Auckland’s Eden Park, Wellington’s Sky Stadium and FMG Waikato. “The pitch is a massive improvement on the old turf and will be a fantastic playing surface for years to come and perfect for rugby, football and a wide range of other sports and events,” adds Mr Bowden. Mike Nield, Director-Corporate Services at Taranaki Regional Council which owns the venue through the Taranaki Stadium Trust, says the expertise of contractors is second to none. “Will and the team are creating a main pitch that will be a
Nominations are now open for the annual Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards, which celebrate the secret superheroes in our midst. The awards recognise initiatives to protect and enhance the environment, at both a neighbourhood and regional scale. The awards are in their 29th year and in this time have seen more than 329 winners. People can nominate themselves or their organisation, or others working in the environmental space anywhere across the Taranaki region. Nominations are open
control. Building on the first year
area which covered 14,000ha between New Plymouth
and Taranaki Mounga, year two has completed a
predator control buffer around the entire national park
covering 29,000ha. Camera monitoring for the year two
area indicates that the goal of a greater than 90%
reduction in mustelid numbers was achieved. This result
Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
The second year of the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki project has seen a rapid expansion
of the …
vision statement, ‘Taranaki’ refers to the people, the mountain, the land and the region. The word ‘tūtahi’ refers to standing together, as one people, cohesively for a specific
purpose, to achieve a united goal for the benefit of our region.
The concepts of sustainability and protection of the region’s resources are central to community aspirations and remain integral to the well-being and vibrancy of the region. It is pivotal
to the entire region of Taranaki, from Parininihi to
The vast majority of Taranaki farmers follow the rules and want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. That’s according to Taranaki Regional Council Director-Resource Management Fred McLay, who says the actions of one should not detract from the thousands of landowners who support Council programmes and work hard to protect and enhance the land, waterways and biodiversity on their properties. In the New Plymouth District Court today Colin David Boyd was ordered to pay a total
from a record low 9.8% last year. It is still significantly less than the 33% in 2018, when Taranaki Regional Council launched the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme. Programme lead Sam Haultain says this year’s result was no great surprise to her team or regional council scientists. “We’ve had amazing weather over the last year or two, which rodents love. They have plenty of food and it has been warm, so last year was always going to be hard to beat! Keeping the rate at 17% is testament to
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STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF SUE JENSEN-GORRIE ON BEHALF OF
VARIOUS SUBMITTERS (THE MCDONALDS, THE HIBELLS, THE BROWNS &
POPPAS PEPPERS 2009 LTD)
4 FEBRUARY 2022
BEFORE HEARING COMMISSIONERS Consent No: 5262-3.0
APPOINTED BY TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
UNDER THE Resource Management Act 1991 (“Act”)
IN THE
period ending on 1 June 2028, subject to the following conditions:
General condition
a. The consent holder shall pay to the Taranaki Regional Council all the administration,
monitoring and supervision costs of these consents, fixed in accordance with section 36
of the Resource Management Act 1991.
Special conditions
1. These consents authorise the discharge of:
(a) stormwater and leachate from vermiculture operations, after treatment in the
Wetland Treatment System,
A weathered old red-eared slider turtle found on a Bell Block walkway last week is believed to have been on the run for at least a year, possibly a lot longer. The 24cm or “dinner-plate sized” female was picked up by Taranaki Regional Council senior ecologist Halema Jamieson following a tip-off from a local. Red-eared slider turtles are one of the world’s worst invasive pest species, with the potential to cause serious ecological damage if they become established in the wild. They are of
