December 2012
Jet ski safety focus for Rotorua Lakes this summer
Thursday, 27 December 2012 9:00 a.m.
Speeding jet skis and boats have not made a good start to the summer on Rotorua's lakes. "So far the general behaviour has not been good," says Bay of Plenty Regional Co...
Jet ski safety focus for Bay of Plenty Summer
Monday, 24 December 2012 8:00 a.m.
Whitewater kayaking requires nerves of steel but Olympian Luuka Jones is the first to admit she gets nervous when she's kayaking in the presence of jet skis. Just as she...
Former deputy PM appointed to Bay of Connections
Friday, 21 December 2012 1:30 p.m.
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Michael Cullen is one of two new appointments to the Bay of Connections Governance Group. He will represent the Eastern Bay of Plenty econ...
Survey of Bowentown Bar identifies changes in best place to cross
Friday, 21 December 2012 10:00 a.m.
The Tauranga Harbour Master has carried out a survey of the Bowentown Bar area and identified some significant changes to the shape and extent of the outer banks of the ba...
Companies fined for pollution offences
Friday, 21 December 2012 10:00 a.m.
A Waikato demolition company and a Matakana Island dairy farmer were fined a total of more than $70,000 in the Tauranga District Court yesterday on pollution charges in two...
Regional Council searching for mooring owners
Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:30 p.m.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is surveying Rotorua lakes during the next few months to find out who owns hundreds of moorings. Most moorings on the Rotorua Lakes don't h...
November bus passenger numbers hit record high
Wednesday, 19 December 2012 9:00 a.m.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Tauranga Bayhopper buses carried a record number of passengers in the month of November this year. A total of 165,294 passenger trips were ...
Waikato collision important reminder for jet ski safety
Tuesday, 18 December 2012 4:00 p.m.
A collision between a power boat and a jet ski in the Waikato region last Friday has highlighted the need for people to take care on the waterways this summer, says the Wes...
Work to identify link with volunteers
Monday, 17 December 2012 3:00 p.m.
The ways in which the region's volunteers can help Bay of Plenty Regional Council achieve its council outcomes are to be investigated early next year. Following a number...
2012 snapshot
Monday, 17 December 2012 10:00 a.m.
2012 was a busy year for Regional Council. See below for a snapshot of what we were busy doing. Click on each image for more information about the subject. ...
New life for old lab equipment
Wednesday, 12 December 2012 2:00 p.m.
Old lab equipment which has passed its use-by date is getting a new lease of life in Whakatane schools. Bay of Plenty Regional Council has passed on laboratory equipmen...
Silver acknowledgements for civil defence service
Tuesday, 11 December 2012 12:30 p.m.
Outstanding leadership and moral courage were just two of the attributes acknowledged by Minister of Civil Defence Hon Chris Tremain when awarding two Bay of Plenty recipie...
Orchard cones warn youngsters of spray danger
Monday, 10 December 2012 8:00 a.m.
Specially designed cones that warn children of spraying in orchards have proved a hit with the Te Puna community. The idea of placing warning cones for children near ki...
Strong future projected for Port of Tauranga
Friday, 7 December 2012 10:00 a.m.
The Port of Tauranga is well-placed to accommodate future demand and growth according to a report released this week on the upper North Island ports. The ports study, wh...
Wallabies are pests not pets
Thursday, 6 December 2012 2:00 p.m.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council staff are concerned some residents may be treating Dama wallabies as pets instead of pests. Wallabies destroy native bush by feeding on se...
Groups encouraged to start applications
Tuesday, 4 December 2012 9:00 a.m.
Businesses and organisations looking to apply to the Regional Infrastructure Fund should already have made a start on putting their applications together according to Bay o...
Opotiki farmers fined for effluent discharges
Monday, 3 December 2012 7:45 a.m.
Opotiki dairy farmers Riverlock Farms Limited, and directors Ian Brown and Geoffrey Brown, have been fined a total of $74,000 plus costs on charges brought by Bay of Plenty...
- Harbour Master urges awareness of exclusion zone, Thursday, 20 December 2012 3:00 p.m.
- Toxic shellfish poisoning, Monday, 17 December 2012 11:00 a.m.
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