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Clean below? Good to go
Project Yellow
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Consents and compliance
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Resource consents
Fast-track approvals
Data Catalogue
Data Catalogue
Other data sites and information
Terms of use
User guide
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Education
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Kura Waitī Ki Kura Waitā
Resources for teachers
Integrated catchment management (ICM)
Integrated catchment management (ICM)
Catchment management zones
Coastcare
Flood protection - asset management
Land drainage
Landcare groups
River management guidelines
Sustainable Infrastructure Decision-making Framework (SIDF)
Investigation and enforcement
Transport
Transport
Public transport
Speed management
Road safety
Guidelines for electric vehicle supply equipment on council land
Maritime services
Maritime services
Contact the Maritime Services team
Navigation Safety Bylaw
Rules and Safety information
Bar crossings
Boat naming
Maritime services - courses and training information
Dive flags
Events on waterways
Jet skis and personal watercraft
Lifejackets
Moorings
Moorings for sale or rent
Navigation hazards
Paddle craft
Skipper safety equipment checklist
Towing on the water
Vessel lighting requirements
Vessel speeds (5 knot rule)
Waterproof communications
Regional economy, growth and development
Regional economy, growth and development
Aquaculture strategy
Future Proof
Waikato Regional Energy Strategy
Trends of the Waikato economy
Upper North Island Strategic Alliance (UNISA)
Regional hazards and emergency management
Regional hazards and emergency management
Current projects - regional hazards and emergency management
Waikato Regional Hazards Portal
Flood room
Natural hazards
Coastal erosion
Coastal flooding (inundation)
Coastal inundation tool
Drought
Earthquakes
Geothermal activity
Landslides
Marine oil spills
River flooding
Subsidence
Tsunami
Volcanic activity
Managing and adapting to natural hazard risk
Policy and planning, stakeholders and collaboration
Understanding natural risk
Waste, hazardous substances and contaminated land
Waste, hazardous substances and contaminated land
Waste reduction in the Waikato region
Circularising Organics Project
Circular economy internships
Hazardous waste and disposal
Contaminated land
Taiao
Environment
Taiao
Environment
State of the Environment 2022
Environmental data hub
Environmental data hub
Environmental maps and data
Environmental indicators
Freshwater recreational water quality report
Low flow consent restrictions
Data Catalogue
Air
Air
Air: monitoring and reporting
Air contaminants
Airsheds
Home heating and air quality
Industry and air quality
Livestock farming and air quality
Motor vehicles and air quality
Odours and air quality
Outdoor burning and air quality
Ozone depletion
Pressures on local air quality
Spraying activities and air quality
Weather and air quality
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Our biodiversity
Biosecurity
Bats
Native birds
Biodiversity: monitoring and reporting
Forest fragments
Planting guides
Indigenous biodiversity programme
Kahikatea Green Wheel
Karst ecosystems
Stream and river life
Scrub vegetation
Threats to native plants and animals
Use and harvest of native plants and animals
Waikato Biodiversity Accord
Waikato Regional Biodiversity Strategy
Climate change
Climate change
Carbon Calculator for planted native forests
Waikato Regional Climate Change Hazards and Risks
Waikato regional greenhouse gas inventory
Coastal and marine
Coastal and marine
Monitoring coastal and marine ecosystem health
Monitoring coastal recreational water quality
Monitoring coastal hazards
Coastal and marine indicators
Coastal and marine research
Coastal and marine factsheets
Farmers' hub
Farmers' hub
Effluent management
Farm environment planning
Farm Menus
Freshwater Farm Plans
Forestry
Intensive winter grazing
Lake Taupō catchment
Nitrogen cap (N cap)
Nutrient management
Planting, waterways and wetland management
Reduce farm and rural waste
Soil management and erosion control for farmers
Water takes
Geothermal
Geothermal
Geothermal: monitoring and reporting
Geothermal resources
Geothermal Systems map and information
Classifying geothermal systems
Energy and extraction
Changing land use
Geothermal tourism
What lives in geothermal areas?
