Environment Waikato holds down level of rates rise
Environment Waikato has confirmed its overall rate revenue growth for next financial year is 9.8 per cent, compared to an earlier projection of 19 per cent.
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Be safe, be seen: Switch on for safety
Waikato motorists are being encouraged to drive with their lights on at all times to help ensure they can be seen by other road users, particularly in the region’s notorious fogs.
Council adopts 2007-2012 Regional Pest Management Strategy
Environment Waikato’s 2007-2012 Regional Pest Management Strategy (RPMS) was officially adopted at today’s council meeting in Hamilton.
RPMS sets out new approach to possum control
Environment Waikato’s 2007-2012 Regional Pest Management Strategy (RPMS), adopted today by council, takes a new approach to controlling a well established pest, possums.
Council introduces changes to pest management funding
Environment Waikato’s 2007/08 Annual Plan, adopted by council today, introduces changes to the way pest management work is funded in our region.
Community environmental projects receive grants worth $171,000
Environment Waikato’s council has today approved Environmental Initiatives Fund applications worth $171,000. The EIF supports community-based projects that either directly enhance the environment or encourage environmental education. Nine projects received funding in this final round of the year, bringing to 15 the total number of projects funded throughout the year.
Land owners, hunters to be consulted
Land owners and hunting groups will be consulted before any control of feral pigs or wild deer takes place, under Environment Waikato’s revised Regional Pest Management Strategy (RPMS).
Vandals put water users at risk
Environment Waikato chair Jenni Vernon is deeply distressed by the actions of vandals who have damaged two navigation safety signs in the Karapiro and Pauanui areas recently.
River and catchment schemes protect 85 per cent of region
Drains and flood schemes may not be sexy, but they’re essential.
Environment Waikato seeks engineers
Buoyant economic activity is putting increasing pressure on Environment Waikato to source staff with the specialised skills required to manage the region’s rivers and catchments.
Environment Waikato rejects criticism of bus fare plans
Environment Waikato is rejecting criticisms of its proposal to lift Hamilton bus fares by 15 per cent in each of the next two financial years, instead of 10 per cent as earlier planned.
Environment Court grants Whangamata wastewater plant consent
The Environment Court has granted a resource consent for the proposed upgrade of Whangamata’s wastewater treatment facility.
Hearing committee approves museum deck, declines jetty
An Environment Waikato hearing committee has approved an application by Waikato District Council to build part of a 105m² deck over the coastal marine area on the western side of a new museum proposed for Raglan.
Environment Waikato pulls ute from river
Environment Waikato’s navigation safety team is looking for the owner of a silver Mazda utility vehicle it removed from the Waikato River at Tuakau today.