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2025 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS
11 OCTOBER 2025
FACT SHEET | ĀROHI
TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
WHAT DOES A REGIONAL COUNCIL DO?
While district councils are responsible for a wide range of
local services in your area, the role and responsibilities of
the Regional Council involve managing the region’s natural
resources. The Taranaki Regional Council manages land,
air, coast and the quality of water in our lakes and rivers.
They are also responsible for biodiversity,
oil, gas and water components.
The produced natural gas is distributed to the reticulated gas network.
This report for the period July 2023 to June 2024 outlines the monitoring programme implemented by
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental performance and
compliance with its resource consents during this period. The report also details the results of the
monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of the Company’s activities.
Members of the Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust Inc enjoy a number of benefits, advantages and privileges. Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust members' activity calendar 2024 These include: Newsletters and the annual Rhododendron journal
Members-only events and plant purchase scheme
Discounts when hiring the studio or booking events at the lodge (conditions apply for new members, check with the Secretary)
Volunteering in the garden and during public events
Full voting rights at the October AGM New and
It's been the best autumn I can remember since I arrived in New Zealand. This year, autumn was mellow and dry with cool morning temperatures. The trees lit up in a variety of gold, red and orange hues, attracting early-morning photographers to Tūpare. The grass in the garden was damp and earthy and late-flowering plants like dahlias and gaillardia provided a splash of summer colour, reminding us that it's not over yet. While it's not always this amazing, it's pretty close. It's been busy here,
bunding. This material is then
covered with top soil or A1 grade material. The discharge of B1 grade compost on site will
be compliant with Rule 29 of the Taranaki Regional Council Regional Freshwater Plan.
Before compost can be released for use on site it must pass/meet the following
specifications as shown in table 1 below.
Further testing of compost will be required for release of product off site. This testing will be
against the ‘Guidelines for Safe Application of Biosolids to Land in
A trailblazing project to eradicate possums from 9,500ha of bush and farmland. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki's Zero Possum project was a New Zealand-first when in 2018 it set out not to simply control possum numbers but to eradicate them from a 4,500 hectare area including 2,300 hectares of the Kaitake Range, 2,000 hectares of Kaitake farmland and Oākura town. In early 2023 the project was expanded by a further 5,000ha, moving the western boundary from the Timaru Stream to the
A vibrant eatery in the heart of Pukeiti with a focus on fresh and local ingredients, and great coffee.
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Regional Policy Statement for Taranaki 169169169169
Appendix II: High quality or high value areas of t he coastal
environment
Figures 7-19 below shows coastal areas identified in the Inventory of Coastal Areas of Local or Regional Significance in
the Taranaki Region (2004). The Inventory includes important areas in the coastal marine area and in adjacent land
within the coastal environment. Some of the areas in the coastal marine area have been identified as
As the soil temperature drops and the rain falls, we eagerly embark on our year-long, much-anticipated winter projects. Winter is a season of opportunities at Hollard Garden. It’s the perfect time to relocate shrubs and trees to better locations, divide Hostas, Heliniums, Rudbeckias and other herbaceous perennials and finally allow potted plants to spread their roots into the subsoil. As the soil temperature drops and the rain falls, we eagerly embark on our year-long, much-anticipated winter
in our
freshwater habitats.
Invertebrates can tell us a great deal about
the “state of health” of our waterbodies. The
presence of many invertebrate species usually
indicates clean water, cool temperatures and
generally natural conditions. A stream which
lacks any invertebrate life has a major habitat
problem, possibly because of recent pollution,
or low flow conditions.
Each year the Taranaki Regional Council
(TRC) monitors the condition of the freshwater
invertebrate