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The $2.6m Tangaroa Restoration project will restore the stream, which is a tributary to the Waitara River. A five-year project to improve water quality and address flooding in the Tangaroa Stream has been given more than $1.7 million by the government. The full project for the stream, which is an urban water body and tributary to the Waitara River, wil cost $2.6m. The work will improve water quality, restore native fish habitat and biodiversity, and return mauri to an awa of cultural significance. The funding will be given to the New Plymouth District Council, which owns the land with iwi...

Somewhere the wires got crossed, Dwyer said. ‘’It was a bit of a misunderstanding, just one of those things. It was a grotty night anyway.’’ New Plymouth District Council spokesperson Jacqueline Baker said it was ‘’fine to swim and surf at East End and Fitzroy beaches’’. The ‘no swimming’ warning extends from the Waiwhakaiho River mouth north to east of the Waitara river mouth. A warning not to gather shell fish remains in place from Ngāmotu beach to Fitzroy Beach until December 23, and from the Waiwhakaiho River to east of the Waitara River until January 8. ‘’...