Gisborne Environment

Environment 12:59PM

Occupy 2.0 cleans up Pouawa Beach for freedom camping.

Gisborne — Occupy 2.0 cleans up beaches for freedom camping.

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Environment 9:26AM

Faster processing of resource consents

Gisborne — Gisborne District Council has lifted its game in processing resource consents in a timely way.

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Environment 5:25PM

Mussels in place to start testing

Gisborne — Hundreds of juvenile green-lipped mussels attached to various structures within and outside Gisborne harbour have begun an important role in monitoring the quality of water in the bay.

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Environment 2:36PM

Environment Court Hears Opoutama Case

Gisborne — Wairoa District Council is awaiting a decision from the Environment Court over whether or not to uphold an appeal against the Opoutama roading and wastewater project.

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Environment 9:38AM

Other discharges affect area's water quality

Gisborne — The quality of wastewater discharge into the bay may have significantly improved but many other factors are degrading the water quality of Turanganui a Kiwa’s rivers and sea.

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Environment 10:12AM

Community Planting Day – Waikanae Stream

Gisborne — The Waikanae Stream will get a makeover this week.

Council's Paul Murphy gives Elise Sadlier from Room 2 at Awapuni School some tips on how to plant on the side of streams while teacher Cheryl Gomm and her class mates look on. Room 2 are preparing for a school planting day at 9am on Friday and a community

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Environment 2:10PM

Brownlee thinks he knows best for East Coast

Gisborne — Minister Brownlee thinks he knows what is best for the East Coast and is using his powers to run roughshod over the people, the Green Party said today.

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Environment 10:57AM

Workshops on Wainui's environmental issues

Gisborne — Gisborne District Council has organised two workshops to be held in Wainui/Okitu next week.

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Environment 11:43AM

Wainui tree work will improve some residents' views

Gisborne — Some exotic trees along the Wainui beachfront will be removed over the next 2 months.

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Environment 7:41AM

Free presentation on caring for sand dunes

Gisborne — A presentation on how to plant and maintain sand dunes will be held at the Wainui Beach School Hall on Tuesday 13 April at 6pm.

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Environment 1:34PM

Council committed to keeping didymo out of the Gisborne region

Gisborne — “The Gisborne District is free from Didymo (didymospenia geminate) and we need to keep it that way,” says Didymo Awareness Advocate Charlotte Tietjen.

Charlotte Teitjen - Didymo Awareness Advocate with some of the material she is using to educate fresh water users in the Gisborne region

Didymo or rock snot covering a rock taken from a South Island river

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Environment 5:46PM

Whales to be tidied up

Gisborne — The “Whales’ area at Okitu is to have a tidy up in time for summer.

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Environment 9:15AM

Gisbornes marine oil spill team well prepared

Gisborne — A marine oil spill exercise planned by the Gisborne District took place by the Marina car park at the junction of the three rivers on Friday (30 October).

Gisborne's marine oil spill response team

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Environment 5:10PM

Our district is under siege from pink plants

Gisborne — Every spring the district’s hillsides, roadsides and reserves turn pink as the invasive Holly Leaved Senecio sometimes known as pink, or purple, ragwort takes hold on any spare land it can find.

A close up of the pretty pink pink flowers of the invasive plant Holly Leaved Senecio that is becoming a real pest around Gisborne.

Reserves Supervisor Jenny Allen demonstrating how to pull up Holly Leaved Senecio with its tap roots attached.

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Environment 1:17PM

Guide to Working with Wetlandsproduced

Gisborne — Landowners responsible for areas of wetland can now pick up or download a guide written specifically for this region.

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Environment 3:22PM

Forrester Gallery director wins national award

Gisborne — Forrester Gallery director Warwick Smith was presented with the Museums Aotearoa individual achievement award at a ceremony in Gisborne last Thursday night.

Warwick Smith, Director of the Forrester Art Gallery, with the beautifully carved gourd he was awarded at the Museums Aotearoa awards dinner

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