Stopping the spread: Exotic caulerpa threatens our seas

This summer, Waikato Regional Council, with funding support from Biosecurity New Zealand, is leading a campaign throughout the Coromandel Peninsula to raise awareness about exotic caulerpa, an invasive marine species threatening our coastal ecosystems. 
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Funding brings Mountains to the Sea lessons to schools

When Barb Ritchie found out she’d secured funding from Waikato Regional Council to offer freshwater and marine conservation programmes to schools in the Coromandel Peninsula, she burst into tears. 
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Significant wetland forest remnant thrives

A significant kahikatea-wetland forest remnant in the northern Waikato is experiencing a turnaround in native birdlife with help from dedicated volunteers and Waikato Regional Council. 
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Volunteers restore city gully with council help

A team of dedicated volunteers are restoring a formerly rubbish-strewn gully back to its original biodiversity while also fostering a sense of community engagement and guardianship. 
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Driving out environmental weeds at Driving Creek

When Barry Brickell bought the land at Driving Creek, the site had been subjected to over 100 years of kauri logging, gold mining and farming. But he had a grand vision to restore it to what it might have looked like in pre-colonial times. 
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• 5 February, 9.30am: Strategic Direction and Regional Growth and Resilience Commitee work programme
• 10 February, 9.30am: Strategy and Policy Committee
• 17 February, 9.30am: Regional Growth and Resilience Committee
• 17 February, 1pm: WRC Transport Committee

• 18 February, 9.30am: Finance and Performance Committee
• 20 February, 9.30am: Future Proof Implementation Committee
• 24 February, 1pm: CE Employment and Remuneration Committee
• 25 & 26 February, 10.30am: Full council meeting - annual plan (reserve day 27 February if required).