July 2019

26 July - One family in Rotorua is doing its part to help clean up local waterways, by removing gorse and planting 120,000 natives in its place.

25 July - An Ōpōtiki dairy farm manager and senior farm assistant have been fined $24,700 under the Resource Management Act after an effluent irrigator failed and discharged into a nearby drain.

5 July - All rivers in the area, with the exception of the lower reaches of the Whakatane, have peaked and are now receding and as predicted, river levels have not affected properties within flood protected schemes.

4 July - The Bay of Plenty Regional Council Flood Room continues to closely monitor the effects of the current weather system on our region’s rivers.

4 July - The Bay of Plenty Regional Council Flood Room has been activated since 1pm today (Thursday 4 July 2019) to closely monitor the effects of the current weather system on our region’s rivers.

3 July - A one-year trial in 2020 of fare-free bus transport for Tauranga school students was last week adopted as part of Bay of Plenty Regional Council’s Annual Plan 2019/20. 

3 July - Travel options for those needing to get to work and study across the region are a step closer to improving next year, with Bay of Plenty Regional Council agreeing to trial new regional services for one year in 2020.

1 July - Bay of Plenty regional councillors agreed at their Council meeting to declare a climate emergency and work with the community on transitioning to a low carbon future and adapting to our changed climate.