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The Bay of Plenty Regional Council has adopted new Navigation Safety Bylaws which change the rules for personal watercraft use within Ōhiwa harbour. These new rules came into effect in July. Under the new bylaw, the exclusion zone will be replaced with a 5-knot rule that will apply to all vessels for most parts of the harbour. Powered craft will be allowed across the harbour but all standard bylaws rules will apply, i.e. 5 knots within 200m of shore, 50m of a person or vesse

In January and February 2025 Ōhiwa Harbour was again part of a regular survey that assesses the cockle and pipi populations across 11 northern North Island sites,

Ōhope Spit Care Group and Halo Whakatāne planting day. For anyone who has not yet planted a tree this winter there is still an...

Planting steep slopes. Hurike Care Group in July 2025. Image: Jim Robinson Winter is not the time to hibernate for the many care groups...

Driving through Wainui in recent months it would have been hard not to notice the earthworks at the Nukuhou River where it bends its way...

A lot is going on in the hills and on the flats behind Ōhiwa Harbour. Yet the work of farmers and landowners for the health of the harbour is not always visible from the road. A new initiative allows farmers, as well as other landowners, in both the Ōhiwa/Nukuhou and the neighbouring Waiōtahe catchments to join forces and further strengthen their sustainable land use practices. The project is funded by the Ministry of Primary Industries and coordinated by NZ Landcare Trust/Ng

For many locals the pros and cons of mangroves in the Ōhiwa Harbour have been a topic of discussion since the native shrub began to...

It was certainly not an April fool hoax when Dr Andrew Swales from the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Taihoro...

After dedicating 15 years of his professional life to Ōhiwa Harbour Tim Senior has retired. From the Bay of Plenty Regional Council's...