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Health Warnings

Public health warnings are provided by Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service to help the community manage and monitor local public health issues.

Scroll below to see if there are any recreational water health warnings in your area, or sign up here to receive them by email, or take advantage of our freephone if you are out and about - 0800 221 555. 
Contact us if you want to report a suspected public health issue.

Infectious diseases

For information on infectious diseases that are of particular concern at the moment please go here.

For general advice and information on other infectious / communicable diseases please go here.

Recreational water health information

Follow these links for Shellfish and recreational water information.
For pollution events that could affect recreational water and shellfish gathering contact your local Council.
To find out if there is a marine biotoxin alert in your area visit NZFSA.

Bay of Plenty recreational water health warnings

Health Warning Public Health Advice Reason Area Location
Permanent Avoid recreational water contact Contamination 2 Mile Creek Waihi Beach
Permanent Avoid recreational water contact Contamination 3 Mile Creek Waihi Beach
Permanent Avoid recreational water contact Contamination Waimapu Stream Greerton Park
Current Not to eat shellfish Contamination Tilby Point Tauranga
Current Not to eat shellfish Contamination Waihi Estuary Little Waihi settlement
Permanent health advice Avoid recreational water contact within 48 hours after rainfall Contamination Kaiate Falls Welcome Bay Falls
Permanent health advice Avoid recreational water contact within 48 hours after rainfall Contamination Lower Wairoa River Lower Wairoa River
Permanent health advice Avoid recreational water contact within 48 hours after rainfall Contamination McLarens Falls McLarens Falls

 Lakes and Taupo recreational water health warnings

There are currently no health warnings in place for the Lakes district.

There are currently no health warnings in place for the Taupo district.