your time to a local conservation group. Set traps to control invasive predators. Create, protect and retire wetlands on your property. Report sightings to the Taranaki Regional Council or the Ornithological Society NZ Regional Representative Barry Hartley (barry_hartley@xtra.co.nz). CONSERVATION The Australasian bittern is a threatened species and is listed as ‘nationally endangered’. Studies from 1980 found 600-700 birds thinly scattered in the
page Page | 1 SUBMISSION BY PUKETAPU HAPŪ ON NPDC’S PROPOSED DISTRICT PLAN To: New Plymouth District Council Address: Private Bag 2025, New Plymouth 4342 Email: districtplan@npdc.govt.nz Submitter Details Please note that all information provided in your submission, including your personal information, will be made publicly available. Name of submitter: Fern Brand On behalf of: Puketapu Hapū Postal address: 16A Arthur Rd,
page Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Services 47 Cloten Road, Stratford Ph: 06 765 7127, www.trc.govt.nz Working with people | caring for Taranaki DESCRIPTION Tawhirikaro is most often found growing as an epiphyte in established older- growth forest. It forms a small shrub about two metres high and a metre wide, with an open form. The spindly growth often hangs down below its point of attachment in nest epiphytes. The pointed, leathery
page Bathing Beach Water Quality State of the Environment Monitoring Report Summer 2009-2010 Technical Report 2010-08 ISSN: 0114-8184 (Print) Taranaki Regional Council ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713 Document: 705025 STRATFORD June 2010 page page Executive summary The coastal contact recreational water quality component of the State of the Environment monitoring (SEM) programme for the Taranaki region commenced in the 1995-96 summer
themselves, such was their enjoyment from seeing so many young people, so enthusiastic about being in a rainforest. The recently written Pukeiti study unit ‘The Rainforest School’ can be downloaded from our website www.trc.govt.nz or I can provide you with a copy on request. Regional Council Taranaki Have a terrific term everyone. Kevin Archer This issue of SITE looks at native freshwater fish, why many are not particularly well known and what is being done to enhance
page Doc. No: 2765952 TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR April 2021 Provisional Data Only Note: some sites record a number of parameters Table 1: Rainfall at 27 sites throughout the region Station Sub-region Monthly Year to Date Records Began Number of rain days (>0.5mm) Total Monthly Rainfall (mm) % of Monthly Normal (%) Total to date (mm) % of Normal for year to date % of average full calendar year Nth
live and for animals to find food • Chemical additives can poison the creatures that live in a water body. Even a very small quantity of pollutant, or just one accidental discharge can drastically alter the quality of a stream. Fish, insects and plant life can be killed and their habitats destroyed. The stream can take many years to recover. You may think that your little bit of waste can’t harm the environment but there are other people in the region carrying out activities
during their breeding season, which is September to December. Create and protect open ponds and wetlands on your property. Report sightings to the Taranaki Regional Council or the Ornithological Society NZ Regional Representative Barry Hartley (barry_hartley@xtra.co.nz). CONSERVATION The New Zealand dabchick is a threatened species and is listed as ‘nationally vulnerable’. With its small population and sparse distribution numbers are likely to
are as follows: Site protection Yes/No Description A Public ownership or formal agreement No Site is owned by Ministry of Education. However, the Crown land is not managed for conservation purposes. B Regulatory protection by local government Yes General regional and district rules might apply C Active protection Yes Possum & mustelid control is conducted by New Plymouth District Council along the Te Henui walkway Some planting and weeding has been conducted in
page Taranaki Regional Council South Taranaki Constituency Electing 3 Regional Councillors Neil WALKER My principal place of residence is in the South Taranaki Constituency area. The Taranaki Regional Council is facing increasingly difficult issues around water quality, as well the challenging matters around climate change & the ETS, and the control of Waste. At the same time we have to keep a balance by developing our economy giving people jobs and protecting our living