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- Treat water discolouration as ‘contaminated’, council urges
- Council checking old mine shaft after river discolouration
- Preliminary results from orange sediment sampling expected in next 24 hours
- Preliminary results from orange sediment in Ōhinemuri River analysed
- Arsenic levels drop from previous day’s sampling results
- No clear evidence of culpability in final stages of investigation into orange sediment discharge
- Bike rack use withdrawn from regional Waikato bus services
- Waikato small businesses ahead with reusable packaging systems
- District council fined for Easter discharge of wastewater at Matamata
- Think like a skink
- Changes to Waikato Regional Council constituency boundaries agreed
- Te Huia records 99 per cent passenger satisfaction rate
- Council monitoring salvage of beached trawler – Fletcher Bay
- Government’s $12.5m co-investment in flood management projects reduces cost to ratepayers
- Council confirms source of orange sediment
- Te Huia SuperGold and child fare changes, stop added at Pukekohe
- Update - Te Huia SuperGold and child fare changes, stop added at Pukekohe
- Council to be a part of solution to deliver effective water services
- Waste and recycling services could support greater adoption of reusable packaging systems
- Council grants $372,873 to 12 Waikato environmental projects
- Council helps landowners retire 940ha and plant nearly 450,000 trees in 2023/24
- Council confirms commitment to regional economic development
- Record fine for dairy effluent a ‘wake-up call’
- Roger Harris Scholarship to help with university course fees
- Year-long landfill fire results in convictions
- New vessel to expand council’s maritime capacity in Waikato
- Modelling reveals reductions in erosion due to soil conservation
- Waikato beach water monitoring underway
- Multiple drainage and environmental outcomes from new floodgate project
- Council progresses climate action
- No cause for concern: slightly elevated levels of arsenic in treated Waikato River water
- Two more Waikato region water suppliers detect slightly elevated arsenic levels
- Arsenic levels in Waikato River within the ‘usual range’
- ‘Regional cohesion’ important for Waikato Water Done Well
- Waikato River water suppliers achieve compliance with arsenic standards
- Te Huia calling at Pukekohe from February
- Joint committee and working party set up for freshwater review
- Funding injection approved to help council meet freshwater clam rules
- Treaty Principles Bill weakens partnerships, risks costs
- Studies open door to Mercury Islands underwater world
- New council strategy to improve fish passage at pumps
- Red algal blooms in Waikato River hydro lakes
- Waikato region will submit joint Regional Deals proposal
- Help sought to identify skippers - Manu Bay
- Velvetleaf a risk to all landowners that crop
- Increased community and economic investment, reduced rates increase for 2025/26
- Council submission on targeted amendments to the RMA
- Regional leaders speak with united voice for Waikato
- Most Waikato people rate life positively, but many face challenges: survey
- New velvetleaf infestations a wake-up call for farmers
- Mining company fined for contaminant discharge into the Tasman Sea
- Council grants $1.34m to four landscape scale environmental projects
- Regional feed imports pose biosecurity risk to Waikato farms
- Prize awarded to student with interest in ‘all things water’
- Council extends Chief Executive contract
- Consultation opens on annual plan proposals
- Boaties encouraged to keep safe this Easter weekend
- Council submission raises concerns over losses in water quality
- Boat catches fire, skipper escapes injury – Mercury Bay
- Order for regional council candidate names to be random
- Bike racks return to Waikato buses, rollout staged
- Regional climate hazards and risks report a tool to help communities with adaptation planning
- Budget set for 2025/26, rates increase less than proposed
- Pollution of drain network results in fine and community work
- Meteor’s milestone million
- Rise in outdoor burning complaints to council
- Regional council considering Environment Court interim decision
- Critical step taken towards a Sunday service for Te Huia
- Waikato farmer convicted for pollution
- Waikato to forge ahead despite regional deals knockback
- Effluent mismanagement attracts large fine
- “Highly careless” forestry operations result in convictions and fines
- Final green light given for Sunday Te Huia services
- “Irresponsible” forestry harvest results in convictions and fines
- Pre-election report now available
- Effluent mismanagement attracts large fine
- LGNZ membership voted on by Waikato regional councillors
- Potential for forecast rain to impact north Waikato drainage schemes
- Road safety focus of council outreach to fleet managers
- One councillor elected unopposed, competition in seven constituencies
- Council grants $1.66m to six landscape scale environmental projects
- $10 million fines for breaching the RMA
- Indicators show eight improving trends for Waikato
- Scholarships help students with studies in engineering and resource management
- Boatie convicted and fined for rollover on Raglan bar
- Elections 2025: Waikato Regional Council candidate update
- Plan Change 1: Setting the record straight
- Council greenlights ‘future-focused’ coastal plan
- Waikato nitrate trends and levels ‘highly variable’
- Three new Waikato regional councillors
- Close race for second Waipā-King Country seat
- Co-investment to improve flood resilience in the Waikato region
- Confirmed: Four new Waikato regional councillors
- Whangapoua Harbour declared free of sabella
- Waikato Regional Council chair and deputy selected
- New committees focus on regional transport, economy and resilience
- Council fined for “unacceptable” discharges of wastewater
- Piggery receives record fine for ‘appalling’ pollution
- Dairy discharge results in conviction and fine
- Recreational water quality monitoring underway
- Women scarred by skipper’s actions
- Flood risk audit welcomed by Waikato Regional Council
- Fines and community service in three Waikato effluent cases
- Boating safety team out in force this summer
- One-year extension of Te Huia trial requested
- Extra vigilance urged after boat overturns crossing Tairua bar
- National funding boost for Waikato-Bay of Plenty waste project
- Highly careless effluent discharge results in large fine
- Regional leadership and local voice critical for Waikato under proposed local government reforms
- Committee charts pathway for stronger, more resilient Waikato economy
- Waikato Regional Council welcomes Te Huia trial extension
- Te Huia trial to continue another 12 months
- Council holds the line on budget for 2026/27
- Strategic direction sets Waikato Regional Council up for future change
- Second interim decision released, Plan Change 1 moves a step closer to completion
- Wallaby discovery in Hamilton prompts ‘pests are not pets’ reminder
- Tracing shows purchased maize the likely source of first velvetleaf find this season
- Council mourns the passing of former regional councillor and chair
- Council investigating source and extent of diesel spill at Thames wharf
- Update: Sunken boat at Thames wharf
- Waikato Regional Council to renew LGNZ membership
- Regional unitary authority favoured by council
- Waikato’s strengths drive economic development priorities
- Waikato Aquaculture Forum charts path toward $180 million industry
- Discharge of contaminants result in convictions and fines
- South Waikato farmer fined for unlawful effluent discharges
- Community invited to help strengthen biodiversity strategy for the Waikato region
- Regional councillors approve 0.9 per cent rates increase for 2026/27
- Regional council increases Te Huia fares 25 per cent amid surge in passenger numbers
- New strategy fuels growth opportunities for the Waikato
- Waihi farmer fined for effluent discharge
- Final Environment Court decision issued on Plan Change 1
- Council advances action plan to secure Waikato region’s water future
- Council wins Supreme Award for Pathways to the Sea strategy at local government awards
- New Waikato Regional Economic Development Strategy adopted
- Tokoroa electric bus up and running
- State of the Gulf report reinforces council stance on need for catchment-wide action
- Waikato Regional Council adopts $11.8 billion transport plan
- One Waikato – local voices, simpler government, stronger future
- Waikato Regional Council maintains support for single unitary authority
- University of Waikato student recognised with water sciences prize
- Confirmation of PA at Long Bay Kauri Walk
- Council supports stronger environmental reporting
