Whakpoungakau Lands Trust 800-hectare block of whenua (land) in the Lake Rotorua Catchment holds cultural and economic importance for its people.

The collaboration between Toi Moana and WLT to achieve the nutrient targets set for the property is multi-faceted and includes several gorse removal agreements, nitrogen reduction incentives agreements and most recently a comprehensive Environmental Programme.

On 18 February 2020, Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee decided to withdraw Plan Change 9.

After 15 years of collective effort by the Rotorua community and Bay of Plenty Regional Council to improve air quality in the city, Rotorua will officially shed its 'polluted' air quality status today.

The life-changing difference a supportive workplace makes, and what happened when an environmental compliance officer was given time to heal.

Plan Change 10 introduced rules to limit the amount of nitrogen entering Lake Rotorua from land use, in order to improve water quality.

Safer speed limits in recreational areas, the future of current ski zones and a buoyed swim lane in Pilot Bay were shot topics as part of the Regional Council’s Navigation Safety Bylaws review.

With the longer days signalling the start of DIY season, Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is reminding landowners living in a rivers and / or drainage scheme to check if they need a Bylaw Authority before doing any digging, planting or building.

The Rotorua Airshed boundary will be extended from Friday 3 June 2022 to include future residential housing developments in areas next to the existing airshed.

With the change of season, Bay of Plenty Regional Council is again reminding rural landowners of the requirements to protect the region’s stopbanks from the effects of stock and overgrazing.