Waikato Environment

Waikato — Waikato Regional Council has responded to news today that a highly invasive freshwater gold clam has been discovered across a 45km stretch of the Waikato River.

By Waikato Regional Council
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Waikato — Reports of effluent being illegally dumped from trucks in three locations in the Matamata-Piako district have prompted calls for trucking companies and farmers to improve their practices.

By Waikato Regional Council
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Waikato — The resilience of dunes and the sustainability of the sand-binding kōwhangatara/spinifex is being keenly felt by Coastcare groups in the eastern Coromandel Peninsula following Cyclone Hale.

By Waikato Regional Council
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Waikato — An outbreak of avian botulism in Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland that has killed thousands of waterfowl including some rare indigenous species is yet another wake-up call for urgent action, says Fish & Game New Zealand.

By Fish & Game NZ
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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 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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Taupo — Taupō District Council’s arborist team will work to reduce the risk to the public from trees damaged during last April’s storms where wind gusts broke and toppled many large trees in the District.

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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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Raglan — Waikato District Council has increased resources to ensure roads in Raglan and Te Akau are speedily returned to their condition following the World Rally Championship this weekend.

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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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Taupo — Taupo’s volcano was the scene of the most recent super-eruption on Earth.

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Waikato — The deaths of masses of little fish in a lagoon at Otama Beach on the Coromandel coast last month are thought to have been the result of overheating, Waikato Regional Council has concluded.

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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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Waikato — Meat company Affco has been granted two resource consents for works associated with the existing stormwater and cooling water outfall from its Horotiu plant to the Waikato River.

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Waikato — Waikato Regional Council is praising the region’s dairy farmers for their environmental performance during the gas supply crisis of the past week which saw millions of litres of milk dumped in the Waikato.

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Waikato — Milk collection in the Waikato has continued to improve today, meaning lessening environmental risk from surplus milk getting into waterways, says Waikato Regional Council.

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