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• Auckland Regional Council = Te Rauhitanga Taiaio
  Information about the ARC's work to protect the Auckland Region's air, soil and water resources, manage growth and transportation and the regional parks network. Includes media releases, downloadable reports and plans, and environmental information.
  
  
• Auckland Transition Agency = Pokapū whakakotahi o Tāmaki-makau-rau
  Site includes information on ATA and its members, work streams, council business, news, FAQs, the new Auckland Council, and 'Making Auckland Greater' RSS feed.
  
  
• Be the difference
  Programme set up by the Greater Wellington Regional Council to encourage everyone to take personal responsibility for the environment of the region. Discusses issues relating to water quality and conservation, rubbish, air pollution from cars and fires and biodiversity.
  
  
• Chatham Islands Council
  Information about the Chatham Islands Council and its services. Includes reports and plans.
  
  
• Environment Bay of Plenty : your regional council
  Information about the Council and the Bay of Plenty region, including council publications, civil defence, transportation, resource consents, environmental education.
  
  
• Environment Canterbury
  Information about Canterbury's regional council and the services it provides, including plans, policies, reports, and resource consent information. Includes general information about the local environment, and weather forecasts.
  
  
• Environment Southland = Te Taiao Tonga
  Southland Regional Council site, information about the council and their work in managing the natural resources of the region. Publications available online.
  
  
• Environment Waikato Regional Council
  Information about the Council, rates, environmental education and other local environmental issues. Includes news and events and downloadable policy and planning documents.
  
  
• Envirosouth : Environment Southland news
  Environment Southland newsletter. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Greater Wellington Regional Council
  Includes reports and plans, information about activities in the council's areas of responsibility, news and events, and detailed information about regional parks in the region.
  
  
• Hawke's Bay Regional Council : safeguarding your environment = Kaitiaki tuku iho
  Profiles the work of the HBRC, and provides information about environmental issues and monitoring in the region. Includes news, online publications, and environmental education resources.
  
  
• Horizons Regional Council
  Information about the council and the Manawatu-Wanganui region, including rivers and rainfall; emergency management; resource consents; environmental management, and transportation. Access to publications, plans and strategies, and bus timetables.
  
  
• Northland Regional Council
  The Northland Regional Council has eight elected representatives, with offices in Whangarei, Kaitaia, Dargaville and Opua. The site outlines the council's activities which are primarily concerned with environmental protection, but also include civil defence and transport. Includes a section for schools and online publications.
  
  
• Otago Regional Council
  Activities of the ORC, and information about land area, population, events, plans and districts within the Otago region. Includes profiles of councillors, committees and management structure and downloadable reports.
  
  
• Taranaki Regional Council
  The site includes information on emergency management and resource consents and how to apply for them. There are online publications.
  
  
• Wellington Regional Strategy
  Developed by the Welington Regional Strategy Forum, a joint committee of the nine local authorities that make up the Greater Wellington Region. Provides information on the directions and framework for the region's economic growth, transport and town planning. Includes consultants reports and background papers. Gives access to information on the nine regions as well as a newsletter and forum for public feedback.
  
  
• West Coast Regional Council
  Information about the state of the environment in the West Coast Region and the work of the Council managing the environment. Includes online publications.