Warnings and Alerts

A health warning has been issued for Lake Okaro as routine monitoring results provided by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council have confirmed a bloom of potentially toxic blue-green algae. Contact with water affected by blooms of blue-green algae can cause asthma and hayfever attacks in some individua...

A health warning has been issued for Lake Rotoehu as routine monitoring results provided by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council have confirmed a bloom of potentially toxic blue-green algae. Contact with water affected by blooms of blue-green algae can cause asthma and hayfever attacks in some individ...

Toi Te Ora Public Health has issued  a health warning for Waihī Estuary at Pukehina, because of a bloom of potentially toxic algae. The algae are forming mats in the shallow areas of the estuary and these may float free and spread through the estuary. People should avoid any activity which involves...

Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Toi Te Ora Public Health have issued warnings about waterways and swimming holes which have recorded unsafe levels of bacteria.  Welcome Bay's Kaiate Falls has recorded unsafe levels of faecal contamination and recreation is not currently advised.   Check the Toi...

Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Toi Te Ora have issued warnings about waterways and swimming holes which have recorded unsafe levels of bacteria.  Ngongotaha at State Highway 36 has recorded unsafe levels of bacterial contamination and recreation is not currently advised.   Check the Toi Te Ora...

Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Toi Te Ora have issued warnings about waterways and swimming holes which have recorded unsafe levels of bacteria.  The Utuhina Stream at Lake Road has recorded unsafe levels of bacterial contamination and recreation is not currently advised.   Check the Toi Te Or...