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Pūkāea ready to be heard on Tasman waters

A warm welcome – including karakia and kai – heralded the blessing, official naming and maiden launch of the new Tasman Harbourmaster vessel, Pūkāea.

Pūkāea is a…

Surfbee Bathymetric Mapping

How deep is your cove?

In a great collaboration between our Harbourmaster, Environmental Monitoring and Natural Hazards teams, we have recently completed bathymetric mapping of sub-tidal channels in parts of the…

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Cleaning up a raft of wrap in the river

Wild Rivers Rafting has recently been out on the water with two volunteers removing the remains of baleage wrap from along the Buller River.

This plastic waste…

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Library borrows from the sun

The rollout of solar power generation on our buildings and community facilities continues. Tākaka Memorial Library is the latest to go fully online with no emission,…

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Tis the season for sealing

There’s the duck shooting season, a whitebaiting season, and don’t forget the festive season, but have you heard of the sealing season?

Warmer temperatures and longer days…

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Encouraging eBus survey results

We recently conducted a public transport survey of eBus passengers, with 214 responses. Questions covered everything from frequency and reliability to safety and security.

eBus scored very…

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Old telephone box gets new life

Remember the old red telephone box? They used to be everywhere and taken for granted, but they’ve now been relegated to history and virtually forgotten –…

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Let’s get rid of Gunnera

This pest plant is a prickly potential spreader that we hope to keep out of Tasman.

Gunnera tinctoria – otherwise known as Chilean Rhubarb – looks like…

Update to the TRMP

The Tasman Resource Management Plan (TRMP) has been updated with the following information:

Plan Change 79 – Deferred Zoning is now notified, and the submissions period closes…

Boil water notice

Update 4 November - The precautionary Boil Water Notice for residents on the Eighty-Eight water supply has been lifted.