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- No excuse for paddleboarders with no lifejacket
- Partial re-opening of Papamoa Hills Cultural Heritage Regional Park following weather related damage
- Consultation closes on Regional Council’s Annual Plan 2026/27 and Long Term Plan Amendment
- Whatever the Weather: Protecting Bay of Plenty Flood Defences
- Decades of Care at Lake Okareka
- Project Future Proof: Stage Two gets underway
- Supporting Tauranga’s growth with a dedicated bus layover facility
- Regional Council agrees parameters to enable Port share sell down
- Regional Council celebrates the power of partnerships at Rangiuru Business Park milestone
- New fare system brings simplicity and balance to Bay of Plenty public transport
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- Spillway opening marks completion of major capital works for the Rangitāiki River
- Putting an economic value on the Kaimai Mamaku diverse ecosystems
- Baybus OnDemand changing the way we travel
- Paula Thompson resigns from Bay of Plenty Regional Council
- Mowing the lake: Tackling invasive lake weeds in Lake Rotoehu
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- Regional Council Chair Doug Leeder not seeking re-election
- Caring for the environment, caring for each other
- School-led sustainability projects set to roll out across the Bay
- Role of council on agenda at candidate information webinar
- Clams, seaweed and turtles included as part of refreshed Regional Pest Management Plan
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- Bike racks reinstated on Cityride buses in Rotorua
- Western Bay of Plenty moves closer to an infrastructure and growth partnership with the Government
- Baybus OnDemand stays on the road into 2026
- Restoring the Waitawa Stream
- Act today, don’t delay – Regional Council’s message to potential candidates
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- Constructed wetlands project receives national award for environmental sustainability
- Bay of Plenty Regional Council purchases land to support Lake Rotorua water quality goals
- Regional Council secures second round of central government co-investment into flood protection
- New faces, new experience, new council
- Protecting people and the waterways this summer
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- Feedback welcomed on draft Long Term Plan
- Five orchardists fined over illegal water take
- Involve kids in environmental sustainability, up to $5,000 towards your project
- Community input needed to help make generational decisions for the Bay
- Baybus OnDemand: A New Rideshare Service Debuts in Tauranga
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- Stopbank remediation project more than 70% complete
- From rainwater harvesting to bike racks: Community Choice for School Resilience
- Regional Council approves care plan for the protection of geothermal in Rotorua
- Funding now available for environmental improvement projects
- Adaptation funding helps path the future for Waihi Beach Lifeguards
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- Regional Council 10 year plan trims expenditure, tightens general rate increase
- ‘Marathon’ effort to help improve water quality
- Navigating with confidence: Two new Whakatane Harbour cameras installed
- Construction complete on lower Rangitaiki River stopbanks
- School sustainability projects given the green light
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- Creating regional consistency with new rates remissions
- Community asked to have say on preferred representation arrangements for Regional Council
- The Bay’s transport future: 10-year Regional Land Transport Plan adopted
- Sewage saga: Landlords fined for septic tank discharges into Kaituna River
- New Harbourmaster vessel to increase safety for Eastern Bay of Plenty boaties
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- Effluent mismanagement poses risk to estuary health
- Regional Council responds to National Land Transport Funding announcement: focus on core public transport services
- New boating rules for Bay of Plenty adopted
- The Bay’s public transport: smart changes for a growing region
- Keeping it reel: protect our lakes from freshwater pests
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- Preserving our geothermal resource: Proposed changes now open for public feedback
- Regional tertiary commuter bus services to end in 2024 following funding shortfall
- Labour weekend boating: rules to keep your head above water.
- From Te Urewera to Netflix and the big screen
- Blood, sweat, and detainment bunds
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- Get on board to help build balanced bus fares for the Bay
- The Regional Council’s Annual Report highlights for 2023/24 financial year
- Temporary suspension of bike rack use on Bay of Plenty public transport buses
- New additions to Papamoa Hills Cultural Heritage Regional Park bring record number of visitors
- New speed limits in place for local rivers.
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- Prosecution shows importance of correct effluent management practices
- Speed key concern in navigation safety bylaws feedback
- Restoration of Tarawera awa focus for new Treaty co-governance group
- Project to support Ohiwa Harbour’s waterways reveals at-risk indigenous fish species
- Rural school now has a sustainable watering system thanks to Regional Council funding
- Celebrating the Bay of Plenty's pest animal control efforts through technology
- Bay of Plenty councils join forces to launch FutureFit
- Help keep flood defences functioning this winter
- Record rain across the rohe causing erosion and river discolouration
- Council approves construction of proposed Rangitaiki Spillway design
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- Kiwifruit grower fined for illegal water take
- Dairy discharge into significant Rotorua stream leads to prosecution
- Bay of Plenty Regional Council to upgrade Whakatane’s flood protection
- Mediterranean fanworm infestation found in Pilot Bay
- Dawn blessing marks the opening of Papamoa Hills Upgrade Project
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- Bay of Plenty Regional Council begins process to consider staged sell down in Port of Tauranga shareholding
- School Sustainability and Resilience Fund 2023
- Local park gets big boost from Regional Council
- Next to a flood defence? Check before you DIY this summer
- Rotorua Te Arawa lakes still at record levels heading into summer
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