Hawke’s Bay Dairies Ltd received a $2,500 fine for a breach of their resource consent in the Environment Court today, following action brought by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council. (Read on …)
The new Waikato River co-management agreement involving Waikato-Tainui and other iwi is positive for the health of the river and the wider regional environment, says Environment Waikato chairman Peter Buckley.
Farmers in the Balfour area will be invited to help Environment Southland study the impact of nutrient leaching on nitrate levels in local groundwater.
Environment Southland has been monitoring groundwater in the Balfour area since 2001 in response to community concerns about whether land use changes and an increase in dairy farming would have an impact on domestic water supplies. (Read on …)
Tuesday, 5 August 2008
Environment Bay of Plenty is carrying out a survey of East Cape State Highway culverts to identify those that prevent the movement of fish between the streams and the ocean.
The aim of the survey is to identify culverts that could be improved to help fish migrating from the ocean to return upstream habitat and vice-versa.
Auckland Regional Council’s pollution response officers will be paying a surprise visit to some Rodney commercial and industrial premises during the next two weeks. (Read on …)
According to a recent Auckland Regional Council survey, more than two thirds of Aucklanders are ‘concerned’ or ‘very concerned’ about the environment in the region. When asked to name the most important environmental problem, traffic congestion tops the list followed by air pollution. (Read on …)
A record fine has been handed down by the Environment Court in Napier today to the Crafar Group dairy operation, Taharua Farm, for breaching its resource consent.
Taharua Farm has been fined $37,500 after Hawke’s Bay Regional Council laid charges for the discharge of dairy effluent that was well over the resource consent conditions.
(Read on …)