State of the Environment Reports are produced by Hawke's Bay Regional Council so that people have a useful means of assessing changes in their environment and the effect these might have on their lives.
Annual summaries provide a record of events for the year and the five yearly report summary highlights changes in our environment.
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Report topics in each summary are:
- Land and biodiversity
- Rainfall patterns and river flow (including the region’s climate)
- Water quality of rivers and streams
- Groundwater
- Air quality
- The coast.
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Research Programmes and Reports
The Regional Council manages a variety of resource monitoring programmes to research the state of the Hawke’s Bay environment. Detailed technical reports with information from these programmes are also available that underpin the 5 yearly summary reports. These are used to assist in the review of planning documents, resource investigations and research directions.
Policies to protect our resources are primarily developed in the Regional Resource Management Plan and the Regional Coastal Environment Plan; activity programmes are actioned through the Long Term Council Community Plan.
Reports