The area of coastline where the Port Waikato beach carpark is located recently lost two metres to erosion in just one night.
Matamata-Piako District Council has been convicted and fined $67,500 for unlawfully discharging at least 2.8 million litres of wastewater into the Mangawhero Stream last year.
And Hamilton book month has a range of free events with some well known authors. RNZ Waikato Reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod explains.