Current Health Warnings

2008

14/04/08 - Free bike keeps staff fit for business
13/03/08 - Shellfish Health Warning Issued for Tauranga Harbour
24/01/08 - Health Warning Issued for Lake Rotoehu
23/01/08 - Shellfish health warning lifted between Opotiki and Lottin Point
17/01/08 - Increase in Salmonella Infections in the Western Bay of Plenty
24/12/07 - Lake Rotoiti and Kaituna River Health Warning Lifted
14/12/07 - Health Warning - Cyanobacteria Bloom Eastern Bay of Plenty UPDATE
13/12/07 - Health Warning - Lake Rotoiti (Western Bays) and the Kaituna River
30/11/07 - Health Warning - Lake Okaro
23/11/07 - Health Warning - Cyanobacteria Bloom - Eastern Bay of Plenty
20/11/07 - Health Warning - Algal Bloom Found in Waimana River
09/11/07 - Health Warning - Rangitaiki River
07/11/07 - Health Warning - Paralytic Shellfish Toxinoxin.pdf

For more information or to be added to the press release distribution list, email Kylie Ruegg

Current Health Warning Information

Cyanobacteria Bloom – Eastern Bay of Plenty
For contact details, images and more information regarding the cyanobacteria bloom health warning in the Eastern Bay of Plenty please visit http://www.envbop.govt.nz/Health-Warning.asp

Permanent Health Warnings.

Water quality can change quickly, especially in waterways which feed from large catchments. When a recreational bathing site is found to be regularly contaminated and unsuitable for bathing most of the time, permanent health warning signs are erected by the local authority. Currently the following water ways have permanent health warnings in place:

Tauranga Region

2 Mile Creek, Waihi Beach
3 Mile Creek, Waihi Beach
Greerton Park, Waimapu Stream

There are no permanent health warnings in the Eastern Bay of Plenty or Rotorua.