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Southlanders big and small are invited to get hands-on with the creatures that live in our waterways at the Mataura Community Centre on Wednesday 1 August.

Otago Regional Council (ORC) water quality samples taken from the Kakanui River at Clifton Falls have shown high levels of the bacteria E.Coli.

Otago Regional Council (ORC) water quality samples taken recently from the upper Taieri River continue to show high levels of the bacteria E.coli.

Air quality monitoring information for the Horizons Region is now available on the Land, Air, Water, Aotearoa (LAWA) website.

Air quality monitoring information for the Horizons Region is now available on the Land, Air, Water, Aotearoa (LAWA) website.

Horizons Regional Council is continuing to monitor the discharge from Horowhenua District Council’s Shannon wastewater treatment plant as the Council lowers its ponds to carry out necessary upgrade works.

Horizons Regional Council chairman Bruce Gordon proudly accepted a Morgan Foundation River Award on Thursday night for the Makuri River at Tuscan Hills.

The Horizons Region has been successful in securing over $5.84 million from central government under the Freshwater Improvement Fund. This will contribute towards $12.3 million worth of projects over four catchments within Manawatu-Whanganui.

Horizons Regional Council were joined by Higgins staff today for a stream planting day in the Kiwitea Catchment, north of Cheltenham.

Further work on Horizons Regional Council’s environmental enhancement shovel ready projects has been done, taking an initial proposal of $74 million worth of projects to over $150 million for central government consideration.

​New information has been released this week by Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) to show how well macroinvertebrate communities in New Zealand’s waterways have been doing over the past 10 years.

More than 300 people have turned out for workshops in recent weeks on how to better restore and protect the Waikato and Waipa rivers.