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Community Conversations is designed to keep you up to date with our strategic priorities, what we’re working on, where we’re connecting with the community, and upcoming events. It’s also a space for you to share your views on key topics, helping inform Council decision-making. 

Previously referred to as 'Our Environment', the newsletter made a return at the end of April 2026 – refreshed and reimagined as our new Community Conversations newsletter. You can read the first edition here.

Landing in your inbox in the first week of every month, this newsletter brings together the latest monitoring data from across the region. Each update provides a snapshot of current environmental conditions, with links to explore the data in more detail. 

We've been publishing this update since 2015, so you can explore over 10 years of data by browsing the full newsletter archive.

Our Grounded newsletter comes out every two months with helpful information, tools, and resources to support farmers, growers and landowners.

Produced four times a year this is our Te Matau a Māui Environmental Education Update. We share and reflect on our Enviroschools mahi, hear from our Enviroschools facilitators and provide up to date information on current environmental education resources and opportunities happening in our region.

Hawke’s Bay Trails is one of Ngā Haerenga’s 23 Great Rides, with 177km of easy, scenic trails linking towns, countryside, coastlines and wetlands, all set among world‑class wineries in New Zealand’s Great Wine Capital.

Stay up to date with cycle trail maintenance, events, closures and detours, plus destination and seasonal highlights.