Located in the Western Bay of Plenty, near Te Puke, Pāpāmoa Hills Cultural Heritage Regional Park is a 182 hectare property explored and enjoyed by thousands of visitors each month.

The Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes Strategy Group is the overarching management group made up of representatives from Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Te Arawa Lakes Trust and Rotorua District Council. 

The Operative Regional River Gravel Management Plan manages the effects of river gravel excavation, excluding extraction in the coastal marine area.  

An RPS Implementation Strategy (RPSIS) has been developed to provide for the systematic implementation of all operative policies and methods during its 10 - 15 year lifetime. 

Dama wallabies were first released near Lake Ōkāreka in 1912. Since then they have been steadily expanding their distribution. 

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Toi Moana is developing a change to the operative Bay of Plenty Regional Policy Statement (RPS) to implement the National Policy Statement on Highly Productive Land 2022 (NPS-HPL).

Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council says a court decision to fine a Tauranga company $70,000 for repeatedly discharging an objectionable odour from its pet food factory sends a strong message that it’s not acceptable to breach the environmental rules and that the Regional Council will take enforcement action when required.

The Ōhiwa Harbour is a large shallow estuary situated 11 kilometres east of Whakatāne and 16 kilometres west of Ōpōtiki in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

The Motiti Protection Area came into effect one year ago today and initial monitoring programmes are underway.

When Regional Council receives a resource consent application, we do an assessment of its environmental effects.