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Community Urged To Get Ready For Public Transport Fare Changes
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 11:43 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato bus and train passengers are being urged to get ready for the Government’s new Community Connect initiative ahead of the July rollout in the region. Waikato Regional Council and a consortium of councils around New Zealand have been working ... More >>
Commission Chair Shares Views On Emissions Reduction With Climate Committee
Friday, 16 June 2023, 3:23 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Climate Commission chair Dr Rod Carr shared the commission’s views – and some personal ones – with the Climate Action Committee this week. Climate Action Committee chair Jennifer Nickel said councillors welcomed the opportunity to pick Dr Carr’s ... More >>
Eight Speed Management Principles Endorsed To Improve Road Safety
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 1:31 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Eight principles have been endorsed by the Waikato Regional Transport Committee this week to ensure more consistent and safe speed limits on the region’s roads. Speed or driving too fast for the conditions continues to be a significant contributor ... More >>
Eight Speed Management Principles Endorsed To Improve Road Safety
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 10:56 am | Waikato Regional Council
Eight principles have been endorsed by the Waikato Regional Transport Committee this week to ensure more consistent and safe speed limits on the region’s roads. Speed or driving too fast for the conditions continues to be a significant contributor ... More >>
Land Transport Issues Prioritised For The Waikato Region
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 10:50 am | Waikato Regional Council
Resilience and climate change are top of the list of issues the Waikato Regional Transport Committee will seek to address through its next 10-year land transport plan. These issues are closely followed by safety, access and mobility, and growth ... More >>
Waikato Catchments Vulnerable Heading Into A Wet Winter
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 12:31 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato’s catchments are extremely vulnerable ahead of the winter season. Regional Resilience Team Leader Rick Liefting, who wrote a report on the summer storm events for the council’s Integrated Catchment Management Committee, says the game ... More >>
Council Commences Prosecution For Wetland Clearance
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 10:40 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has commenced a prosecution relating to the clearance of vegetation, and earthworks, in a wetland at Matarangi, in the Coromandel Peninsula. Charges under the Resource Management Act have been filed against two companies in ... More >>
Coastcare Planting Season Sees Increased Demand From Communities
Friday, 26 May 2023, 3:48 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The Coastcare Waikato 2023 planting season has begun, with a focus on restoring dunes impacted by the weather events of the summer, including cyclones Gabrielle and Hale. Waikato Regional Council biodiversity officer Andrew Anderson, who oversees ... More >>
Response To Freshwater Gold Clam Discovery In Waikato River
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 11:33 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has responded to news today that a highly invasive freshwater gold clam has been discovered across a 45km stretch of the Waikato River. The announcement was made by Biosecurity New Zealand, which is leading the national response in partnership ... More >>
Te Huia Cracks Carbon Emissions And Patronage Goals
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 11:43 am | Waikato Regional Council
Performance results just released for Te Huia confirm the service is contributing to lowering carbon emissions and is on-track to meet patronage targets despite setbacks. Te Huia operates two return services on weekdays and one return service on Saturdays. ... More >>
New Te Kūiti Connector Service Notches Up 1000 Passengers
Monday, 22 May 2023, 3:07 pm | Waikato Regional Council
More than 1000 passengers have travelled on the Te Kūiti Connector bus since it was launched in February, providing the King Country community with a public transport connection to and from Hamilton. To mark the launch and give the community an opportunity ... More >>
Waikato Secures $2.8 Million To Combat Hill Country Erosion
Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 11:13 am | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council has secured $2.8 million from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Hill Country Erosion (HCE) Programme in the latest round of funding announced on Sunday. The council’s regional HCE programme is in its fourth year, ... More >>
Waikato And South Auckland Primary Industries Adverse Event Cluster
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 7:24 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Support available for primary industries The Waikato and South Auckland Primary Industries Adverse Event Cluster continues to connect agencies supporting the recovery by farmers and growers to the flooding events of January and February. “We have ... More >>
River Management Teams Drowning In Work Following Cyclones
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 1:39 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Slips, river erosion protection works ripped out, blocked rivers, river channels off course, debris and silt buildup, river flood capacities compromised – this summer’s flooding has left behind a substantial trail of damage for Waikato Regional ... More >>
New Milestone In Piako River Mouth Stopbank Project
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 4:07 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A new milestone has been reached in Waikato Regional Council’s Piako River mouth right stopbank asset rationalisation project. The project seeks to replace three old floodgates near their end of life with one, while also creating a shorebird habitat ... More >>
Additional Te Huia Services On Hold
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 3:57 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The introduction of additional Te Huia train services on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays has been put on hold, Waikato regional councillors have heard today. The additional services were part of an enhancement plan developed by the council with ... More >>
Free Clean Heat Scheme Returns For Tokoroa Residents
Monday, 24 April 2023, 1:27 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Eligible residents in Tokoroa are again able to take advantage of free clean heat replacements for their old wood burners through the ‘On the house’ scheme. The scheme was set up as part of the Warm Homes Clean Air programme, a partnership between ... More >>
Cyclone Adds To ‘Problem Of Not Enough Spinifex’
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 1:47 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The resilience of dunes and the sustainability of the sand-binding kōwhangatara/spinifex is being keenly felt by Coastcare groups in the eastern Coromandel Peninsula following Cyclone Hale. “Summer offers a small window of opportunity to collect the seeds ... More >>
Court Order And Fines For “Highly Careless” Farmer
Friday, 14 April 2023, 11:22 am | Waikato Regional Council
A farming company has been convicted and fined $78,000 for unlawful discharges of dairy effluent into streams at their Raglan farm. The company has also received a court order to install infrastructure to manage their effluent appropriately. Te ... More >>
Wellbeing And Climate Change Woven Through Updated Strategic Direction
Monday, 3 April 2023, 12:08 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A focus on wellbeing and responding to climate change is woven through six priorities adopted in Waikato Regional Council’s updated strategic direction. The previous 10-year strategy was used as a starting point for the review, with the environmental ... More >>
