October 2025

Constructed wetlands project receives national award for environmental sustainability.

Bay of Plenty Regional Council has purchased a 266ha dairy farm in the Lake Rotorua catchment, as part of a broader strategy to improve water quality and reduce nitrogen entering the lake.  

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council has successfully secured a second round of Central Government funding to support critical flood protection projects across the region.

It’s a new-look council for Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council this triennium. This week, the Regional Council is welcoming nine new councillors, with five returning. 

Labour weekend marks the unofficial start of the summer boating season and Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is urging boaties to make sure everything is shipshape before heading out.  

Kendall Smith is not one to sit behind a desk for long. Whether she’s out chatting with landowners or getting her hands dirty on community planting days, the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Land Management Officer is happiest when she’s on the ground, helping locals care for the land they call home. 

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council today swore in the newly elected Council and voted in new leadership at its first official meeting held in Whakatāne.

The first phase of a multi-stage project to upgrade flood defences along the Whakatāne River is getting its finishing touches, with final works expected to be finished by the end of November.