Geothermal glossary
Land and soil
Land and soil
Land and soil: monitoring and reporting
Land use in the Waikato
Managing land and soil
All about soil
Erosion
Water
Water
Algal blooms
Rivers
Rivers and streams: monitoring and reporting
Lakes
Lakes and wetlands: monitoring and reporting
Groundwater
Groundwater: monitoring and reporting
Fresh water wetlands
Urban stormwater management
Water allocation and consents
Water allocation calculator
Other water enquiries
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Section 32 referenced documents
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Part B
Barns S Henry J and Reed E 2013. Community held values of rivers lakes and streams in the Waikato and Waipa River catchments. WRC Tech Report 2013-31. WRC Hamilton. Document 2746337
Boyce W 2015. Collaboration in the Waikato catchment A description of the establishment phases of the Healthy Rivers Wai Ora project from a council practioner's perspective. MfE
Collaborative Stakeholder Group 2015. The Collaborative Stakeholder Group's Policy Selection Criteria. Document 3183705
Collaborative Stakeholder Group 2015. Values and uses for the Waikato and Waipa rivers. Developed by the CSG for the Healthy Rivers Wai Ora project. Dated 15-11-2015. Document 3781494
Collaborative Stakeholder Group workshop notes CSG 13 2-3 July 2015 Document 3439320
Collaborative Stakeholder Group workshop notes CSG 2 6-7 May 2014. Document 3049929
GMD Consultants 2015. Collaborative Stakeholder Group Values and Uses - Gaps analysis. Document 3431297.
Raukawa Charitable Trust 2014. Wai are limits needed- presentation to CSG workshop 3
River iwi staff 2015. Summary of River values hui 16th December 2014. Hamilton. Powerpoing presentation to CSG10 5 March 2015. Document 3314058
Waikato Regional Council 2011. Council minutes 29 June 2011 Decision number WRC 11-128.1. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 1998204
Waikato Regional Council 2012. Council minutes 15 August 2012. Decision number WRC 12-198. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2242297
Waikato Regional Council 2012. Council minutes 15 August 2012. Decision number WRC 12-198. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2242297
Waikato Regional Council 2012. Council minutes 29 March 2012. Decision number 12-75. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2158397
Waikato Regional Council 2013. Council minutes 28 February 2013. Decision number WRC 13-41.1 and WRC 13-41.2. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2353244
Waikato Regional Council 2013. Council minutes 28 March 2013. Decision number WRC13-65 and WRC13-65.1. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2369408
Waikato Regional Council 2013. Healthy Rivers - Wai Ora Committee Terms of reference. Committee Structure and Terms of Reference 2013-2016. Hamilton WRC. Document 4082962
Waikato Regional Council 2013. Stakeholder Engagement Strategy. Waikato Regional Council Hamilton. Document 2154945
Waikato Regional Council 2013. Terms of Reference for Healthy Rivers Plan for Change Joint Steering Group Te Rōpū Hautū. Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 2772897
Waikato Regional Council 2013. Terms of Reference Technical Alliance. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2872118
Waikato Regional Council 2014. Council minutes 27 February 2014. Decision number WRC14-34.1. Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 2982066
Waikato Regional Council 2014. CSG1 Workshop notes for 27-28 March 2014. Waikato Regional Council Hamilton. Document 3016986
Waikato Regional Council 2014. CSG3 Workshop notes for 5-6 June 2014. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 3079941
Waikato Regional Council 2014. Identifying how national values apply to the Waikato and Waipa River catchments. Report to CSG for agreement and approval dated 6-08-2015 Document 3102316
Waikato Regional Council 2014. Notes of Healthy Rivers Wai Ora Committee and Te Rōpū Hautū Workshop. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2988159
Waikato Regional Council 2014. Report to Healthy Rivers Wai Ora Committee - Terms of Reference. Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 3196477
Waikato Regional Council 2014. Terms of Reference – Collaborative Stakeholder Group. Waikato Regional Council Hamilton. Document 2194147
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Assessment of Collaborative Stakeholder Group (CSG) policy selection criteria against the RMA dated 7 May 2015-internal memo-Document 3394456
