The Taranaki Regional Council will not call for tenders for the repair and refurbishment of Yarrow Stadium until there is greater clarity on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Council is part of the Taranaki community and is aware of the uncertainty and the potentially significant impacts that the Covid-19 situation is having on us all now and in the coming months and years,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. "We will continue with preparatory work to get the project to tender
Transit, the free real-time bus app is now available from the App Store and Google Play. All Taranaki buses are now fitted with new GPS devices, which feed real-time bus arrival times through to the Transit app. Transit The Transit app allows you to journey plan in real-time. It's available on all Taranaki Regional Council operated bus services; Citylink, The Connector, Your Connector and Southlink. Buses are fitted with GPS devices which feed real-time bus arrival times through to the app.
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Acknowledgements
Thank you to the following people who helped with production of this booklet; Quin Amoore,
Mike Beech, Bill Clarkson, Bruce Clarkson, Craig Davey, Steve Ellis, Sam Haultain, Leigh Honnor,
Janet Hunt, Catherine Law, Lucy Roberts, Brenda Waterman.
Thanks also to New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, Weedbusters, Auckland Botanic Gardens,
Taranaki Regional Council, Auckland Regional Council.
to achieve this. What this means for people in Taranaki is requirements are being set for those carrying out certain activities that pose risks to freshwater and freshwater ecosystems. Anyone carrying out these activities will need to comply with the standards and, in many cases, people need to apply for a resource consent from the Council to continue carrying out regulated activities. All of this is underpinned by Te Mana o te Wai (the mana of the water). Te Mana o te Wai means that when
Land management category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Neil Phillips - for a significant contribution to the protection and enhancement of precious native habitats in Taranaki and enlisting landowner support for these efforts. Thousands of hectares of native bush and other valuable habitat in Taranaki is protected forever thanks in large part to the efforts of Neil Phillips, who’s retiring as the region’s QEII National Trust’s
Meet the 16 winners of the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Education
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Dairy farming Environmental action in educationCategory sponsor: Contact Ratapiko School - for empowering students to take action to build a sustainable community. Ratapiko School may be small in numbers but its pupils have giant-sized enthusiasm for the environment. With a roll varying from nine to 30 in the past three years, they’ve planted 800 trees on-site and on
Demolition of Yarrow Stadium’s East Stand is scheduled to start mid-April and will be finished by September, the Taranaki Regional Council announced today. The contract has been awarded to Ceres NZ, which specialises in complex, large-scale engineering projects including demolition and deconstruction. It is extensively involved in the rebuild of Christchurch, where the company is based. Demolishing a facility the size of East Stand is a challenging undertaking, and the job drew interest from a
Community category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Valda Poletti and David Clarkson - for enduring commitment to environmental protection and improvement, and inspiring others to take action Valda and David are widely known for their internationally significant Te Kainga Marire native garden. They’ve also helped to bring enduring and significant improvements to native biodiversity in the wider New Plymouth urban area. They restored and protected a remnant
Leading farmers and land managers employ good farming practice to improve production, performance and sustainable land use. The advice and guidelines here have been developed by primary sector organisations and the Taranaki Regional Council encourages their use. What, why and how What is good farming practice?The term 'good farming practice' – sometimes referred to as 'good management practices' – describes relatively simple, easy-to-adopt measures based on sound production methods, and can be