Environment for
an overview of freshwater farm
plans and information about
certification and audit requirements.
Link:www.environment.govt.nz/
publications/freshwater-farm-plan-
system-overview
Visit your regional or unitary council
website for more information and
resources specific to your region.
For example, the regional plan and
the relevant catchment context,
challenges and values information
(CCCV).
Note: You can find a list of certifiers
on your regional or unitary
Preliminary Site Investigation Review
1 Introduction
Beca Limited (Beca) has been engaged by Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) to undertake technical review
of a Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) report prepared for 89 Paritūtū Road, Spotswood, New Plymouth
(the Site) legally described as Lot 3 DP 8465, Lot 1 DP 9022, Lot 1 DP 9829, Lot 1 DP 10018 and Lot 2 DP
9829.
Draft versions of the PSI were initially reviewed with two rounds of feedback provided in April and June 2024.
Premier heritage garden Tūpare has earned the NZ Gardens Trust’s highest six-star rating – a distinction shared by only 13 other locations nationally. The Trust warmly commends the New Plymouth property for the way it portrays its history while meeting the needs of a modern public garden, and it says the gardening and maintenance are of excellent quality. The six-star grading was awarded last month after a two-yearly review. “It’s something the whole region can be proud of,” says Greg Rine,
with no bait the traps are not going to catch anything.” Would you like traps for your backyard, or to look after a part of a reserve or walkway? Find out more here https://trc.govt.nz/environment/working-together/pf-taranaki2050/#Getinvolved Or call Taranaki Regional Council on 0800 736 222 or email pftaranaki@trc.govt.nz.
plan based at
your school or a suitable green space close
to your school.
Also, the Taranaki Regional Council has
expanded its commitment to environmental
education and now supports the regional
coordination of Enviroschools. The
expanded Environmental Education team
have plans in motion for widening their
support of schools and kindergartens across
the region. Watch this space for further
Enviroschools developments and enjoy the
Enviroschools newsletter which
Hornwort has been discovered in a third Taranaki lake, reinforcing calls to Check, Clean, Dry and stop the spread of pests before it’s too late. Hornwort is a highly invasive aquatic weed that is a significant threat to the ecology of fresh water ecosystems. In Taranaki it was discovered in a small reach of Lake Rotorangi in 2012. Within five years it had spread throughout the 46km lake, which is located on the Patea River. Last summer a Taranaki Regional Council officer found it in Lake
The Taranaki Regional Council has decided that mustelids (ferrets, stoats and weasels) should be included in its pest management ‘rule book’, the Regional Pest Management Plan. Public notice: Adoption of new mustelids rule This means land occupiers in specified Predator Control Areas will be required to control mustelid numbers, similar to existing requirements for possum control. Weasels, as well as ferrets and stoats, are effective and opportunistic predators that have been implicated in the
The Taranaki Regional Council has decided that mustelids (ferrets, stoats and weasels) should be included in its pest management ‘rule book’, the Regional Pest Management Plan. Public notice: Adoption of new mustelids rule This means land occupiers in specified Predator Control Areas will be required to control mustelid numbers, similar to existing requirements for possum control. Weasels, as well as ferrets and stoats, are effective and opportunistic predators that have been implicated in the
or premises must
be complied with.
Notification
The Taranaki Regional Council may process a resource
consent application for a discharge permit as a
notified application, limited notified, or as a non-
notified application. The Council’s powers are set out
in Sections 95A and 95B of the Resource
Management Act 1991. The test to be applied by the
Council will depend on whether the proposed activity
is a controlled, restricted discretionary, discretionary
or non-complying activity.