The Council’s award-winning Self-Help Possum Control Programme is the largest programme of its type in the country, covering almost all private land on the ring plain, and significant parts of the coast and hillcountry. Taranaki Taku Tūranga - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
This new initiative aims to build on current pest-control and biodiversity programmes with the aim of making Taranaki the first predator-free region in New Zealand. Read more about Towards Predator-Free Taranaki How the
Business category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Taranaki District Health Board - for a solid and broadly based commitment to sustainability, recognising that a healthy population needs a healthy environment From rooftop solar panels to predator traps in the grounds, the Taranaki District Health Board is committed to action at all levels to protect the environment, reduce emissions and cut waste. It’s breaking new ground on the journey. As the country’s
The Regional Soil Plan addresses soil loss and soil health issues largely by non-regulatory methods, though there are limited rules. Soil Plan for Taranaki 2001 Download the full Plan here. Amendments have been made to the Plan to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 3.3 and 5 of the Plan or email the Council. Regional Soil Plan 2021
The Council administers the Taranaki Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, which is governed by the three District Mayors and the Regional Council Chair. It's vital that the entire Taranaki community is prepared for when, not if, a major emergency occurs. At an individual level, we all need to know what to do in an emergency. While the Civil Defence Emergency Management Group involves officials from all four Taranaki Councils and other agencies, and is responsible for planning and
bring people to New Plymouth for outpatient appointments or to visit relatives in Base Hospital. “People’s ability to access health services is a priority for us and the Connector bus plays an important role in enabling this,” says Steve Chapman of the TDHB. The Taranaki Regional Council-administered public transport network also includes New Plymouth Citylink commuter and school bus services, and once-a-week Southlink services serving smaller communities in South Taranaki. The Council also
activities that have potential to affect air quality. The Plan also sets the strategic direction for integrated management in Taranaki between the Taranaki Regional Council and the three district councils. Downloads Air Quality (2.5 MB pdf) Analysis of air quality-related incidents and complaints (691 KB pdf) Related links Regional Air Quality Plan Environmental monitoring technical reports Ambient air quality guidelines (Environment Ministry) National Environmental Standards for Air Quality
It’s working – Taranaki community’s predator control is expanding at a rapid pace, removing rats, possums and stoats, disrupting the threats facing native wildlife and plants. Taranaki Regional Council Chair David MacLeod says he’s excited by the community’s commitment and progress a year since the region-wide project Towards Predator-Free Taranaki was announced on 30 May 2019. Rural andurban residents, iwi, community organisations and schools are uniting to remove rats, stoats and possums from
Project and the Department of Conservation. It is part of a possum control operation that Taranaki Mounga project and Taranaki Regional Council will carry out across Egmont National Park in 2019. 1080 bait is the most effective tool to control predators in this rugged environment and will only be used on Egmont National Park and some adjacent privately-owned bush areas. To learn further information and facts about 1080 and its use in New Zealand visit here. This website is a joint initiative by Forest
satisfy. One consent allows for the discharge of
effluent into the Tasman Sea and the other deals with the structure which conveys the
effluent (this consent is now jointly held with Methanex Motunui Ltd). The performance of
the Methanex Waitara Valley and Motunui plants in relation to their consents is discussed in
a separate report (13-72).
The Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) monitoring programme for the period under review
included three site inspections, an assessment of data, and
