Councils grant chicken broiler consent
Environment Waikato and Matamata-Piako District Council have granted resource consents to expand a chicken broiler operation at Cussen Road, Tatuanui.
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Councils grant Karapiro quarry consents
Environment Waikato and Waipa District Council have granted resource consents for the ongoing operation of Whitehall quarry, near Karapiro.
Protection works progressing well
Good progress has been made in carrying out river and flood protection works on the Tauranga Taupo River.
Rates already pouring Into Regional Council
Environment Waikato has already received more than $800,000 in rates since its first direct rate invoices went out earlier this month.
New Chief Executive Officer for Regional Council
Environment Waikato today announced that Harry Wilson has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer designate.
New regime for geothermal resources
Environment Waikato is proposing to change its policies to ensure consistency between various policies on geothermal resources.
Rotorua student wins Environment Waikato Maori scholarship
Environment Waikato has awarded its annual Dame Te Ata Irangikaahu Maori Scholarship to Waikato University science and technology student Joseph Butterworth of Rotorua.
Rates invoices spark calls
Environment Waikato’s rating team is taking dozens of calls as the first direct rate from the Regional Council hits letterboxes around the Region this week – but the majority of the calls are asking about how to pay.
Booze bus checks thousands
Younger drinking drivers are becoming a worrying statistic since the drinking age was lowered, this week’s Environment Waikato Regional Road Safety Subcommittee was told.
Algal bloom continues at Lake Ngaroto
A blue green algal bloom is still affecting Lake Ngaroto near Te Awamutu, despite the colder weather.
Regional Council rates out today
Environment Waikato posts out its first rate invoices this week – but the Council is not expecting the ratepayer outcry that Auckland Regional Council has experienced.