now has a name – Te Huia. The name had already received the backing of Waikato District and Hamilton City councils but it required formal adoption by Waikato Regional Council, ... More >>
Water Users Need To Be Vigilant Given Low Flows In Region’s Rivers
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 3:31 pm | Waikato Regional Council
With the dry conditions being experienced across the region, Waikato Regional Council is reminding all resource consent holders of water takes to carefully check their consent conditions and comply with low flow restrictions. For those taking surface ... More >>
New Climate Change Committee Springs Into Action
Friday, 21 February 2020, 2:58 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council’s new Climate Action Committee lived up to its name at its inaugural meeting on Thursday (20 February). The committee passed recommendations for the full council to endorse an updated greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan ... More >>
