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Fleet Day 2018 helps reduce risk for company drivers
Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 1:03 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Fleet managers from across the region will tomorrow learn from industry experts how to get staff to drive company vehicles like they own them. More >>
Hamilton bus service disruption Monday morning
Sunday, 13 May 2018, 6:33 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Hamilton bus services will be disrupted tomorrow morning due to industrial action by bus drivers. More >>
$55,000 in fines and further warning to industry from Judge
Friday, 27 April 2018, 11:15 am | Waikato Regional Council
A dairy farming company and an earthworks company have each been convicted and fined for carrying out illegal earthworks in the Mangakaeo Stream, near Ōtorohanga. More >>
Council committed to improving freshwater fish migration
Friday, 20 April 2018, 9:45 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is optimistic new national fish friendly guidelines announced this week will be accompanied by Government and research institute investment in solutions to this increasingly challenging issue. More >>
Hefty fine for ‘woefully inadequate’ effluent management
Thursday, 19 April 2018, 11:34 am | Waikato Regional Council
A Te Kowhai dairy farmer has been convicted and fined $35,625 in the Hamilton District Court for allowing large volumes of dairy effluent to overflow into the environment. More >>
Cambridge earthworks company fined $19,000
Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 9:02 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is urging earthworks contracting companies to be vigilant with their environmental obligations after a Cambridge company was convicted and fined $19,125 for sediment discharges into a Tamahere stream near Hamilton. More >>
Wintering practices important
Monday, 16 April 2018, 3:51 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The weather already this year has been a mixed bag of wet and dry. The winter season is now around the corner and who knows what that will bring! More >>
Spaces for community appointees on council subcommittees
Monday, 16 April 2018, 2:40 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Spaces open for community appointees on council subcommittees Nominations have opened today for positions on the region’s catchment and drainage subcommittees, giving members of the public a chance to directly inform Waikato Regional Council decisions ... More >>
Kawe Kōrero app scoops top award at SOLGM awards
Friday, 13 April 2018, 3:35 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Katahi anō ka whakaihuwaka te taupānga o Kawe Kōrero i ngā tohu SOLGM More >>
Submissions open on variation to Healthy Rivers plan change
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 4:38 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Submissions on a variation to the plan to improve the health of the Waikato and Waipā rivers have opened today. The public will have until Wednesday 23 May to make a submission on the variation. Further information, including the feedback form, is available ... More >>
Waikato’s public transport steps up a level
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 10:25 am | Waikato Regional Council
For the first time, double decker buses are operating on Waikato Regional Council’s public bus network. More >>
Tribute paid to former regional council chairman
Thursday, 8 March 2018, 9:46 am | Waikato Regional Council
Tribute is being paid to foundation councillor and former regional council chairman Neil Clarke, OBE, QSO, KSS, who passed away peacefully at his home in the Bay of Plenty on Tuesday (6 March). More >>
Transport plan affects everyone – have your say
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 10:41 am | Waikato Regional Council
A plan for Waikato’s land transport system – which affects everyone who drives, walks, cycles or uses public transport – has been approved for public consultation. More >>
New rabbit virus to be released in parts of the Waikato
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 1:07 pm | Waikato Regional Council
MEDIA RELEASE 27 February 2018 New rabbit virus to be released in parts of the Waikato Waikato Regional Council will be releasing a virus to reduce the significant environmental and agricultural impacts of wild rabbits in some parts of the region. It follows ... More >>
Maunga sanctuary granted $1.4 million
Monday, 26 February 2018, 2:20 pm | Waikato Regional Council
New Zealand's largest mainland sanctuary for native wildlife has been granted $1.4 million over four years by Waikato Regional Council. More >>
Top water science students share prize
Friday, 23 February 2018, 3:45 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Two University of Waikato students will share this year’s water sciences prize after the selection panel couldn’t separate the pair. More >>
Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora hearings commissioners appointed
Thursday, 22 February 2018, 3:43 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Four independent hearings commissioners have been appointed to the Healthy Rivers/Wai Ora: Proposed Plan Change 1 hearings panel. More >>
Earthworms improve farm productivity
Monday, 19 February 2018, 12:20 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The humble earthworm is worth its weight in gold when it comes to on farm soil productivity and improving soil health and water quality. More >>
3-year safe fish passage trial proposed in 10 year budget
Friday, 9 February 2018, 9:10 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council will look for funding partners for a three-year trial to reduce native fish mortalities as they pass through flood control pumps. More >>
Waikato: Consents granted for rendering and processing plant
Monday, 5 February 2018, 9:49 am | Waikato Regional Council
Air discharge and land use consents have been granted for a meat rendering and blood processing plant at Greenlea Premier Meats Ltd’s existing abattoir property in Morrinsville. More >>
