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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council environmental monitoring staff have noticed an increase in phormidium (blue-green algae) along the Tukituki River.

The recent death of a pet dog due to a suspected case of cyanobacterial poisoning at a river, prompts a renewed warning from Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board about the risks of toxic algae in summer.

Hawke's Bay's beaches are great for swimming and people can check water quality as the monitoring programme has begun for summer.

Hawke’s Bay is home to outstanding water bodies, and the Regional Council wants people to have their say on a plan change that aims to protect their special features.

The first step before restoring the Makirikiri Stream in Takapau was taken on Sunday 11 February when whanau of Te Rongo a Tahu Marae held a whakawaatea on the site (see photo below).

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is about to begin a region-wide monitoring programme of riparian zones.

A report on last summer’s water quality monitoring for recreation was considered by Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s Environment and Services Committee on 8 October.

Hawke’s Bay people are being urged to spare a thought for the fish as the temperature in the region’s waterways heats up.

While many of us have been enjoying our summer holidays, a Waikato University student has been busy studying the Ahuriri, Tukituki and Waitangi estuaries to help us better understand them.

As rivers warm up and water flows reduce, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is reminding dog owners to keep their dogs under control at the region’s braided rivers because of the risk of the potentially toxic cyanobacteria, Phormidium, being present.

HBRC invites all landowners in the district to learn more about Plan Change 6 - this will affect farmers with more than 4 hectares and lifestyle block owners over 10 hectares in the Lower Tukituki catchment. There will be a discussion with an opportunity for you to have questions answered. Haumoana...