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Skipper of overturned boat did “everything right”
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 3:51 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council harbourmasters have praised the actions of a skipper whose boat overturned at Port Waikato over the weekend, saying he saved the lives of all on board. More >>
Strike action tomorrow disrupts Hamilton bus passengers
Monday, 22 October 2018, 10:33 am | Waikato Regional Council
Hamilton bus services will be disrupted tomorrow morning due to industrial action by bus drivers. First Union members have given notice to Go Bus Transport that they will strike from 5am until 9am (Tuesday, 22 October). However, the effects of the ... More >>
Strike action tomorrow disrupts Hamilton bus passengers
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 1:43 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Strike action tomorrow disrupts Hamilton bus passengers Hamilton bus services will be disrupted during the day tomorrow due to industrial action by bus drivers. First Union members have given notice to Go Bus Transport that they will strike from 9.30am ... More >>
Farmers help ensure community safety in flood prone areas
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 1:30 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Farmers play a major role in helping Waikato Regional Council protect communities living in or near flood protection schemes. More >>
Healthy Rivers Wai Ora hearings panel
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 10:29 am | Waikato Regional Council
The Healthy Rivers Wai Ora hearings panel will be holding a series of information forums in November on the economic and science modelling used in developing the proposed new rules. More >>
Pare Hauraki iwi authorised to apply for fish farming
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 4:27 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato is on track to establish the North Island’s first offshore fin fish farm which will be for a new commercial species – kingfish. More >>
Strike action tomorrow morning a disruption
Tuesday, 25 September 2018, 12:11 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Hamilton bus services will be disrupted tomorrow morning due to industrial action by bus drivers. More >>
Awards recognise ‘above and beyond’ best practice
Friday, 21 September 2018, 11:35 am | Waikato Regional Council
An awards ceremony this week has recognised contracting earthworks companies, their staff and sub-contractors who have gone above and beyond best practice when it comes to protecting the environment and controlling discharges into our waterways. More >>
Seven wāhine toa win Dame Te Atairangikaahu scholarships
Thursday, 13 September 2018, 6:19 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Seven young wāhine passionate about the taiao (environment), pūtaiao (sciences) and Te ao Māori have received scholarships at a special ceremony in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) today. More >>
Scholarship helps student with studies
Monday, 3 September 2018, 4:27 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Former Matamata College student Russell Wenzlick has won a Waikato Regional Council scholarship to help with his university studies. More >>
Councils to collaborate to improve water management
Friday, 31 August 2018, 1:32 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Nine councils, including Waikato Regional Council, have agreed to progress a strategic business case to identify best practice in all water activities. More >>
Strike action tomorrow a disruption for Hamilton
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 3:25 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Hamilton bus services will be disrupted tomorrow due to industrial action by bus drivers. More >>
Draft Regional Public Transport Plan an “aspirational plan”
Thursday, 23 August 2018, 12:28 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council adopted the Draft Waikato Regional Public Transport Plan 2018-28 (RPTP) at a special meeting on Tuesday, 21 August. More >>
Investment fund returns $1.3 million better than expected
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 9:34 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council’s investment fund return has come in more than $1.3 million better than expected for the last financial year. More >>
Call for further submissions on Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora
Monday, 20 August 2018, 11:10 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is now inviting further submissions on Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora: Proposed Plan Change 1 and Variation 1 to Proposed Plan Change 1. More >>
Final stage of mangrove removal to start in Whangamatā
Friday, 17 August 2018, 2:19 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is starting the final stage of mangrove removal work, which it has resource consent for, in Whangamatā. More >>
Student scholarship for noted conservationist
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 5:13 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Noted Whenuakite farmer, the late Arthur Hinds, is to have a Work Placement Scholarship established in his honour by the Department of Conservation and Waikato Regional Council. More >>
Another hefty fine for dairy pollution
Tuesday, 14 August 2018, 1:55 pm | Waikato Regional Council
An Ōtorohanga farmer has been convicted and fined a total of $57,000 for discharging dairy effluent into the environment. This hefty fine comes within a week of a $41,000 fine imposed on a Reporoa farmer, also for dairy pollution. More >>
Forest and Bird report ‘misleading’
Monday, 13 August 2018, 1:32 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is disappointed with a Forest and Bird report regarding compliance monitoring and enforcement in the dairy sector in the 2016/17 dairy season. More >>
Three-year grant awarded to protect Rings Beach wetland
Friday, 10 August 2018, 10:17 am | Waikato Regional Council
A community group tackling wilding pines at Rings Beach, on the Coromandel Peninsula, has been given a $90,000 funding boost by Waikato Regional Council. More >>
