The second year of the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki project has seen a rapid expansion of the project area and the realisation of a key project milestone with the completion of a predator control buffer surrounding the national park. 2019/2020 was also a year of consolidating the significant gains that have been made in the urban part of the project, and expanding to new urban areas including Waitara, Ōkato and Ōpunake. The zero density possum programme has also seen steady progress as we
New Plymouth students and residents are already experiencing benefits from Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, as residents unite to support biodiversity by removing predators - the biggest project of its kind in New Zealand. It’s less than a year since Taranaki’s community started working together in June 2018, but work is well underway restoring biodiversity by removing rats, stoats and possums from rural, urban and conservation land in a long-term region-wide project, supported by $11.7 million
Urban trappers are luring New Plymouth rats with a range of tempting flavours, from peanut butter to avocado, macadamia butter and pineapple lumps. Urban trappers are experimenting with a range of flavours to find the best bait to catch rats as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, a region-wide project protecting native wildlife and plants with predator control on urban, rural and conservation land – it’s the largest project of its kind in New Zealand and supported by about $12 million from
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The easements created by Transfer 454829.14 are subject to Section 243 (a) Resource Management Act 1991
Subject to a right (in gross) to convey water over parts marked D, F & H on DP 19328 in favour of The New
Plymouth District Council created by Transfer 454829.15 - produced 9.10.1998 at 9.50 am and entered 24.11.1998
at 9.00 am
The easements created by Transfer 454829.15 are subject to Section 243 (a) Resource Management Act 1991
catchment. Two rendering plants operate on the site: an inedibles plant owned by TBP, and a
food grade plant owned by Taranaki Bio-Extracts Ltd (TBE). A trucking firm, Jackson Transport Ltd (JTL)
operates from the site also.
This report for the period July 2016 to June 2017 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess TBP’s environmental performance during the period under
review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
Buses on all Citylink urban routes (New Plymouth, Bell Block, Waitara) are equipped with bike racks. If you’re taking the bus, it’s free to use the bike rack. Cyclists are responsible for loading and unloading their bike.
The bike rack takes two bikes at a time.
Racks are designed to carry bikes with wheels larger than 16in or 40cm.
The maximum insured value of any bike on the rack is $1500.
Also see information for eBike users. Loading your bike
Step 1: Squeeze bike rack handle up to release
Hundreds of urban trappers lining up to help restore New Plymouth's biodiversity have attracted a talented Taranaki ecologist to help lead Towards Predator-Free Taranaki. Okato-based Toby Shanley was recently appointed Towards Predator-Free Taranaki Project Manager. He returned to Taranaki after working on several predator-free islands in the past 9 years. The former biodiversity ranger for the Department of Conservation has seen first-hand the amazing impact removing predators has on
Two oil and gas contractors have made a career u-turn into Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, the region-wide project helping native wildlife and plants. North Taranaki’s Mike Avey and Chris Halcombe are currently helping farmers in rural New Plymouth use new trapping technology to remove stoats, as part of a large-scale, rural trial, attempted for the first time in Taranaki. Stoats are skilled killers, introduced by people in the 1880s, and travel large distances to eat baby birds and eggs. The
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List of Tables
Table 2-1: Consents held by RDC that will expire in 2019 ............................................................................ 22
Table 2-2: Consents held by TBP with expiry dates between 2023-2029 ................................................. 23
Table 2-3: Key operational requirements stipulated by Discharge Permit 2049-4 .................................. 24
Table 2-4: Compliance Monitoring results from Taranaki Regional Council