Ellen O Dwyer17:49, Jun 01 2021
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A flock of about 180 geese living near Lake Hakanoa will soon be poisoned as they damage the grass at a Huntly sports field.
A Waikato council has U-turned on poisoning nearly 200 geese eating their way through grass at a local sports field. The Waikato District Council had intended to hand-feed a narcotic bait to approximately 180 Canadian geese living at Huntly’s Lake Hakanoa. But following information received from Waikato Regional Council and Fish and Game the council is now “reassessing” its methods, community connections manager Megan May told
Stuff. According to the council, the geese at Lake Hakanoa are eating their way through the grass on the domain next door, the home base of Huntly Thistle Football Club.
A flock of geese eating its way through a Huntly sports field will be hand-fed bait laced with poison, as all other methods to control the birds have failed.
Assets group manager Ted Anderson said it was out of the council’s control. “Staff have made every effort to work around bin production and shipping delays but due to slippage in critical areas out of our control, including shipping movements, we have had to make the decision to move to Plan B and postpone the start date,” he said. “We know there is a high level of interest in the wheelie bin roll-out in the community and we’re very disappointed at the situation. “We are confident that the bins won’t be delayed further.” Official green rubbish bags will now continue to be collected from urban kerbsides during the two-month delay. The bags will be supplied free of charge to urban properties with the last bag collection now set to take place on Friday, September 3.
Monday, 24 May 2021, 12:00 pm
Independent commissioners have
given the green light for the company behind well-known Kiwi
brand Sleepyhead to develop a $1 billion manufacturing and
housing community on its 178-hectare rural site in Ohinewai,
north Waikato.
The proposed development by Comfort
Group, and its property arm Ambury Properties Ltd, will
include industrial, commercial, and residential zones. It
intends on developing a master planned mixed-use community
over the next 10 years with 1100 homes for up to 3,000
residents, and a new factory creating up to 2600 new
jobs.
The decision on the company’s rezoning
submission on the Proposed Waikato District Plan has been
under deliberation since hearings in September last year,