Waikato Regional Council
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Environment Waikato is the Regional Council for the Waikato Region in the North Island of New Zealand.
WAIKATO — A “missing” mating pair of Western North Island Brown kiwi has been successfully located and fitted with radio transmitters as part of a project aimed at helping the critically endangered and iconic birds survive in the wild.
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WAIKATO — Following the success of last season’s effluent field days, Environment Waikato, Federated Farmers, Fonterra and Dexcel are running another five in October.
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WAIKATO — A big corporate dairy farmer which blamed its sharemilker for a literal stream of effluent flowing across its Reporoa property has had its appeal against a $35,000 fine tossed out by the High Court.
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WAIKATO — A Waikato company which unlawfully buried illegal toxic chemicals in a way that risks them getting into waterways has been found guilty of charges laid by Environment Waikato under the Resource Management Act.
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WAIKATO — Environment Waikato is undertaking a wide range of measures to help adapt to the effects of climate change, and to lessen human contributions to the problem.
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HAMILTON — Hamiltonians can ride the city’s buses for free this Saturday as Environment Waikato gets in behind the international World Car Free Day.
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HAMILTON — The proposed new bus network for Hamilton has been given the thumbs up after a hearings committee heard public submissions on Environment Waikato’s Draft Regional Passenger Transport Plan.
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WAIKATO — Environment Waikato’s environment committee has recommended the council contribute $4,900 towards an electronic waste collection day in Hamilton on Saturday, 29 September.
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WAIKATO — Aquaculture in the Waikato region has expanded to the stage where it now has annual turnover of around $35 million, says a report to Environment Waikato’s policy and strategy committee.
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WAIKATO — Moves to further protect the endangered Maui’s dolphin off the west coast of the North Island have been backed by Environment Waikato’s environment committee.
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WAIKATO — Environment Waikato and the Raukawa Trust Board have signed a new agreement to facilitate cooperation between the regional council and the board on environmental issues.
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WAIKATO — Volunteer Beachcare groups helped protect more than 37 kilometres of beach and sand dunes over 2006/07, says a report received today by Environment Waikato’s environment committee.
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COROMANDEL — Environment Waikato is to trial an innovative approach to flood management that involves removing gravel to fix one problem, and then using the same material to fix another.
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WAIKATO — Environment Waikato has granted $4500 from its Environmental Initiatives Fund to help Whaingaroa Environment Centre develop an environmentally friendly shopping bag.
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LAKE ROTOMA — Aerial and ground-based inspections show most farmers in the Lake Taupo catchment have not been excessively grazing their cows this winter, but some isolated cases of over-grazing are concerning Environment Waikato.
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HAMILTON — New bus fares approved today by Environment Waikato’s council are aimed at ensuring users pay a fair share of the direct costs of expanding passenger transport in Hamilton.
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