Nominations are now open for the annual Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards, which celebrate the secret superheroes in our midst. The awards recognise initiatives to protect and enhance the environment, at both a neighbourhood and regional scale. The awards are in their 29th year and in this time have seen more than 329 winners. People can nominate themselves or their organisation, or others working in the environmental space anywhere across the Taranaki region. Nominations are open
vision statement, ‘Taranaki’ refers to the people, the mountain, the land and the region. The word ‘tūtahi’ refers to standing together, as one people, cohesively for a specific
purpose, to achieve a united goal for the benefit of our region.
The concepts of sustainability and protection of the region’s resources are central to community aspirations and remain integral to the well-being and vibrancy of the region. It is pivotal
to the entire region of Taranaki, from Parininihi to
The vast majority of Taranaki farmers follow the rules and want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. That’s according to Taranaki Regional Council Director-Resource Management Fred McLay, who says the actions of one should not detract from the thousands of landowners who support Council programmes and work hard to protect and enhance the land, waterways and biodiversity on their properties. In the New Plymouth District Court today Colin David Boyd was ordered to pay a total
from a record low 9.8% last year. It is still significantly less than the 33% in 2018, when Taranaki Regional Council launched the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme. Programme lead Sam Haultain says this year’s result was no great surprise to her team or regional council scientists. “We’ve had amazing weather over the last year or two, which rodents love. They have plenty of food and it has been warm, so last year was always going to be hard to beat! Keeping the rate at 17% is testament to
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STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF SUE JENSEN-GORRIE ON BEHALF OF
VARIOUS SUBMITTERS (THE MCDONALDS, THE HIBELLS, THE BROWNS &
POPPAS PEPPERS 2009 LTD)
4 FEBRUARY 2022
BEFORE HEARING COMMISSIONERS Consent No: 5262-3.0
APPOINTED BY TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
UNDER THE Resource Management Act 1991 (“Act”)
IN THE
period ending on 1 June 2028, subject to the following conditions:
General condition
a. The consent holder shall pay to the Taranaki Regional Council all the administration,
monitoring and supervision costs of these consents, fixed in accordance with section 36
of the Resource Management Act 1991.
Special conditions
1. These consents authorise the discharge of:
(a) stormwater and leachate from vermiculture operations, after treatment in the
Wetland Treatment System,
Biological response of
earthworms and soil microbes associated with drilling mud wastes in the Taranaki region prepared
for the Council by Landcare Research.
The Executive Summary of the report is attached. The full report (which went through
Landcare research’s internal quality review process) will be made available on the Council’s
website.
The study reported herein addresses specifically the suitability of the consent conditions
imposed by the Council on land application activities.
Southlink bus services run up to three days a week and are operated by Weir Brothers and Pickering Motors under contract to the Taranaki Regional Council. Which towns on which days?
Monday Ōpunake to New Plymouth (via Rahotu, Pungarehu, Ōkato and Oākura) and return Tuesday Waverley to Hāwera (via Pātea, Kakaramea, Manutahi & Mokoia) & return
Ōpunake to New Plymouth (via Rahotu, Pungarehu, Ōkato and Oākura) and return Wednesday Ōpunake to New Plymouth (via Rahotu, Pungarehu, Ōkato and Oākura)
A weathered old red-eared slider turtle found on a Bell Block walkway last week is believed to have been on the run for at least a year, possibly a lot longer. The 24cm or “dinner-plate sized” female was picked up by Taranaki Regional Council senior ecologist Halema Jamieson following a tip-off from a local. Red-eared slider turtles are one of the world’s worst invasive pest species, with the potential to cause serious ecological damage if they become established in the wild. They are of
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