Warnings and Alerts

Active warnings and alerts for Bay of Plenty region

• Kaiate Falls Warning

  17 JAN 2022 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  Toi te Ora Public Health have issued a recreational water health warning for Welcome Bay's Kaiate Falls and advised that it is an unsuitable location for swimming or other recreational contact.  This is because unsafe levels of faecal bacteria have been regularly recorded in water samples collected...
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  Lake Okaro

  17 JAN 2022 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  Toi te Ora Public Health has issued a health warning for Lake Okaro as testing by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council has confirmed a bloom of potentially toxic blue-green algae. The health warning means that people should avoid any contact with the lake water.  Contact with algal blooms can cause...
• Lake Rotoehu

  17 JAN 2022 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  The local Medical Officer of Health has issued a health advisory for Lake Rotoehu.  Recent sampling results confirm that there is a level of algal bloom activity in this lake.  The laboratory results show that the cyanobacteria present in these lakes are below health warning levels.  However, some...
• Utuhina at Lake Road

  17 JAN 2022 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  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...
• Uretara River

  17 JAN 2022 By TOI TE ORA PUBLIC HEALTH

  Toi te Ora Public Health have issued a recreational water health warning for the Uretara River at Henry Road Ford and advised that it is an unsuitable location for swimming or other recreational contact.  This is because unsafe levels of faecal bacteria have been regularly recorded in water samples...
• Kopurererua Stream at McCord Ave

  17 JAN 2022

  Avoid recreational water contact. Elevated levels of bacterial contamination. Visit Toi Te Ora Public Health for more information.
• Waihī Beach 3 Mile Creek (Coastal Site)

  17 JAN 2022

  Avoid recreational water contact - Contamination from elevated levels of faecal contamination. Visit Toi Te Ora for more info.
• Waimapu Stream, Greerton

  17 JAN 2022

  Avoid contact with the steam. Elevated levels of faecal contamination. More information available here Health Warnings | Ngā whakatūpatotanga | Toi Te Ora Public Health
• Okawa Bay at Lake Rotoiti

  17 JAN 2022

  A health warning is in place for Okawa Bay at the western end of Lake Rotoiti.   The health warning is based on water test results and visual observations provided by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council which indicate an extensive algal bloom throughout this area of the lake. Contact with water aff...