Hamilton Environment

Hamilton — Yellow and blue translucent panels will add colour and a reflection of the city’s environment to the Pukete Bridge.

By Hamilton City Council
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Hamilton — An operation to reduce the city’s feral pigeon population begins this week.

By Hamilton City Council
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Hamilton — Yellow and blue translucent panels will add colour and a reflection of the city’s environment to the Pukete Bridge.

By Hamilton City Council
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Hamilton — An NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) chemical road de-icing initiative has received worldwide recognition for excellence in environmental mitigation.

By New Zealand Transport Agency
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Hamilton — Hamilton City Council has proposed to undertake stream restoration and planting as part of its fine for the spill from the Pukete Wastewater Treatment Plant last July.

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Hamilton — New signage to be installed at Hamilton’s Hammond Park tells the story of the hidden bush gem.

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Hamilton — A $171,000 grant from the Environment Ministry will see more than 40,000 new seedlings planted at Hamilton’s Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park.

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Hamilton — Hamilton City Council will work closely with stakeholder organisations to develop a plan for addressing instability issues on the Waikato River’s western bank in the city centre.

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Hamilton — Shipping containers carrying the ‘How to make a Monster’ exhibition will be checked by Waikato Museum staff trained in inspecting and securing biosecurity risks onsite, enabling them to bypass a costly biosecurity process.

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Hamilton — An extended section of the public walkway along the western bank of the Waikato River through central Hamilton has been closed due to a landslip.

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Hamilton — Hamilton Zoo is helping to stub out smoking with the introduction of a new smoke-free policy.

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Hamilton — Hamilton’s abundant winter flower supplies are expected to draw bellbirds and tui to the city and Waikato Regional Council is encouraging members of the public to report any sightings.

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Hamilton — Four Waikato teenagers passionate about the environment have returned from a national forum eager to use the knowledge gained during the event to improve their communities.

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Hamilton — Emerging Hamilton artist, Antonia Luz Ines, has been passionate about photography since she was eight.

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Hamilton — Hamilton residents and businesses are urged to switch off for an hour this Saturday [26 March] as the city takes part in the global Earth Hour initiative.

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Hamilton — In a further sign that the Hamilton Halo project is proving successful, tui fledglings have reportedly been sighted in two Hamilton locations in recent weeks.

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Hamilton — With just over two weeks to go before consultation on stage two of Hamilton’s District Plan Review closes (29 October), online forums are making it easier than ever for busy Hamiltonians to have their say.

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Hamilton — Long-tailed bats who live around Hamilton’s Hammond Park will have a new home to trial this summer.

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Hamilton — Hamilton’s award-winning wetland restoration project, Waiwhakareke, will receive another accolade this Sunday at 7.30pm when it is featured in episode 3 of Prime TV’s high profile documentary, Rivers with Craig Potton.

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Hamilton — Environment Waikato hearing commissioners have decided against granting a consent for the proposed expansion of a poultry broiler farm at Eureka, near Hamilton.

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Hamilton — Environment Waikato is working with landowners at a new subdivision in north Hamilton to deal with one of the largest infestations of alligator weed the city has seen.

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Hamilton — The public are being advised to keep their dogs out of Hamilton Lake (Lake Rotoroa) and avoid all contact with the water due to a potentially toxic bloom of blue-green algae.

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