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New tax breaks that will contribute to protecting water quality have been welcomed by a regional council.

A company that owns a number of farms in South Waikato has been fined more than $30,000 for illegally discharging dairy effluent into the environment.

The Waikato Regional Council's implementation of Variation 6 for the farming community is now rolling out to the Lower Waikato and West Coast catchments.

The Waikato Regional Council says it's keeping a close watch on dry conditions in the region.

Up to a million tyres have been buried or otherwise disposed of at a rural Huntly property and the man responsible is nowhere to be found.

A Huntly farmer has been fined $15,000 for illegally diverting water and constructing a stopbank in a wetland on his property.

A Huntly farmer has been fined $15,000 for illegally diverting water and constructing a stopbank in a wetland on his property.

A Waikato farming company has been fined nearly $32,000 for illegally discharging dairy effluent.

The Morrinsville sale yards will officially open their stock truck effluent disposal site in a ceremony on February 21.