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Major oil spill exercise for Coromandel

Monday, 21 May 2012, 9:57 am | Waikato Regional Council

A major oil spill exercise is due to be held on the Coromandel next month, taking into account lessons learned during the Rena disaster. More >>

Historic Waikato River agreement signed at Pikitu Marae

Thursday, 10 May 2012, 5:19 pm | Waikato Regional Council

An historic Joint Management Agreement has been signed today between the Raukawa Settlement Trust and Waikato Regional Council relating to co-management of the Waikato River catchment. More >>

Pest Fish Funding Confirmed From Waikato River Authority

Monday, 7 May 2012, 3:45 pm | Waikato Regional Council

A project to tackle the widespread pest fish koi carp in the Waikato River has been given a major boost with an $85,000 funding injection to the regional council from the new Waikato River Authority (WRA). More >>

Jet boat pair sentenced after collision near Matamata

Friday, 4 May 2012, 5:03 pm | Waikato Regional Council

Two jet boat drivers convicted of unsafe operation of their vessels near Matamata last year have been fined a total of $3,000 by Judge Geoghegan in the Tauranga district court today. More >>

Huntly power station resource consents granted

Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 3:46 pm | Waikato Regional Council

The successful process for renewing consents for the Huntly power station clearly demonstrates that even the biggest resource use issues can be handled locally, says Waikato Regional Council’s resource use and environmental monitoring committee ... More >>

Waikato River agreement between Raukawa and regional council

Thursday, 26 April 2012, 5:13 pm | Waikato Regional Council

A ground-breaking Joint Management Agreement between Raukawa and the regional council – relating to co-management of the Waikato River catchment - has been approved by the Raukawa Charitable Trust and the council. The agreement relates to Raukawa ... More >>

Waikato Regional Council Responds To AHB

Thursday, 19 April 2012, 3:44 pm | Waikato Regional Council

Media Release 19 April 2012 Waikato Regional Council Responds To AHB The Animal Health Board has the ability to use alternative funding methods if Waikato Regional Council ends its regional share contribution to the board’s work, says biosecurity ... More >>

Tsunami Strategy Being Extended To Pauanui And Tairua

Thursday, 12 April 2012, 3:47 pm | Waikato Regional Council

Media Release 12 April 2012 Tsunami Strategy Being Extended To Pauanui And Tairua The roll out of the Eastern Coromandel Tsunami Strategy is to be extended to Pauanui and Tairua, Waikato Regional Council’s catchment services committee heard today. ... More >>

Large number of dairy consents expected as relatively simple

Wednesday, 11 April 2012, 5:17 pm | Waikato Regional Council

A large proportion of dairy water take consents required under the new Variation 6 water allocation policy should only need to go through a “relatively simple” process, the regional council’s resource use and environmental monitoring committee ... More >>

Kawhia diesel spill investigation

Friday, 9 March 2012, 3:13 pm | Waikato Regional Council

Waikato Regional Council staff investigating the cause of yesterday’s diesel spill around Kawhia wharf say the source remains a mystery and they want public help to track it down. More >>

Effects of Kawhia diesel spill

Thursday, 8 March 2012, 8:14 pm | Waikato Regional Council

MEDIA RELEASE 8 March 2012, 1900hrs Hopes that effects of Kawhia diesel spill will be limited Waikato Regional Council’s oil spill response team is tonight hoping there will be minimal environmental impacts from a diesel spill at Kawhia wharf. ... More >>

ETS reminder to hundreds of forest owners

Tuesday, 6 March 2012, 3:20 pm | Waikato Regional Council

Waikato Regional Council is writing to hundreds of forest owners in the region reminding them they need to register their forests by 31 March if they want to qualify for and claim Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) New Zealand units under the first five-year ... More >>

Capsizing shows even experienced skippers can get caught out

Thursday, 16 February 2012, 4:40 pm | Waikato Regional Council

A boat capsizing in heavy seas at Manu Bay on the Waikato’s wild west coast is a classic example of how even the most experienced pleasure craft skippers can get caught out by rough conditions, says Waikato Regional Council. More >>

‘Good clean dairying’ promotion to feature at expo

Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 4:53 pm | Waikato Regional Council

A new “good clean dairying” promotion will feature at this month’s Effluent Expo at Mystery Creek, being organised by Waikato Regional Council and sponsored by DairyNZ. More >>

Waikato farmer faces $73k fine for “not stopping for anyone"

Tuesday, 10 January 2012, 11:30 am | Waikato Regional Council

A Piopio farming couple have been convicted of offences under the Resource Management Act and face fines of over $73,000 for draining an internationally recognised wetland to gain further pasture land and increase farm production. More >>

Action over central plateau volcanic threats

Monday, 12 December 2011, 5:04 pm | Waikato Regional Council

The ever present threat of volcanic eruption in the North Island’s central plateau region has prompted a new focus on public education and risk management by the multi-agency Central Plateau Volcanic Advisory Group. More >>

Award over major information systems savings

Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 12:32 pm | Waikato Regional Council

MEDIA RELEASE 29 November 2011 Award over major information systems savings A Waikato Regional Council information technology manager who has helped generate “very significant” cost savings for councils nationally has won this year’s Association of Local Government ... More >>