Fed Farmers consult with drystock farmers

This month Federated Farmers will be out and about the catchment talking to drystock farmers about the draft nutrient rules. Lyndel Stone (Field Team Manager) will be gauging overall awareness…

Consultation on draft rules for rural land use around Lake Rotorua

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Media release 14 Jul 2014 Consultation on the development of draft rules to limit nitrogen loss from rural land in the Lake Rotorua catchment has…

Rotorua Farmers Pleased with Government Contribution to Nitrogen Reduction Scheme

Media Release from the Lake Rotorua Primary Producers Collective  30 April 2014 Farmers in the Lake Rotorua catchment were relieved to hear confirmation on Monday that the Government will fund…

Millions pumped into crucial Lake Rotorua restoration scheme

Millions more dollars will be pumped into a crucial scheme at the heart of one of New Zealand’s longest-running environmental issues. The ongoing restoration of Lake Rotorua is being overseen…

The big clean-up: How central lakes got their groove back

This lake is dying”, ran the stark headline above an aerial photograph of a sick Lake Rotoiti. The picture, which dominated the front page of the Herald, on September 1, 2003,…