Council assists river enhancement project
Environment Waikato is to provide $40,000 towards native planting and habitat restoration on the banks of the lower Waikato River.
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Grant for tui research project
Environment Waikato is to grant $10,000 towards a research project aimed at increasing the populations of key native bird species in the central Waikato Region.
Landfills standards improve
The standard of operating landfills in the Waikato is now as good or better than any other part of the country, this week's Environment Waikato Regulatory Committee heard.
Warnings and fines for boating offences
Environment Waikato issued two infringement notices and 144 warnings to boaties breaking navigation safety bylaws over Christmas.
Increased bond proposed for Ngatea peat firm
Environment Waikato wants an increase in the bond paid by a Ngatea peat mining company to cover the costs of rehabilitation works.
Trustpower appeals Taupo hydro consent
Trustpower has appealed several conditions of its resource consents to continue to operate Hinemaiaia hydro power scheme near Taupo.
Major expansion for city bus services
Hamilton city’s bus service is expanding to include full Saturday services and late night buses – and a free bus day next month.
Company, driver fined for Te Kuiti spill
A stock transport company and its driver have been fined more than $10,000 and ordered to pay more than $3500 in costs for pouring petrol and diesel onto a Te Kuiti service station forecourt.
Council working with partners to manage waste
Environment Waikato Environment Committee Chair Lois Livingston is disappointed at the mixed efforts from District Councils to implement their waste management plans.
Council recommends project watershed funding policy
Environment Waikato’s Project Watershed has passed a key milestone with the recommended adoption of a draft funding policy for the project.
Coromandel streams top priority for protection
Streams in the Coromandel are the top priority for Environment Waikato’s Clean Streams Project to encourage fencing and protection for the Region’s water bodies.
Floods prove benefit of protection works
Heavy damage from summer floods has highlighted the need for ongoing protection works, as well as demonstrating the benefits provided by earlier protection works.
Creative ideas for waste
Think you can create something artistic from rubbish? Then enter the Waste 2 Art competition and exhibition which is part of next month’s Festival of the Environment.
Festival events celebrate the environment
Free vehicle emission tests, estuary tours, teachers’ workshops, night bush walks and river kayaking have been organised by Environment Waikato to celebrate the Festival of the Environment next month.
Environment Waikato staff on high alert for oil spill
Environment Waikato oil spill response staff were put on high alert this weekend as backup for Gisborne clean up teams working on the stranded log carrier.
City looks at transport access to leisure facilities
Hamilton people want cheap access to transport to major city activities, according to participants in the development of the city’s Recreation and Leisure Plan.
More use city buses
More people are using Hamilton city’s buses, with an overall increase in patronage of more than seven percent.
Tokoroa residents put pressure on funding for disabled
The loss of Tokoroa’s town bus service is putting pressure on transport funding for people with disabilities.
More predicted to die on Waikato roads
A total of 88 people can expect to die on Waikato roads this year – and that’s more than died last year, according to the Land Transport Safety Authority.