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Jump online to check water quality before swimming With summer on our doorstep and people gearing up to visit their favourite swim spots, Hawke’s Bay Regional Counc...
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Havelock North High School joins the region's Enviroschools Havelock North Secondary School has joined the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's Enviroschools programme. Havelock Nor...
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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council launches consultation about how it sets rates We will be seeking feedback from Friday, 1 December 2023.
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Jump online to check water quality before swimming
With summer on our doorstep and people gearing up to visit their favourite swim spots, Hawke’s Bay Regional Counc...
1 December 2023
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Havelock North High School joins the region's Enviroschools
Havelock North Secondary School has joined the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's Enviroschools programme. Havelock Nor...
1 December 2023
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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council launches consultation about how it sets rates
We will be seeking feedback from Friday, 1 December 2023.
29 November 2023
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Water conservation is critical this summer
With the region about to experience what is predicted to be an extremely dry summer, water conservation will be cri...
29 November 2023
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Gravel extraction underway at Walker Road
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is pleased to announce the successful tender by contractors to remove up to 300,000 ...
29 November 2023
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Woody debris being removed from rivers and beaches across the region
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and the Silt Recovery Taskforce continue to work hard to remove woody debris from be...
27 November 2023
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New Secondary Schools teaching resources now available
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is pleased to announce that a new suite of environmental teaching resources is n...
24 November 2023
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Stay alert for Chilean Needle Grass
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is urging landowners to protect their farms by looking out for Chilean Needle Grass ...
21 November 2023
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Silt recovery to continue into December with extra funding
The caretaker Government, in consultation with the incoming Government, has agreed to provide an additional $10 mil...
8 November 2023
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Burning Order in Council is finished
We would like to remind landowners that the OIC that enabled the burning of prohibited items is over
3 November 2023
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Rare reptile pops up in Waipawa
A population of an endangered lizard - thought to be the Hawke’s Bay skink – has been found making its home wit...
2 November 2023
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Removal of woody debris from Hawke's Bay rivers underway
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is removing nearly 40,000 tonnes of woody debris from Hawke’s Bay rivers and catch...
19 October 2023
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Roadsafe Hawke’s Bay unveils fresh new look
Roadsafe Hawke’s Bay has just unveiled a fresh, contemporary new look and launched a region-wide advertising camp...
18 October 2023
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More silt recovery work funding sought
The Silt Recovery Taskforce has moved close to 900,000 cubic metres of silt but unless more money comes in by the e...
11 October 2023
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Low-flow water level notification system coming back online
The Regional Council’s system to notify water consent holders of low flow water levels will be back online from W...
10 October 2023
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Possum control still the responsibility of landowners
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says possum control is still the responsibility of landowners until the programme tr...
10 October 2023
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Massive amount of silt and debris clean up underway and ongoing in Wairoa
From removing woody debris from key beaches and coastal areas to removing log jams from bridges to starting survey ...
9 October 2023
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Voluntary buy-outs set to commence as nearly 300 Hastings District and Napier City properties confirmed as Category 3
This is a big step forward in the recovery journey for these property owners.
4 October 2023
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Discovery of midden pit cluster in Hawke’s Bay biggest yet
The discovery of a cluster of six midden pits west of Napier by a Hawke’s Bay Regional Council asset management t...
26 September 2023
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Silt Recovery Taskforce funding boost, work to continue into October
The Taskforce has an additional $10 million of Government funding, allowing silt collection to continue into Octobe...
26 September 2023
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Government makes $12 million available for silt; Regional Council says work will end next week
Silt and recovery work will slow down and end next Friday, 29 September
21 September 2023
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Regional Council to launch Navigation Safety Bylaw consultation
Edit: This consultation will now open Friday 29 September. Hawke’s Bay Regional Council will be seeking public co...
18 September 2023
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Soil moisture levels dipping below typical levels – time to plan
Soil moisture levels, which remained high for a long time after Cyclone Gabrielle, are now dipping below typical le...
14 September 2023
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Funding secured to repair Great Rides Trail
The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has secured an extra $1.92 million in Government funding to repair and upgrade t...
14 September 2023
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Change of meeting start time
Please be advised that the Corporate and Strategic Committee meeting originally scheduled to start at 10.30am will ...
13 September 2023
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Hawke's Bay wetlands recovering well
Many plants have remained in wetlands, despite significant water and silt inundation
13 September 2023
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Update: Cyclone Gabrielle 14 February 2023
The unprecedented weather event that is Cyclone Gabrielle is stretching resources across the various councils in Ha...
14 February 2023
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