Warnings and Alerts

Active warnings and alerts for Bay of Plenty region

• Uretara River

  14 DEC 2018 By TOI TE ORA PUBLIC HEALTH

  Toi te Ora public health has issued a health warning for the Uretara River in Katikati as monitoring results have shown persistently high levels of bacteria that may cause illness. The Medical Officer of Health has advised that people should avoid swimming in the river and parents should particular...
• Lake Okaro

  27 NOV 2018 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  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 individu...
• Lake Rotoehu

  27 NOV 2018 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  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 indivi...
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  Waihī Estuary at Pukehina

  17 AUG 2018 By BOPRC

  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...
• Kaiate Falls Warning

  16 FEB 2017 By BAY OF PLENTY REGIONAL COUNCIL

  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...
• Ngongotaha at SH36

  16 FEB 2017 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...
• Utuhina at Lake Road

  16 FEB 2017 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...