the appropriate permissions. Freshwater event organisers If your sports club or organisation is hosting an event in Taranaki whose participants may bring freshwater-related equipment into the region, or involving movement between waterways within Taranaki, please contact the Council for advice and support on how to promote and deliver Check, Clean, Dry measures. Why is it worth the effort? A number of plant and fish species represent a real threat to native ecosystems here in Taranaki. Here are
and global significance.” Taranaki Regional Council Rhododren Collection and Projects Officer Andrew Brooker with Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust's Graham Smith inspect rhododendron cuttings as part of the conservation project.
appropriate management. The Council is committed to ongoing work with landowners to ensure Taranaki’s land resources remain healthy and productive in the long term. We offer a range of advice and support on farming practices that can greatly reduce the impact of human activity soil productivity and health. Downloads Soil Health (2.3 MB pdf) Biological response of earthworms and soil microbes associated with drilling mud wastes in the Taranaki Region (1.5 MB pdf) Cadmium concentrations in shallow Taranaki
The ecological, physical and chemical state of Taranaki’s waterways has been monitored by the Taranaki Regional Council for more than 20 years. Ecological healthEcological health is the primary measure of freshwater quality. It is assessed using an internationally recognised index based on tiny animals – including insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms and leeches – found in waterways. These creatures are called macroinvertebrates and the index is called the Macroinvertebrate Community Index, or
Items of interest from today's meeting of the Taranaki Regional Council Consents and Regulatory Committee: Dairy inspections highlight need for vigilance
The Council’s annual dairy inspections have highlighted the need for farmers to ensure effluent treatment and disposal systems are up to scratch, particularly pond maintenance and stormwater bypass capacity, the Committee was told. The dairy monitoring round is well under way, with 586 inspections from August to October. Council officers found
At the Council, we're often asked what the difference is between a weed and a pest plant – and what we’re doing about them. A weed is simply any plant that is in the wrong place, so there are thousands of them out there. They can range from the relatively harmless little weeds in your vege patch to more invasive weeds such as tradescantia (wandering willie) and woolly nightshade. Pest plants are those Taranaki Regional Council has identified as being the most significant in terms of their
The Biodiversity Strategy has guided the Council in its biodiversity-related activities and led to the successful Accord. Biodiversity Strategy 2017 This Strategy sets out the Taranaki Regional Council’s priorities and programme of action to be implemented for the maintenance and enhancement of indigenous biodiversity in the Taranaki region. The Strategy is also published in an abridged version that omits internal TRC operational detail, making it more suitable for a general audience. The
The NPS-UD defines and promotes “well-functioning environments”
which form the core of several objectives and policies.
With the introduction of the new NPS-UD New Plymouth District was identified as a 2nd tier council.
As a tier 2 local authority, the NPS-UD requires councils to assess housing and business demand and
capacity across the district. The New Plymouth District Council and the Taranaki Regional Council must
provide sufficient development capacity for the New Plymouth district
Taranaki Regional Council is a member and funder of Wild for Taranaki, Taranaki's biodiversity umbrella group. Wild for Taranaki is the identity of the Taranaki Biodiversity Trust. For more information, see the Wild for Taranaki website or join their Action Hub to see how you can get involved in projects across the region. Follow Wild for Taranaki on Facebook Wild for Taranaki (external link)
being rolled out across the region in stages and aims to boost populations of native plants, birds and reptiles by removing introduced threats. It is supported by more than $11 million from the Crown company Predator-Free 2050 Ltd. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki - Taranaki Taku Tūranga Well-placed with wetlands dataTaranaki is well placed to have all of the region’s natural wetlands identified and mapped to comply with a new Government directive, the Policy & Planning Committee was told. The Council