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Managing and adapting to natural hazard risk
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Understanding natural risk
Integrated catchment management (ICM)
Come High Water - Know your flood risk
Catchment management zones
Catchment management plans
Flood resilience programme
Flood protection
Land drainage
River management
Landcare groups
Coastcare
Waste, hazardous substances and contaminated land
Waste reduction in the Waikato region
Circularising Organics Project
Circular economy internships
Hazardous waste and disposal
Contaminated land
Waikato and Bay of Plenty Cross Regional Waste Strategy and Waste Infrastructure Project
Regional economy, growth and development
Waikato Regional Spatial Plan
Aquaculture strategy
Future Proof
Waikato Regional Energy Strategy
Trends of the Waikato economy
Upper North Island Strategic Alliance (UNISA)
WISE Creating Futures
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Low flow consent restrictions
Data Catalogue
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Industry and air quality
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Ozone depletion
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Spraying activities and air quality
Weather and air quality
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What is biodiversity
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Biosecurity
Collective Impact Initiative
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Waikato regional greenhouse gas inventory
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Lake Taupō catchment
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Water takes
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Geothermal
Geothermal: monitoring and reporting
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What lives in geothermal areas?
Changing land use and geothermal areas
Energy and extraction
Geothermal tourism
Geothermal glossary
Land and soil
Land and soil: monitoring and reporting
Land use in the Waikato
Managing acid sulfate soils
Managing land and soil
All about soil
Erosion
Water
Algal blooms
Rivers
Rivers and streams: monitoring and reporting
Lakes
Lakes and wetlands: monitoring and reporting
Groundwater
Groundwater: monitoring and reporting
Fresh water wetlands
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Kaunihera
Council
Kaunihera
Council
About us
About us
Our vision, purpose and values
Te Pae Tawhiti | Strategic Direction 2026-2036
Our region
How we plan and prioritise our work
Councillors
Executive leadership team
Our organisation
Our history
The mahi (work) we do
Council and committees
Council and committees
Committees, councillors and governance
Council meetings - agendas and minutes
Speak at a council or committee meeting
Constituencies
Democracy Dave
Local body elections
Advisory Committee for the Regional Environment (ACRE)
Standards, guidelines and performance
Standards, guidelines and performance
Local governance statement
Health and safety
Procurement
Social media use and guidelines
Privacy of your information
How we’re performing
Council Controlled Organisation (CCO) reports
Drone use by Waikato Regional Council
Rates
Rates
Rates - General information and frequently asked questions
Find out your rates
Rates payment dates, options and penalties
Rates notice and assessment by email
Rates remission and postponement
Rates - settlement request
Your rates at work
Contact us
Contact us
Report environmental incidents
Antenno
Visitor parking at our Hamilton office
Feedback and complaints policy
Requests for official information (LGOIMA)
Waikato People's Panel
Policies and plans
Policies and plans
Long term plan, annual plan and annual report
Waikato Regional Policy Statement
Waikato Regional Spatial Plan
Waikato Regional Coastal Plan (RCP)
Proposed Waikato Regional Coastal Plan
Regional Pest Management Plan (RPMP)
Waikato Regional Plan
Plan Change 1 (PC1)
Navigation Safety Bylaw
Regional Land Transport Plan
Regional Public Transport Plan
Air quality strategy
Freshwater Policy Review
Waikato regional fresh water discussion
Waikato Biodiversity Accord
Waikato Regional Biodiversity Strategy
Coastal policies and plans
Hazard and catchment management policies and plans
Transport policies and plans
Policies and plans - the consultative process
Significance and Engagement Policy
National directions and national planning standards
Careers at Waikato Regional Council
Careers at Waikato Regional Council
Current job vacancies
Summer Student Programme
Hapori
Community
Hapori
Community
What's happening?
What's happening?
