There was a north-south divide in Taranaki rainfall last month with Manganui at Everett Park having 74% more rain than usual compared with the 60% less rain at Kaupokonui at Glenn Rd. The average rainfall for the region was 166.1mm, 11% more than usual, and year to date rainfall ranges from 41% less rainfall at Waitotara at Hawken Rd, and 16% more rainfall at Kotare at OSullivans, with an average of 11% less than normal. Mean river flows were 36% greater than typical values, low flows were 2.4%
Work is resuming on the repair and refurbishment of Yarrow Stadium, as a $20 million ‘shovel-ready’ funding injection for the project is formally accepted by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the community. “We’re very pleased and most grateful to accept this grant, and arrangements are well under way for accessing the funds,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. “In the meantime, work is getting under way again, and the first priority will be repairing the West Stand.” The West
anything has been caught. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki is led by Taranaki Regional Council, which also owns and operates Tūpare, Pukeiti and Hollard Gardens. So while Mitch’s employer has not changed, he is getting to know a brand new team – and it’s an impressive one, he says. “I’m amazed by how skilled and knowledgeable the staff in the Predator-Free and wider Council Environment Services team are. I’m learning a heck of a lot about pests and technology and traps and knowing how these predators
The NPS-UD defines and promotes “well-functioning environments”
which form the core of several objectives and policies.
With the introduction of the new NPS-UD New Plymouth District was identified as a 2nd tier council.
As a tier 2 local authority, the NPS-UD requires councils to assess housing and business demand and
capacity across the district. The New Plymouth District Council and the Taranaki Regional Council must
provide sufficient development capacity for the New Plymouth district
Land management category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Neil Phillips - for a significant contribution to the protection and enhancement of precious native habitats in Taranaki and enlisting landowner support for these efforts. Thousands of hectares of native bush and other valuable habitat in Taranaki is protected forever thanks in large part to the efforts of Neil Phillips, who’s retiring as the region’s QEII National Trust’s
dollars to eliminate or heavily curtail the environmental impacts of wastewater discharges. A report by Business and Economic Research Ltd found that region-wide, the Taranaki community invested $117 million in environmental improvements in the six years to 2014. A large portion of this was devoted to waterways, with $279.7 million being spent on capital and annual operating costs in the same period. And the quest for improvements continues. The Council is requiring dairy farmers to switch to
development of extra monitoring methods based on mātauranga Māori. Additionally, the Government has appointed a panel of Freshwater Commissioners to have a role in regional planning processes. The Chief Freshwater Commissioner, Prof Peter Skelton, met councillors and Council staff after the meeting to discuss implementation of the new arrangements. Freshwater reforms and Taranaki More evidence of freshwater improvementsA broader assessment of the overall ecological health of Taranaki waterways bears out
