Press Release – Waikato Regional Council Waikato Regional Council will consider whether to appeal a decision by hearings commissioners to approve the rezoning of Ohinewai, in northern Waikato, for the Sleepyhead Estate. In a decision released this afternoon, independent hearings commissioners …
Waikato Regional Council will consider whether to appeal a decision by hearings commissioners to approve the rezoning of Ohinewai, in northern Waikato, for the “Sleepyhead Estate”.
In a decision released this afternoon, independent hearings commissioners approved the rezoning of land to make way for a large-scale industrial and residential development at Ohinewai proposed by Sleepyhead.
The council made a joint submission with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency opposing the rezoning request due to a range of concerns, including:
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Bad weather is preventing checks to see if diesel is leaking from a sunken launch near Whitianga, says Waikato Regional Council.
A boat is expected to break up off Coromandel Peninsula, after sinking at Devil s Point on Friday night.
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The boat was carrying about 200 litres of marine diesel when it sank, after clipping a rock and starting to take on water in Humbug Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula on Friday night.
The four people on board managed to swim to a rock at Devil s Point and were taken to safety by Coastguard s rescue vessel.
The council s regional on-scene commander Derek Hartley said the windy weather could help disperse any diesel that leaked from the wrecked boat.
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