Your voice matters
News
Council meetings - agendas and minutes
Public notices and tenders
Policy submissions from Waikato Regional Council
Fieldays 2026
Public transport fuel updates
Tairua Harbour sandbar
Simplifying Local Government
Working with iwi Māori
Working with iwi Māori
Tai-ranga-whenua
Engaging iwi Māori
Partnering with iwi and hapū
Iwi environmental management plans
Treaty of Waitangi toolkit
Te Ture Whaimana o te Awa o Waikato
Te Kaupapa Kaitiaki – Taupō Catchment Plan
Your community
Your community
Pass it on
Waikato Regional Heritage Forum
Funding and scholarships
Funding and scholarships
Regional Emergency Services Fund
Natural Heritage Partnership Programme
Enviroschools Fund
Community Transport Grant Fund
Dr Stella Frances Scholarship
Roger Harris (Waihou Valley Scheme) Scholarship
Tuia mentoring programme
Regional economy, growth and development
Regional economy, growth and development
Social and economic indicators in the Waikato
Waikato Progress Indicators Tupuranga Waikato
Ratonga
Services
Ratonga
Services
Online services
Online services
Making a payment
Publications
Maps
Maps
Terms of use - Spatial information and environmental data
Data Catalogue
Data Catalogue
Other data sites and information
Terms of use
User guide
Restoration
Restoration
Advice and funding
Coastcare
Planting guides
Pest plants and animals
Biosecurity
Biosecurity
Pest plants and animals
Aquatic spraying operations
Kauri protection
Project Yellow
High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI or ‘bird flu’)
Dutch elm disease
Exotic caulerpa
Invasive clams
Clean below? Good to go
Consents and compliance
Consents and compliance
Dam safety requirements and consents
Resource consents
Fast-track approvals
New compliance monitoring and enforcement charges for consents and permitted activities
Investigation and enforcement
Investigation and enforcement
Report environmental incidents
Education
Education
Enviroschools
Kura Waitī Ki Kura Waitā
Resources for teachers
Enviroschools news and events
Transport
Transport
Public transport
Speed management
Road safety
Guidelines for electric vehicle supply equipment on council land
Regional hazards and emergency management
Regional hazards and emergency management
Current projects - regional hazards and emergency management
Waikato Regional Hazards Portal
Flood Room
Natural hazards
Coastal erosion
Coastal flooding (inundation)
Coastal inundation tool
Drought
Earthquakes
Geothermal activity
Kaimai buster
Landslides
Marine oil spills
River flooding
Subsidence
Tsunami
Volcanic activity
Managing and adapting to natural hazard risk
Policy and planning, stakeholders and collaboration
Understanding natural risk
Integrated catchment management (ICM)
Integrated catchment management (ICM)
Come High Water - Know your flood risk
Catchment management zones
Catchment management plans
Flood resilience programme
Flood protection
Land drainage
River management
Landcare groups
Coastcare
Waste, hazardous substances and contaminated land
Waste, hazardous substances and contaminated land
Waste reduction in the Waikato region
Circularising Organics Project
Circular economy internships
Hazardous waste and disposal
Contaminated land
Waikato and Bay of Plenty Cross Regional Waste Strategy and Waste Infrastructure Project
Regional economy, growth and development
Regional economy, growth and development
Waikato Regional Spatial Plan
Aquaculture strategy
Future Proof
Waikato Regional Energy Strategy
Trends of the Waikato economy
Upper North Island Strategic Alliance (UNISA)
WISE Creating Futures
Maritime services
Maritime services
Contact the Maritime Services team
Navigation Safety Bylaw
Rules and safety information
Bar crossings
Boat naming
Dive flags
Events on waterways
Jet skis and personal watercraft
Lifejackets
Moorings
Moorings for sale or rent
Navigation hazards
Paddle craft
Towing on the water
Vessel lighting requirements
Vessel speeds (5 knot rule)
Waterproof communications
Taiao
Environment
Taiao
Environment
State of the Environment 2022
Environmental data hub
Environmental data hub
Environmental maps and data
Environmental indicators
Freshwater recreational water quality report
Low flow consent restrictions
Data Catalogue
Air
Air
Air: monitoring and reporting
Air contaminants
Airsheds
Home heating and air quality
Industry and air quality
Livestock farming and air quality
Motor vehicles and air quality
Odours and air quality
Outdoor burning and air quality
Ozone depletion
Pressures on local air quality
Spraying activities and air quality
Weather and air quality
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
What is biodiversity
What do we do for biodiversity?
What can you do for biodiversity
Advice and funding
Native plants and animals
Planting guides
Waikato Biodiversity Accord
Waikato Regional Biodiversity Strategy
Biodiversity: monitoring and reporting
Biosecurity
Collective Impact Initiative
Climate change
Climate change
Carbon Calculator for planted native forests
Waikato Regional Climate Change Hazards and Risks
Waikato regional greenhouse gas inventory
Coastal and marine
Coastal and marine
Monitoring coastal and marine ecosystem health
Monitoring coastal recreational water quality
Monitoring coastal hazards
Coastal and marine indicators
Coastal and marine research
Coastal and marine factsheets
Farmers' hub
Farmers' hub
Effluent management
Farm Menus
Farm planning
Forestry
Intensive winter grazing
Lake Taupō catchment
Nitrogen cap (N cap)
Nutrient management
Planting, waterways and wetland management
Reduce farm and rural waste
Soil management and erosion control for farmers
Water takes
Moving farms
Geothermal
Geothermal
Geothermal: monitoring and reporting
Geothermal resources
Geothermal Systems map and information
Classifying geothermal systems
What lives in geothermal areas?
Changing land use and geothermal areas
Energy and extraction
Geothermal tourism
Geothermal glossary
Land and soil
Land and soil
Land and soil: monitoring and reporting
Land use in the Waikato
Managing acid sulfate soils
Managing land and soil
All about soil
Erosion
Water
Water
Algal blooms
Rivers
Rivers and streams: monitoring and reporting
Lakes
Lakes and wetlands: monitoring and reporting
Groundwater
Groundwater: monitoring and reporting
Fresh water wetlands
Urban stormwater management
Water allocation and consents
Water allocation calculator
Other water enquiries
What water looks like
Ā mātou mahi
What we're doing
Ā mātou mahi
What we're doing
Contact us
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