Bay of Plenty Regional Council leads work to care for land, air and water across the Bay of Plenty region. We promote sustainable use and development of natural resources and work with others for the economic, social and cultural well-being of the regional community.
why isnt there any explanation on the regional council and what theyre doing to the water before it gets into peoples taps theres a big gab in this explantion and thats what youre not telling us, we know tetaiao we're not dumb? so why do they then pour thousands of tonnes of added chemicals into the wai ora to be in our tap water why do that if its got a mauri of its own and can replenish itself and us without those chemicals added influence?
Hi, I am married to a Koopal! My husband's family origins are from Holland. I'm curious how you pronounce your last name? Is it Coop or Cope? We are Cope. It's just not a common name, so I had to comment. Many blessings to you! We live in The US.
I need a cage for catch and releasing wallabies and possums for my yard for catch and release cause I'm sick of dealing with ticks and not being able to grow food, anyone know of a good trap? I have one but it's not big enough for the wallabies, cheers
This is beautiful, how are things going now? Be great to see an update video, see how the plantings going, the manu and ika that are enjoying their new home, kia ora
𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗽 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 The United Nations recently celebrated the International Mother Earth Day as a reminder to protect the environment. Heat waves, droughts, fires and heavy rains that cause severe flooding have become more frequent in many parts of the world due to climate change, which affects the entire worldwide population. The Earth is facing a “triple planetary crisis,” warn UN officials. Climate disruption, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste are the main areas of concern regarding the current state of the environment. This year, the Earth Day’s theme is “Invest In Our Planet,” so what would humanity's best investment for the planet be? We need to start by cleaning up the planet. There is no place on Earth where the air and water are clean, and that's a real problem. In theory, tackling this issue should be our priority when it comes to taking action to improve the dismal state of our planet. But let’s not fool ourselves. Such a plan alone will solve nothing. It will only help the international organizations to justify their own existence. They tick off "done" to raise as much money as they want, and that's it. If we do not improve relations between us, we will not be able to achieve the great and ambitious improvement in nature that we want and need to attain globally. We will never achieve a good result through bureaucratic, mechanical measures. There are a lot of people sitting in their comfortable offices profiting from the environmental crisis and demanding money and respect. They keep flying from one end of the world to the other on all kinds of missions to make a lot of noise with what they are "doing" and which everyone "needs to hear" as if that alone means something is happening, but in practice we see no real progress. The Earth must also be cleansed of them, of these people who engage in useless campaigns that only cause harm because they mislead the world, leading it away from the real solution. The cleaning of the planet should start inside out. If we do not clean the planet from within, and continue with our reckless behavior and the selfish nature of our hearts as before, nothing will change for the better. The immense sums invested in environmental initiatives should be directed to spreading an educational process aimed at improving the way we relate to each other. Humans are the most developed and influential factors of all of nature's levels: still, vegetative, animate and human. Since we occupy the highest level in nature, positively affecting the environment, the climate, and nature in general can be achieved by reaching positive relations among us. On the contrary, by letting our divisive drives tear apart human relations, we also destroy our surrounding environment, the very nature that our lives depend on. The more we humans are able to correct ourselves by changing our divisive attitudes toward each other into positive attitudes of mutual support, encouragement, mutual responsibility, and reciprocal concern, the more we will receive positive feedback from nature. And the more we develop without making this necessary correction, the more negative feedback we will receive from nature, as we have experienced in the form of natural disasters, pandemics. It is of utmost importance for us to organize our thoughts, desires and qualities so that we understand that saving the environment and a shift to a better future depend solely on changing our attitudes to each other: from antagonistic egoism to positive, compassionate and cooperative relationships..
Oh my God, look at the way those giant boulders are tossed around like small pebbles... Imagine anyone or any animal being caught in that flow, they would be ground to a pulp...
Fascinating to read about this series of flood events at Awatarariki Fanhead in NZ, beginning with the May 2005 event, the repercussions and the council decision to repurchase houses due to insurmountable natural disaster risks. And then to look at Google Maps for Matata and see the changes to the land-use evident (many vacant resumed lot numbers) and on StreetView the one stand-out land-owner in 2021 with signs up "Whakatane Council hands off our homes". There are always deniers!
Butchering "fish" . Wow, it takes an expert to tell us how humans lived in the past. Yet we all know what resouces were available to them at that time.
