Warnings and Alerts

Active warnings and alerts for Bay of Plenty region

• Uretara River

  23 JAN 2020 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...
• Lake Okaro

  16 DEC 2019 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  Toi te Ora Public Health has issued a health warning 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. The health warning means that people should avoid any activity which results in significant...
• Kaiate Falls Warning

  1 DEC 2019 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...
• Utuhina at Lake Road

  1 DEC 2019 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...
• Ngongotaha at SH36

  1 DEC 2018 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.  Ngongotaha at State Highway 36 has recorded unsafe levels of bacterial contamination and recreation is not currently advised.   Check the Toi Te Ora...