Home Your council News and information Media releases Media releases 2019 January 2019 January 2019 media releases Speedy progress on Kaituna River re-diversion 30 January - Work by Bay of Plenty Regional Council and J Swap Contractors Ltd. to restore estuary health by returning freshwater flows from the Kaituna River into Te Awa o Ngātoroirangi Maketū Estuary is now ahead of schedule.