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Maintaining indigenous
freshwater biodiversity in the
Taranaki region
Review of the regional fresh water and soil plans for Taranaki
Taranaki Regional Council
Private Bag 713
Stratford 4352
March 2013
Document: 1092542
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Executive summary
This working paper entitled Maintaining Indigenous Freshwater Biodiversity in the Taranaki Region
BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE FOR CITATION:
BOFFA MISKELL LIMITED 2017. THE MĀNUKA & KĀNUKA PLANTATION GUIDE:
PREPARED BY:
INTERVIEWS BY:
LOUISE SAUNDERS, BOFFA MISKELL LIMITED
MATTHEW LAY
REVIEWED BY: STEPHEN FULLER, BOFFA MISKELL LIMITED
DON SHEARMAN, TARANAKI DISTRICT COUNCIL
GRANT BLACKIE, WAIKATO REGIONAL COUNCIL
ISSUE DATE: APRIL 2017
USE AND RELIANCE
THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY BOFFA MISKELL LIMITED ON THE BASIS OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US
inasmuch as is appropriate for each
activity. Monitoring programmes are not only based on existing permit conditions, but also on the
obligations of the RMA to assess the effects of the exercise of consents. In accordance with Section 35 of
the RMA, the Council undertakes compliance monitoring for consents and rules in regional plans, and
maintains an overview of the performance of resource users and consent holders. Compliance monitoring,
including both activity and impact monitoring, enables the
evidence of contamination is found. The Regional Council maintains the RSLU, updating information when it arises as part of our investigations, our regular monitoring and inspections programmes, and our responses to unauthorised incidents. Information also comes from consultants carrying out site investigations, and from property owners or members of the public. Summary data is publicly available on this website. You can also find out more by using Taranaki Regional Explorer or by making a written
A significant milestone has been reached in Taranaki’s Self-help Pest Programme as the first landowners take control of predator traps on their properties. Taranaki Regional Council’s long-running Self-help Possum Programme was extended in 2018 to also target mustelids such as ferrets, stoats and weasels. This came after the Council secured funding for the country’s first and largest landscape scale predator control project, Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, as a part of the Predator Free 2050
the appropriate permissions. Freshwater event organisers If your sports club or organisation is hosting an event in Taranaki whose participants may bring freshwater-related equipment into the region, or involving movement between waterways within Taranaki, please contact the Council for advice and support on how to promote and deliver Check, Clean, Dry measures. Why is it worth the effort? A number of plant and fish species represent a real threat to native ecosystems here in Taranaki. Here are
the appropriate permissions. Freshwater event organisers If your sports club or organisation is hosting an event in Taranaki whose participants may bring freshwater-related equipment into the region, or involving movement between waterways within Taranaki, please contact the Council for advice and support on how to promote and deliver Check, Clean, Dry measures. Why is it worth the effort? A number of plant and fish species represent a real threat to native ecosystems here in Taranaki. Here are