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Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

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03/09/2026

Regional Transport Committee - 4 September 2026

Trouble paying your rates bill? Let's talk. From technical difficulties to financial hardship, there are a number of rea...
03/09/2026

Trouble paying your rates bill? Let's talk.

From technical difficulties to financial hardship, there are a number of reasons you might be struggling to pay your rates bill.

If you're concerned about making your payment by the due date, please don't wait until it's overdue. Get in touch with our customer service team for a chat about your situation.

There may be options available, and we're here to help. You can reach us:

📞 06 835 9200
📧 [email protected]

The sooner you contact us, the more we may be able to help.

For more information about your rates, visit our Rates Hub: https://hbrc.info/rates26

What in the w**d boat is going on here? Well, wouldn't you like to know... 👀 Perhaps you can find out. If you're interes...
31/08/2026

What in the w**d boat is going on here? Well, wouldn't you like to know... 👀

Perhaps you can find out. If you're interested, we're looking for a Catchment Worker - W**d Boat Operator, to impart our wisdom and ways of the w**d boat.

Along with vacancies for the following roles:​‌

- Senior Rural Advisor
- Communications Advisor
- Intermediate GIS Analyst
- Environmental Compliance Officer (multiple roles)
- Solution Engineer
- And of course the coveted 🙌 W**d Boat Operator 🙌​‌

Interested? Check out the role descriptions and apply now ➡️ https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/our-council/careers/job-vacancies/

Swipe and see if your local river made the line up ➡️Not there? No worries. These are just 8 of our 50+ river monitoring...
27/08/2026

Swipe and see if your local river made the line up ➡️

Not there? No worries. These are just 8 of our 50+ river monitoring sites across Hawke's Bay.

If you're not sure where your nearest river monitoring site is, jump onto our Extreme Weather Hub flood dashboard: https://hbrc.info/flooddashboard-os
Here you can find regional data on rainfall and river levels.

🗺️ The Map View 🗺️ section is a handy place to start if you're not quite sure of the name or location of your closest river and river monitoring site. Each site is marked on the map. Zoom in and find the site closest to you.

Click on a site to see a summary of the location's data including water depth, change per hour, river status and when it was last updated. You can also see what catchment the river is in. It's always a good idea to check in and see how things are going up and down stream in your catchment to build a better picture of what's going on when it rains.

25/08/2026

Meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council Part 2

25/08/2026

Meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council - 26 August 2026

When heavy rain hits, every minute and every metre of river level matters. No flood protection can remove risk entirely,...
25/08/2026

When heavy rain hits, every minute and every metre of river level matters. No flood protection can remove risk entirely, and we can’t out-design every extreme weather event.

That’s why we’re upgrading our telemetry network; the monitoring system that tracks rainfall and river levels across the region. The work is technical and often invisible, but it matters enormously – it contributes to flood forecasting, risk assessment, and public information during extreme weather.

The upgrade covers 48 sites around Hawke’s Bay, adding more sensors, back-up batteries and back-up communication methods so data can keep flowing when severe weather hits. The sites are spread across 15 rivers and five streams throughout Hawke’s Bay, including several in remote locations and five accessible only by helicopter.

For communities, that means better access to information about rivers and streams near you, and further upstream - so you can prepare earlier and make informed decisions about your safety.

All the data can be viewed on our environmental data page.
⬇️ Link in the comments

The page uses a simple traffic light system — green for normal, orange for watch, and red for high risk — to help make river level information easier to understand.

Learn more about our focus on reducing flood risk over on our Community Conversations Hub: https://hbrc.info/o-reducingfloodrisk

🔵 Ōhiti Road | Ōmāhu reaches the finish line!Main construction is complete on our $10m Ōhiti Road | Ōmāhu flood resilien...
21/08/2026

🔵 Ōhiti Road | Ōmāhu reaches the finish line!

Main construction is complete on our $10m Ōhiti Road | Ōmāhu flood resilience project – the second of Hawke’s Bay’s seven post-Gabrielle community flood resilience projects to be completed. For the families living here, this moment has been more than three years in the making: 11 homes were severely affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, leaving whānau uncertain about the future.

At today’s opening, HBRC Chair Sophie Siers reflected on what resilience really means. “When we talk about resilience, it is easy to think about the physical things – stopbanks, roads, drainage, telemetry, flood modelling. And all those things matter. But resilience is also about people, relationships and the landscapes we live in.”

She paid tribute to the whānau who responded during Gabrielle – finding vulnerable people, carrying tamariki and kaumātua through the floodwaters, opening the marae and gathering supplies when formal systems were overwhelmed. “That manaakitanga, that local knowledge and that connection to whenua are not separate from resilience. They are resilience.”

The eight-month build delivered 2.1 km of new and upgraded stopbanks and bunds along with 800 m of raised road, while those 11 homes had their post-Gabrielle flood risk category removed. And it’s built to last. s Chair Sophie said: “We are not just building for the people standing here today. We are building for the children growing up here, their children, and the generations who will inherit this landscape.”

🤜🤛 A huge thank you to Te Piringa Hapū, the Ōhiti and Ōmāhu whānau, CHB Earthmovers, Fulton Hogan and the wider project team for bringing this major mahi home.

Full article in the comments 👇

19/08/2026

Finance, Audit, Risk and Emergency Committee meeting - 19 August 2026

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