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Collaborative Stakeholder Group’s Community Engagement Plan. Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 3208832
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Committee Structure and Terms of Reference 2013 - 2016 Triennium. Adopted 28-11-2013 annotated 26-2-2015. Document 4082962
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Communications plan. Healthy Rivers Plan for ChangeWai Ora He Rautaki Whakapaipai. Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 3077536
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Finalising the Policy Selection Criteria. Report to the Collaborative Stakeholder Group – for agreement and approval dated 20 May 2015. Document 3406456
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Intensive engagement period 1 feedback report March – May 2015. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 3410308
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Intensive engagement period 2 feedback report October - November 2015. Hamilton. Waikato Regional Council. Document 3603167
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Memo to Project Sponsor on CSG Appointment Process. Waikato Regional Council Hamilton. Document 3668567
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Public Excluded Minutes of the Healthy Rivers Wai Ora Committee Meeting held 16 December 2013 Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 2914978
Waikato Regional Council 2015. Report to Healthy Rivers Wai Ora Committee 14 August 2015 – Tangata Whenua Engagement. Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 3454017
Waikato Regional Council 2016. CSG subgroup meetings 2015 2016. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 8405744.
Waikato Regional Council 2016. Decisions tracking register – Healthy Rivers Wia Ora project. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 2954689
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Waikato Regional Council 2016. River iwi engagement feedback record Healthy RiversWai Ora project 2014-2016. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council Document 3343486
Waikato River iwi 2015. Summary of River values hui. Powerpoint presentation. Presented to CSG workshop 10 5-6 March 2015. Document 3314058
WRC 2012. Partnership Charter between WRC and Waikato and Waipa River iwi for the purposes of reviewing the Waikato Regional Plan. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council Document 2151115
WRC 2014. Community held values of rivers lakes and streams in the Waikato and Waipa River catchments. Poweroint presentation presented to CSG workshop 2 6-7 May 2014 Document 3021652
WRC 2014. Scope goals and drivers of the Healthy Rivers Plan for ChangeWai Ora He Rautaki Whakapaipai Project. Prepared for CSG workshop 2 6-7 May 2014. Document 3037840
WRC 2015. Collaborative Stakeholder Group progress report. Report to Healthy Rivers Wai Ora Committee 17 April 2015 decision required. Dated 30-03-2015 Document 3325934
WRC 2015. Collaborative Stakeholder Group's values and uses for the Waikato and Waipa rivers. Report to Healthy Rivers Wai Ora Committee 18-09-2015 Decision required. Document 3487796
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WRC 2015. CSG subgroup Managing nitrogen and phosphorus at a property-level 23 October 2105 workshop. Report to the CSG for agreement and approval 16-11-2015. Document 3605178
WRC 2015. Options for using Overseer model to manage nitrogen and phosphorus at a property-level. Report to the CSG for agreement and approval 17-09-2015 Document 3507568
WRC 2015. Principles and options for managing within limits and CSG subgroup report back from a meeting on 18 November. Report to the CSG for agreement and approval 3-12-2015 Doc 3625208
WRC 2015. Report to Healthy Rivers Wai Ora Committee 19 June 2015 – Collaborative Stakeholder Group progress report. Waikato Regional Council. Hamilton. Document 3405141
WRC 2015. Template for CSG Recommendations. Report to Healthy Rivers Committee and template for section 32. Report to the CSG for agreement and approval dated 10-4-2015. Document 3346179
WRC 2015. Values and uses for the Waikato and Waipa Rivers - re-crafted list. Report for Collaborative Stakeholder Group for agreement and approval dated 19-06-2015 Document 3421947
WRC 2016. Report to the Collaborative Stakeholder Group - Summary listing of engagement with stakeholders 2014-2016. Hamilton Waikato Regional Council. Document 8391929
WRC 2013. Report on the data gathered at the Healthy Rivers Stakeholder Workshop – Design of a Collaborative Stakeholder Group 28-08-13. WRC. Hamilton. Document 2838592