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Milk pick up situation continues to improve in Waikato
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 1:38 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Milk collection in the Waikato has continued to improve today, meaning lessening environmental risk from surplus milk getting into waterways, says Waikato Regional Council. More >>
Council active in helping manage gas issues in Waikato
Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 4:41 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council says it is heartened by news of a limited resumption of gas supplies to dairy factories in the region, meaning there is less risk of surplus milk polluting waterways. More >>
Council continues preparation for oil off Waikato coast
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 4:25 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is continuing preparations for the possibility that oil may come ashore on the Coromandel coast in the wake of the Rena grounding. Council representatives will be attending a meeting organized by Hauraki Maori Trust Board ... More >>
Council to review councilor role in prosecutions
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 10:01 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council’s regulatory committee has today formally instructed staff to review the role of councilors in deciding what prosecutions the council undertakes. More >>
More regional council staff helping after ship grounding
Monday, 10 October 2011, 5:15 pm | Waikato Regional Council
A total of five Waikato Regional Council workers are now in the Bay of Plenty helping with a range of roles as Maritime New Zealand responds to the grounding of the Rena and the resulting oil spills. A number of staff are helping with planning in the ... More >>
Waikato Regional Council comments on national water report
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 4:56 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council chairman Peter Buckley says the Auditor-General’s comments released today on Waikato water quality highlight the issues the council has been working to address. More >>
Tokoroa milk drying plant gets quicker consent
Friday, 16 September 2011, 3:54 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The relatively speedy granting of a resource consent to a planned milk drying plant in Tokoroa is a great example of what can be achieved when companies work proactively with the regional council, says regulatory committee chair Lois Livingston. More >>
Council praises dairy sector’s efforts
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 3:06 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Dairy companies and Waikato Federated Farmers are making positive contributions towards helping protect water quality in the Waikato, says the regional council’s resource use group manager Chris McLay. He was commenting after Open Country Dairy made a ... More >>
Regional council ready for role in new aquaculture zone
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 3:54 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is well placed to play its part in the growth of aquaculture in Coromandel when new laws take effect on 1 October, says policy group manager Vaughan Payne. More >>
Rail working party makes final recommendations
Saturday, 27 August 2011, 10:49 am | Waikato Regional Council
The region is one step closer to a Hamilton-Auckland passenger rail service, with a multiagency working party today recommending that it proceed to consultation. More >>
Rail advocates experience Hamilton-Auckland train service
Friday, 12 August 2011, 8:30 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato politicians, transport officials and rail advocates have today experienced first-hand a Hamilton-Auckland passenger rail trip. More >>
Final phase of work on contaminated Tui mine site
Friday, 12 August 2011, 5:09 pm | Waikato Regional Council
An Auckland-based company has been awarded the contract for the final phase of work to remediate the country’s most contaminated site, the Tui mine at Mount Te Aroha. More >>
Key water policy awaits court ruling
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 1:50 pm | Waikato Regional Council
It is now expected to be late this year before the Environment Court rules on Waikato Regional Council's proposed Variation 6 to the regional plan, which seeks to better manage the growing pressure on the Waikato's fresh water resources. More >>
Numbers of Waikato residents prepared for a disaster
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 5:09 pm | Waikato Regional Council
The results of a national survey which have just been released show the number of Waikato residents prepared for a disaster has grown significantly in some cases, but still remains too low in others. According to the Colmar Brunton research, over ... More >>
Honda makes fresh tree planting contribution
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 3:31 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Honda New Zealand has contributed another $11,320 to native tree planting in the Waikato, only a slight reduction on last year’s $12,010 despite the ongoing tougher economic times. “This ongoing support is very useful in terms of providing funds ... More >>
Helicopter monitoring due to start for 2011-12
Thursday, 4 August 2011, 9:30 am | Waikato Regional Council
A new round of Waikato Regional Council helicopter monitoring to check on compliance with dairy effluent management rules is due to get underway shortly. Helicopter monitoring is one of the council's contributions to an ongoing agriculture industry effort aimed ... More >>
Iwi and resource management experts advise on key policy
Friday, 29 July 2011, 12:11 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council will incorporate a Maori viewpoint into hearing and deciding the region’s most significant resource management policy framework. More >>
Collaboration the key to handling big land and water issues
Friday, 15 July 2011, 10:56 am | Waikato Regional Council
Close collaboration between all stakeholders - including iwi, farmers, the agriculture industry and local councils - will be the key to successfully addressing land and water quality issues in the region, says the chair of Waikato Regional Council's ... More >>
Vigilance needed around the Waikato region’s swollen rivers
Thursday, 14 July 2011, 2:54 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Waikato Regional Council is urging members of the public to be extra vigilant around the region’s swollen rivers and streams, with water levels in the larger rivers expected to rise further over the next couple of days. A heavy rainfall warning was ... More >>
Waikato farmers make gains for environment
Monday, 11 July 2011, 1:57 pm | Waikato Regional Council
Full year figures have confirmed that Waikato farmers made significant environmental gains last season as they, the agriculture industry and the regional council increased the focus on complying with dairy effluent management rules. More >>
