Staff in our Whitianga and Paeroa offices will be working but the offices closed for public enquiries from 4.30pm on Thursday, 17 April until 8am on Monday, 28 April. If you require urgent assistance during this time, please phone 0800 800 401.
Staff in our Whitianga and Paeroa offices will be working but the offices closed for public enquiries from 4.30pm on Thursday, 17 April until 8am on Monday, 28 April. If you require urgent assistance during this time, please phone 0800 800 401.
Mock oil spill keeps response team on their toes
31/3/25 - Learn how we keep our response team in tip-top shape and ready to tackle any oil spill scenario.
Coastal and marine / Thames-Coromandel district
Funding helps plant a native forest
28/2/25 - Ian has retired 38 hectares of steep country by planting 90,000 native plants, including timber species for a continuous cover forestry regime.
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Recovery continues two years after weather events
29/01/25 - Two years on since the North Island wet weather events hit an already saturated Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato Regional Council is still rebuilding catchment and community resilience against flooding.
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‘Little Dracula’ pest plant vanquished from Kopuatai
20/1/25 - A pest plant, which is a major threat to agriculture and biodiversity in some countries such as Africa, is being dug up and buried onsite near Kopuatai Peat Dome.
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Consultation opens on annual plan proposals
Waikato Regional Council has opened for community feedback on rating for public transport and a new programme of work to improve the Wharekawa Coast’s resilience to extreme weather events.
02/04/2025
Read morePrize awarded to student with interest in ‘all things water’
A University of Waikato student’s love for water science, sparked from a series of childhood moments enjoying the creek below her family home in the Hauraki Plains, has been rewarded.
27/03/2025
Read moreCouncil extends Chief Executive contract
Waikato Regional Council has extended the contract of Chief Executive Chris McLay for another two years.
27/03/2025
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