Community group meetings on hold
Due to the COVID-19 Alert Level Four lock-down Regional Council staff are now working from home while our offices are closed.
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Due to the COVID-19 Alert Level Four lock-down Regional Council staff are now working from home while our offices are closed.
Due to the COVID-19 Alert Level Four lock-down Regional Council staff are now working from home while our offices are closed.
Work completed to date by this community group remains relevant and is being used to further develop future options for managing freshwater quantity and improving water quality in Water Management Areas (WMAs).
Our development work is continuing but may be delayed as some of our staff are temporarily re-deployed to assist with essential services and the COVID-19 Civil Defence response, and it is unlikely that any further community group workshops will be scheduled in the near future.
We will reconnect with the WMA community groups, once we have certainty of the timing and content of Government’s freshwater policy package scheduled for release in May.
A health warning has been issued for Waihī Estuary at Pukehina because of a bloom of potentially toxic algae.
A health warning has been issued for Waihī Estuary at Pukehina because of a bloom of potentially toxic algae.
“The health warning means that people should avoid any activity which involves contact with the water in Waihī Estuary at Pukehina,” says Dr Neil de Wet, Medical Officer of Health.
“Algal mats may also accumulate along the shoreline of the estuary and around its mouth and so it’s especially important that parents ensure that children avoid contact with these mats as they may be toxic.”
“Shellfish accumulate the toxin and so it’s advised that shellfish are not collected from anywhere in Waihī Estuary or the estuary mouth,” says Dr de Wet.
Dogs are particularly at risk and should be kept away from the shoreline or areas where algal mats may accumulate.
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