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Council Hails Migration Completion To Infor CloudSuite For Business Modernisation And Digital Innovation
Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 10:10 am | Waikato Regional Council
Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Waikato Regional Council has completed its implementation of Infor CloudSuite Public Sector, delivering on its vision for a single, integrated smart platform that will have positive outcomes ... More >>
Construction Well Underway On Replacement Vessel For River Management
Friday, 10 November 2023, 10:10 am | Waikato Regional Council
The design work is complete and construction well underway of a self-propelled vessel to replace the Tamahere 94 Barge, which was used by Waikato Regional Council as a working platform on the Waikato and Waipā rivers for decades. Once completed, the ... More >>
Marine Oil Spill Exercise Puts Council Staff Through Their Paces
Thursday, 9 November 2023, 3:58 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A simulated marine oil spill at a Huntly lake next week will provide Waikato Regional Council staff the opportunity to practice deployment of emergency marine oil spill equipment that can minimise environmental harm. The exercise—held biannually in ... More >>
Waikato Coastal Water Monitoring Kicks Off For Summer
Tuesday, 7 November 2023, 10:47 am | Waikato Regional Council
With the promise of long sunny days spent at the beach just around the corner, Waikato Regional Council has kicked off its summer coastal monitoring programme. The annual programme collects data about the suitability of the water at popular Waikato beaches ... More >>
Koi Shooting Comp Ticks Multiple Biosecurity Measures
Monday, 6 November 2023, 5:57 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Winning team: Andrew Cottle and Sam Walter, pictured with DOC Freshwater Pests and Migratory Fish Species Ranger Anita Pearson, shot a record total of 1092.09 kilograms of koi in the Whangamarino wetland. The New Zealand Bowhunters Society removed more ... More >>
Capitalise With Natural Capital
Monday, 6 November 2023, 5:53 pm | Waikato Regional Council
- Bala Tikkisetty One teaspoon of soil contains more living organisms than there are people in the world and New Zealand loses about 192 million tonnes of soil to the ocean every year. Without this “biological diversity” there would be no terrestrial ... More >>
Council Submission Backs Restrictions On Bottom Fishing In Hauraki Gulf
Monday, 6 November 2023, 12:49 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is backing further restrictions on bottom fishing in the Hauraki Gulf. Councillors considered the options being proposed by Fisheries New Zealand to establish bottom fishing access zones or ‘trawl corridors’ in the ... More >>
Council Adopts Its Annual Report
Friday, 3 November 2023, 12:39 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has weathered a storm of wild weather and high inflation over the past financial year to keep on course with its long term plan. The council has signed off its 2022/23 Annual Report, which reflects a moderate net deficit given ... More >>
Responses To Effects Of Climate Change Need Government Funding Support
Friday, 3 November 2023, 10:37 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council says the Government should be prepared to stump up funding to support local authorities in community adaptation planning and implementation. Councillors shared the sentiment as they considered the council’s submission to ... More >>
Ocean And Community Dynamics At Play In Dune Restoration
Friday, 27 October 2023, 1:23 pm | Waikato Regional Council
It’s just not the dynamics of the ocean that needs to be considered when dealing with coastal erosion – the dynamics of community are equally as important. Coastcare Waikato, a partnership between local communities, iwi, district councils and Waikato ... More >>
Meteor Outperforms Previous Routes By 85 Per Cent
Friday, 27 October 2023, 11:54 am | Waikato Regional Council
Hamilton travellers are on board with their newest bus service, the Meteor, in significant numbers. The high-frequency service launched on 28 August, replacing the regular-frequency Silverdale (2) and Frankton (8) buses. The Meteor is carrying an average of 9124 ... More >>
Plan Ahead For El Niño This Summer
Thursday, 26 October 2023, 3:51 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Although some parts of the Waikato are still wet and regular rainfall continues, now is the time to plan and prepare for potential consequences from the El Niño influence on our climate. In September, NIWA declared that El Niño conditions are ... More >>
Sadness Expressed Over Passing Of Former Councillor
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 10:59 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has paid tribute to former councillor Hugh Vercoe (ONZM, QSM), who has died over the weekend aged 80. The former artilleryman retired from local government politics in 2022 after 30 years. He entered local government in ... More >>
New Services Added To Te Huia Timetable
Friday, 20 October 2023, 10:40 am | Waikato Regional Council
Additional off-peak services will start running in February 2024 as part of the “exciting” next stage of improvements to Te Huia announced by Waikato Regional Council and KiwiRail. A third daily return service will run on Thursdays and Fridays, ... More >>
$1m Funding Boost To Improve Flood Resilience In The Coromandel Peninsula
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 11:55 am | Waikato Regional Council
The Government has approved over $1 million in funding for Waikato Regional Council to improve community resilience to flood risk in the Coromandel Peninsula. Waikato Regional council applied for government funding made available earlier this year ... More >>
Processing Company Fined For River Pollution
Tuesday, 17 October 2023, 2:57 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A Waikato industrial processing company has been convicted in the Hamilton District Court for permitting the unlawful discharge of wastewater into the Waitoa River in May 2021. A fine of $102,000 was also imposed by District Court Judge Melinda Dickey ... More >>
Ten Waikato Tauira Win Dame Te Atairangikaahu Scholarships
Monday, 16 October 2023, 3:12 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Ten Waikato tauira (students) studying a range of academic fields have won Waikato Regional Council and Waikato-Tainui – Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu Scholarships for 2023. The scholarships provide between $2300 and $4400 to support Māori students ... More >>
Sunken Vessel Successfully Recovered – Mercury Bay
Friday, 13 October 2023, 7:39 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A vessel which sunk in Mercury Bay last week has been dismantled by salvors after they deemed it irreparable, says Waikato Regional Council. The 50-foot vessel struck rocks near Motukorure Island – also known as Centre Island – sometime before ... More >>
Taupō Connector Extends To AC Baths
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 12:02 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional and Taupō District Councils have worked together to extend the Taupō Connector bus service to include AC Baths every Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting next Monday, 16 October. The AC Baths stop was removed in October 2022, ... More >>
Vessel Recovery Likely To Begin Wednesday – Mercury Bay
Monday, 9 October 2023, 4:55 pm | Waikato Regional Council
An assessment of a sunken 50-foot vessel over the weekend has found its diesel tanks are empty, says Waikato Regional Council. The vessel struck rocks near Motukorure Island – also known as Centre Island – sometime before 3.45pm last Wednesday ... More >>
