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million from Predator Free 2050 Ltd. Taranaki Regional Council leads the project, which is the biggest of its kind in the country, and is currently helping New Plymouth District residents restore native wildlife and plants by removing rats, stoats and possums in rural and urban areas. The project will expand around the region in the coming years. What: Towards Predator-Free Taranaki Volunteer Workshop When: 5.30-8pm on Tuesday 9 April 2019 Where: Brian Bellringer Pavilion, Pukekura Park, New Plymouth
A vandalism attack on a remote automated monitoring station left communities and livelihoods vulnerable to unexpected flooding, the Taranaki Regional Council says. Council hydrology officers discovered the damage while checking the network of monitoring stations in the upper Waitōtara Valley catchment. Temporary repairs were made to get the station back online but full repairs will not be finished for another two weeks. The stations generate automated phone alerts to locals when rivers reach
You meet the other requirements listed above. You are not doing the work between 1 May and 31 October. You must meet all of these requirements. Otherwise, you will need a resource consent. Please refer to the relevant Waikato Regional Council guidelines, which also apply in Taranaki. Please also see updates: Decanting earth bund Sediment retention pond Silt fence You should also check whether your District Council has any requirements. Realigning, diverting or piping a streamThese guidelines are
Management for Flood Protection (1.5 MB pdf) (single document only) Central Government Co-investment in River Management for Flood Protection (1.5 MB pdf) Taranaki climate trends, hazards & extremes - synthesis report This 2008 NIWA report, commissioned by the New Plymouth and South Taranaki District Councils and the Taranaki Regional Council, identifies climate trends, hazards and extremes that are likely to impact on the region as a result of climate warming during the 21st century. Taranaki climate
The Taranaki Regional Council will not call for tenders for the repair and refurbishment of Yarrow Stadium until there is greater clarity on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Council is part of the Taranaki community and is aware of the uncertainty and the potentially significant impacts that the Covid-19 situation is having on us all now and in the coming months and years,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. "We will continue with preparatory work to get the project to tender
Controlling and monitoring discharges of contaminants to air are part of the Council's core duties under the Resource Management Act. Interim Review of the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki This review, published in April 2018, concludes that the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki is performing its functions well and is assisting the Council in carrying out its resource management responsibilities. No issues have so far been identified that would warrant an urgent full review. Overall,
A beautiful butterfly has arrived in Taranaki but don’t be fooled by its good looks - it has a very important job to do. Three days before Christmas Taranaki Regional Council environment officers released about 100 Honshu white admiral (Limenitis glorifica) pupae at Oākura and another 100 at Kakaramea. Most had successfully hatched when the officers returned a week later. The butterfly was first imported from Japan in 2010 by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research as a biocontrol agent. It attacks