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Interim chair of Collaborative Stakeholder Group appointed
Friday, 28 February 2014, 3:36 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Highly experienced resource management expert Bill Wasley has been appointed interim chair of the Collaborative Stakeholder Group (CSG) established to address water quality issues in the Waikato and Waipa rivers. More >>
Interim chair of Collaborative Stakeholder Group appointed
Friday, 28 February 2014, 3:28 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Highly experienced resource management expert Bill Wasley has been appointed interim chair of the Collaborative Stakeholder Group (CSG) established to address water quality issues in the Waikato and Waipa rivers. More >>
Fresh concerns over turtles at Taupo
Friday, 28 February 2014, 11:47 am | Waikato Regional Council
Fresh sightings of introduced red-eared slider turtles in Lake Taupō have prompted a reminder for people not to let these popular pets escape or dump them in waterways. More >>
Fresh fanworm find at Coromandel harbour
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 2:44 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Two small patches of Mediterranean fanworms have been located in Coromandel Harbour, prompting a fresh warning from authorities for boaties to be vigilant against accidentally bringing marine pests into the Waikato region. More >>
Wetlands: Kidneys of the landscape
Monday, 3 February 2014, 3:00 pm | Waikato Regional Council
By Bala Tikkisetty Intensive farming practices can result in significant amounts of contaminants, notably nitrogen, phosphorus, faecal matter and sediment, getting into our waterways. With World Wetlands Day occurring on February 2, it is a good ... More >>
Continuing caution urged after weed spray spill
Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 4:22 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council says it appears a significant spill of diluted weed spray into a stream near Waikino has had little environmental effect so far but people are being urged to remain cautious over contact with the stream water. More >>
Caution urged after weed spray spill
Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 10:25 am | Waikato Regional Council
The public is being warned to be very cautious about using water from the Taiari Stream and the Ohinemuri River near Waikino for the time being. The warning comes after up to 3000 litres of diluted weed spray, thought to contain glyphosate, was ... More >>
Greater community role in rivers protection group
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 7:25 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The general community is being given a greater say in a high calibre Collaborative Stakeholder Group (CSG) which will help drive solutions to issues affecting the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers. To make it even more inclusive, the group has been ... More >>
Free new smartphone app the best ‘first mate’ for boaties
Friday, 29 November 2013, 12:50 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A free new smartphone app has been launched giving water users across New Zealand easy access to all the information they'll need when heading out onto the water. More >>
Jet skier thought he was dying
Friday, 22 November 2013, 3:36 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A jet skier received serious injuries and thought he was going to die after being struck by a power boat on the Waikato River in Hamilton. The driver of the boat was convicted of dangerously operating his boat by Judge Denise Clark in the Hamilton ... More >>
Consents granted for landfill at Glen Afton
Friday, 22 November 2013, 9:40 am | Waikato Regional Council
Independent hearings commissioners have granted consents for the operation of a proposed municipal solid waste landfill at Rotowaro Rd, Glen Afton, which attracted extensive public submissions. More >>
Second award for council IT system
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 2:22 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A large-scale, local government information technology success story involving Waikato Regional Council has won a second top award. At the Association of Local Government Information Managers conference in Taupo last night, the Integrated Regional Information ... More >>
Powhiri for new regional council CEO
Monday, 18 November 2013, 6:17 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council’s new chief executive Vaughan Payne has been formally welcomed to his new role by Ngati Wairere, Ngati Haua and local kaumatua at a powhiri at Kirikiriroa Marae in Hamilton today. More >>
Waikato Regional Council responds to pleasure boat sinking
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 12:21 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council emergency response staff are dealing with fuel coming from an 11-metre private pleasure vessel that sunk in Wyuna Bay on the Coromandel late yesterday afternoon. More >>
Consents granted for coal mine at Mangatangi
Wednesday, 16 October 2013, 12:23 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A joint Waikato District Council and Waikato Regional Council hearings committee has approved the issuing of consents to a Fonterra subsidiary for an open cast coal mine at Mangatangi, 2.5 kilometres east of Mangatawhiri, in north Waikato. More >>
Record fine for deliberate dairy pollution
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 11:21 am | Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato region has seen its largest ever fine imposed for deliberately discharging dairy effluent to a stream. The stream involved flows directly to the Waikato River. More >>
Fertilising in spring
Monday, 14 October 2013, 4:07 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Spring is a time for fertilising farm paddocks. To get the best bang for their buck with fertiliser and protect the environment, farmers should take care with how much they apply, when and where. More >>
Council “bent over backwards” for farmer fined $47,000
Monday, 14 October 2013, 1:49 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A Te Awamutu farmer has received 10 convictions and been fined $47,000 for illegally discharging dairy effluent into the environment. The case, brought by Waikato Regional Council, concerned events between December 2011 and March 2012 at three farms near ... More >>
‘Menace on the water’ could have killed people
Friday, 4 October 2013, 11:06 am | Waikato Regional Council
A Matamata dry stock farmer was labeled a “menace” who could have killed people while being sentenced on four Maritime Transport Act charges in the Morrinsville District Court this week. More >>
Tsunami risk info underlines need to be prepared
Monday, 30 September 2013, 10:15 am | Waikato Regional Council
New data showing increased tsunami height risk in the Waikato underlines the need for coastal communities to be well prepared for the dangers they could face, say Waikato Civil Defence and Waikato Regional Council. More >>
