October 2025
October 2025 Media Releases
Constructed wetlands project receives national award for environmental sustainability
Constructed wetlands project receives national award for environmental sustainability.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council purchases land to support Lake Rotorua water quality goals
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.
Regional Council secures second round of central government co-investment into flood protection
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.
New faces, new experience, new council
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.
Protecting people and the waterways this summer
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.
Bay of Plenty Regional Council elects first-ever wahine Māori Chair
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.
Finishing touches to be installed on Stage One of Whakatāne CBD flood defences
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.