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Hawke's Bay Regional Council has the role of managing and safeguarding the land, water, soil, air, and coastal resources for Hawke’s Bay. We also manage land transport and biosecurity.
HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay council’s offer of free flights to the region for Christchurch residents, who are struggling in the aftermath of the earthquake, is to end.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Cr Fenton Wilson has been elected by fellow Councillors as Chairman of Hawke's Bay Regional Council and sworn in today at the inaugural Council meeting. Cr Ewan McGregor (Hastings) has been elected as Deputy Chairman.
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HAWKE'S BAY — This week, nominations open for candidates wanting to stand in this year’s local authority elections.
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HAWKE'S BAY — New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has allocated $356,000 in grants for 5 Hawke’s Bay economic development projects in the coming year.
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HAWKE'S BAY — A staff report to the Hawke's Bay Regional Council Environmental Management Committee yesterday (Wednesday 14 July) has emphasised the importance of accurate water use data from consent holders to enable Council to make sound water management decisions.
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HAVELOCK NORTH — About 75 trees and 200 wetland plants recently planted alongside the Karamu Stream around Anderson Park in Havelock North have been stolen this week, spoiling the work of many school children and families.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Venture Hawke’s Bay are excited that the bid for government funding for the ‘Landscape Trail’ through the scenic Tukituki Valley south of Hastings has been successful. They were advised today that funding of $1.89 million for the Landscape cycle trail has been approved by the Minister for Tourism.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Roads State Highway 2 Napier to Wairoa has reopened as debris was cleared to improve drainage from Lake Tutira.
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HAWKE'S BAY — A heavy rain warning for Hawke’s Bay from Tuesday and Wednesday means that flooding and slips are likely, advises Hawke’s Bay Regional Council.
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HAWKE'S BAY — A report on the geological studies for the potential sites for water storage dams on the Ruataniwha Plains has assisted both Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and the project leadership group to assess the viability of several sites.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has been seeing the trend in recent years of people purchasing leasehold property and quickly freeholding it.
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HAWKE'S BAY — A drop in overnight temperatures resulted in air quality standards being exceeded overnight in both Hastings and Napier.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule is applauding the recommendations of a review of Air Quality Standards that put homeowners under pressure to replace fireplaces and potentially limited the growth of local business.
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HAWKE'S BAY — The 2010 Hawke’s Bay Environmental Awards are open for entries, and this year there are four award categories.
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HAWKE'S BAY — A five-yearly survey which aims to measure how Hawke’s Bay residents heat their homes gets underway this week.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council hydrologists confirm the benefit from this week’s rain.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council will be holding two public information sessions on the proposals to set up a holding company for regional investments.
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HAWKE'S BAY — After two years as general manager of the region’s economic development agency, Venture Hawke’s Bay, Janet Takarangi is stepping away from the organisation happy that Venture Hawke’s Bay is in a stronger, better-structured and more capable position.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Remember the classic Sunday drive, usually ending with an ice cream no matter what the weather? A joint tourism marketing approach is offering Hawke’s Bay people a Sunday Drive with a difference on 30 May. Local people will have the opportunity to explore some of the attractions and activities in Napier and Ahuriri that they might not normally get to.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council puts confusion over the cited ‘increase’ in the new Economic and Tourism Development rate for Hastings and Napier ratepayers down to a misunderstanding of how the rate is calculated.
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HAWKE'S BAY — New Zealand’s first chief soil conservator and a past teacher at Napier Boys’ High School, Mr Douglas Campbell, has been honoured with the installation of a bench seat in Tutira Country Park.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s trial of ‘floating wetlands’ on the Tukipo River in Central Hawke’s Bay will feature on Television One’s Rural Delivery programme this Saturday at 7.30am.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is predicting worsening conditions for farmers and growers in the next few weeks, as there is little sign of a significant break in the dry weather.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Still, cold autumn weather conditions this weekend meant that air pollution from home fires got off to an early start.
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HASTINGS — Hawke’s Bay councils collaborating on the Heretaunga Urban Plains Development Strategy (HPUDS) are encouraging anyone with a view on the future development of the Plains to put their submission in before the closing date, Friday May 14.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Canterbury cyclist Josh Atkins showed he is on form for the upcoming world junior track championships when he won the under-19 road title at the RaboPlus New Zealand Club Championships in Hawkes Bay today.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council will be proposing a joint election promotion campaign to electoral officers at the city and district councils.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council today resolved the issue of the beneficiary concession misuse on the GoBay bus service.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is concerned that combination of three months of dry conditions combined with the predicted seasonal winds means that river flows and low soil moisture levels in the region are likely to drop further.
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HAWKE'S BAY — Following the release of the Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) in October last year, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has been working with property owners to confirm and update their land use register listings.
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