Media release issued by Ministry for Primary IndustriesThe Waikato will have greater clarity on where to locate future aquaculture developments, and improved guidance for aquaculture monitoring after two applications to the Aquaculture Planning Fund were given the green light.
Waikato Regional Council is moving to contain and eradicate a significant outbreak of alligator weed which has been discovered on a 36-hectare property just south of Hamilton.
Truck drivers attending this week’s three day expo at Mystery Creek will have the chance to influence an upcoming Waikato road safety campaign targeting other motorists.
The Government is being asked to formally declare the Waikato region a drought zone, along with Auckland south of the harbour bridge and Rotorua-Rerewhakaaitu.
Waikato Regional Council yesterday formally ended its agreement with Thames-Coromandel District Council to help fund the investigation into remediating arsenic-contaminated land at Moanataiari in Thames.
Feedback will be sought from Te Puru landowners on three rating options to pay for work completed last year to protect the community from up to a 1-in-100 year flood event.
Waikato Regional Council is expressing concern about major delays in addressing environmental offending at a nationally significant King Country wetland.