Our natural advantages here in the Bay of Plenty make it a wonderful region to live, work and play.
Environment Bay of Plenty wants to ensure it keeps managing things like the lakes and rivers in the best way, so that future generations can enjoy them. (Read on …)
Environment Bay of Plenty scientists have started taking samples from rivers, lakes and popular swimming spots as part of its annual water quality monitoring programme for the warmer months. (Read on …)
People are being warned to avoid contact with water in the Waikato shallow lakes because of cyanobacteria.
Risks include skin and eye irritation, allergies like hayfever and asthma and stomach upsets
NZPA | Tuesday November 25 2008 – 08:03pm
The new Minister for Regulatory Responsibility, Rodney Hide, says he’s going to cut the red tape that’s tying up New Zealand. (Read on …)
Improving the health of our waterways remains one of the biggest environmental challenges in building a more sustainable region, Greater Wellington’s annual State of Our Environment report cards show. (Read on …)
A North Canterbury landowner and a Christchurch based earthmoving company have been fined $10,000 and $5000 respectively, following the clearance of protection plantings and the construction of stop-banks on the Waiau River. Both defendants entered guilty pleas when the case was heard in the Christchurch District Court on November 4, 2008. (Read on …)
Defendants in the Wallace Corporation PCB toxic waste burial case in the Waikato have collectively been hit with fines of $120,000, the highest total ever handed down in a prosecution brought under the Resource Management Act. (Read on …)
Spills of animal waste which badly polluted an Aranga stream have collectively cost the owners of a Kaipara dairy farm – and a contractor who worked with them – more than $67,000 in fines and court costs. (Read on …)