Hawke's Bay Regional Council can provide information to rural landowners – large and small - to help them manage their natural resources, plan for best practice and reduce hazards and pests on their property.
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Advice on control of plant and animal pests, plus subsidies on animal pest control gear is available.
Regional Landcare Scheme
The Regional Landcare Scheme provides financial assistance to Hawke's Bay landholders to control soil erosion and land degradation and to develop more sustainable landuse systems. Types of projects supported by the Scheme include:
- Land erosion controls
- Erosion control forestry - changing landuse
- Land retirement for erosion control
- Educational projects directed at sustainable land use
Farm Plans
Land Management staff work with farmers to develop farm plans and erosion control plans and staff are available for advice. For more information contact your Land Management Officer.
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LandWISE
Hawke's Bay Regional Council is a sponsor of LandWISE Incorporated. LandWISE co-ordinate on-farm research and development, primarily in the vegetable and arable cropping industries. A priority has been improving irrigation efficiency and enhancing soil quality.
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SHMAK (stream health monitoring assessment kit)
Produced by NIWA and Federated Farmers, this kit and manual enables farmers to measure stream health and identify macroinvertebrates. SHMAK can be purchased from NIWA Instrument Systems, Christchurch (03) 343-7888 or are available on loan from Hawke's Bay Regional Council by contacting Environmental Education.
The Big Picture
This is a MUST SEE link to information on land management practices, resource management and animal and plant pest identification and control. Produced as fact sheets for downloading there is a wide range of topics, which include best practice, rules and issues.
Environmental Topics
The Big Picture is a quarterly newsletter sent out to all ratepayers in the Region. It covers topical points of interest that the Regional Council is involved in and it includes specific information for rural ratepayers.
Guides to Regional Plan
A Growers Guide
A Farmers Guide
State of the Environmental Reporting
The State of the Environment Reports and updates describe the key resources monitored by the Regional Council and include groundwater, surface water, coast, air, land and natural hazards.
Reports
Hawke's Bay Regional Council has many technical publications available.