Media releases

January 2023

• Harbourmaster patrol stats make for grim reading
• Regional Council ramps up for next big weather event

March 2023

• Prosecution shows importance of correct effluent management practices
• Speed key concern in navigation safety bylaws feedback
• Restoration of Tarawera awa focus for new Treaty co-governance group
• Project to support Ohiwa Harbour’s waterways reveals at-risk indigenous fish species
• Rural school now has a sustainable watering system thanks to Regional Council funding

April 2023

• Changes proposed to make bus travel easier
• Final days to apply for He Toka Tu Moana – Toi Moana Environmental Scholarship
• Bay of Plenty Mayors release Climate Change Risk Assessment

May 2023

• Celebrating the Bay of Plenty's pest animal control efforts through technology
• Bay of Plenty councils join forces to launch FutureFit
• Help keep flood defences functioning this winter
• Record rain across the rohe causing erosion and river discolouration
• Council approves construction of proposed Rangitaiki Spillway design
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June 2023

• Surveillance undertaken in the Bay of Plenty for new-to-New Zealand gold clam
• Despite set-back, Regional Council on track to reduce emissions
• Transformational joint venture to restore Waihi Estuary
• Working together for Waiotahe
• 2023 School Sustainability and Resilience Fund recipients announced
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July 2023

• Viewing the region from a different angle

August 2023

• Legacy Funeral Homes Limited faces penalty for unlawful discharges
• Love the beach? Tell Coast Care what you think!

September 2023

• Warm weather reminder: keep all vehicles off the dunes
• ‘Care plan’ for Rotorua Geothermal System now out for public feedback

October 2023

• Construction to begin on the Lower Rangitaiki River stopbanks
• Scan to help keep the lakes pest-free
• Primary sectors preparing for El Nino summer dry
• Scholarship awarded for world first climate change degree

November 2023

• Kiwifruit grower fined for illegal water take
• Dairy discharge into significant Rotorua stream leads to prosecution
• Bay of Plenty Regional Council to upgrade Whakatane’s flood protection
• Mediterranean fanworm infestation found in Pilot Bay
• Dawn blessing marks the opening of Papamoa Hills Upgrade Project
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January 2022

• Check before you travel
• Funding open for school sustainability and resilience projects
• Lack of lifejackets biggest concern for Harbourmaster
• Tongan shockwave detected in Bay of Plenty
• Environmental fund makes Onepu wetland accessible
• ...

February 2022

• Awards keep flowing in for Kaituna River re-diversion project
• Bus timetables about to change following COVID-19 concerns
• Boaties encouraged to respect new Motiti Protection Area rules
• Pig farm prosecution shows importance of correct farming practices

March 2022

• Coast Care stalwarts set to retire
• Half price bus fares on the way for all Bay of Plenty Regional Council services
• Further fines for CRS Tauranga Limited
• eDNA testing of rivers may reveal secretive fish
• People urged to stay off dunes
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April 2022

• Out of bounds: Safeguarding the Whakatane stopbank
• Whakatane Futureproof investigations continue
• Rotorua Cityride bus services to resume normal timetables from this Monday

May 2022

• Regional Council Environmental Fund opens
• eDNA confirms threatened fish species in the Ohiwa area
• Tauranga's central bus interchange on the move in June

July 2022

• Community-led Adaptation Funding supports three more projects
• Lake Rotorua highest level in five years
• Waihi Estuary health under the microscope

August 2022

• Boat salvages keep Harbourmaster team busy
• One year of the Motiti Protection Area

October 2022

• Bus driver shortages tackled head on
• Busy summer for Harbourmaster team
• Edgecumbe flood defences to be replaced

November 2022

• Science Speaker Series to shed light on the plight of the Te Arawa lakes

December 2022

• Successful safer boating pilot programme for iwi and hapu