1 Aug 2024

Around the motu: Libby Kirkby McLeod covering Waikato

From Nine To Noon, 10:51 am on 1 August 2024
Sunset Beach Car Park in Port Waikato

Photo: Waikato District Council/Facebook

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.