Press Release – Hawkes Bay Regional Council Around 423 hectares of critically threatened native bush in Hawkes Bay will be fenced and protected over the next three years, thanks to a $2 million funding partnership between the Hawkes Bay Regional Council, QEII National Trust (QEII), Department …
Around 423 hectares of critically threatened native bush in Hawke’s Bay will be fenced and protected over the next three years, thanks to a $2 million funding partnership between the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, QEII National Trust (QEII), Department of Conservation and landowners.
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Team Leader Principal Advisor Biosecurity and Biodiversity Mark Mitchell says the investment is a huge win for biodiversity in the region.
Press Release – Hawkes Bay Regional Council Hawkes Bay Regional Council says its seventh successful prosecution this year sends a strong message that illegal burning will not be tolerated. The illegal fire at Mr Glasgow’s …
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council says its seventh successful prosecution this year sends a strong message that illegal burning will not be tolerated.
The illegal fire at Mr Glasgow’s property in November 2020
Blair Glasgow, who owns and operates an orchard in Hastings, pleaded guilty in the Hastings District Court to burning a fire containing prohibited materials on his Te Aute Rd property in November last year. He was fined $11,200.
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Marty Sharpe17:32, Jul 14 2021
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Napier’s Pania of the Reef contemplates, perhaps, the prospect of Māori wards on the city council. (File photo)
A decision by Napier City Council not to establish Māori wards for next year s council elections has prompted a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal for an urgent hearing, asserting the Crown has breached Treaty principles. A law change earlier this year meant councils could establish Māori wards without the possibility that a poll signed by at least five percent of ratepayers could overturn a councils decision. Councils had until May 21 to make a decision in time for the 2022 local government elections. Thirty-two councils chose to create Māori wards, joining the three councils that already had them.
Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen said all New Zealanders wanted to see their local rivers flourishing with life, “full of native fish and insects, and surrounded by bush and birdsong”. “We urge the Government to accept the scientific consensus that ecosystem health is not possible if nitrate pollution in waterways exceeds 1 milligram per litre. “This is a conservative standard of freshwater quality, despite what the agri-industry would have New Zealand believe.”
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Environment Minister David Parker told Morning Report there are no plans to immediately reduce the New Zealand standard for nitrates in drinking water . (First published February 23, 2021) Marnie Prickett, of Choose Clean Water, said the groups were united in backing the science, which was clear and robust.