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Consent 1795-5.0
For General, Standard and Special conditions
pertaining to this consent please see reverse side of this document
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Water Permit
Pursuant to the Resource Management Act 1991
a resource consent is hereby granted by the
Taranaki Regional Council
Name of
Consent Holder:
Opunake Power Limited
Decision Date: 15 March 2022
Commencement Date: 5 April 2022
Conditions of Consent
resource
management, including for integrated management.
Provide the rules by which air, land and freshwater
activities are either permitted without a resource
consent, allowed through the approval of a resource
consent, or prohibited.
Set out the matters which need to be considered,
given effect to, or managed in relation to permitted
or consented activities.
The Council is undertaking a full review of its Regional
Policy Statement, Regional Freshwater Plan, Regional Air
Plan and Regional Soil
June 2021 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the environmental and consent compliance performance
of irrigation consent holders across the Taranaki region. The assessment covers resource consents held for
pasture irrigation, horticultural and golf course irrigation. This is the 18th Annual Report issued by the
Council to report on compliance monitoring programmes for consents authorising the abstraction of
freshwater for
2020 to June
2021 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to
assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review.
The report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of
the Company’s activities.
During the monitoring period, the Company demonstrated an overall high level of environmental
performance.
The Company holds seven resource
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Consent 5581-2.0
For General, Standard and Special conditions
pertaining to this consent please see reverse side of this document
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Land Use Consent
Pursuant to the Resource Management Act 1991
a resource consent is hereby granted by the
Taranaki Regional Council
Name of
Consent Holder:
Opunake Power Limited
Decision Date: 15 March 2022
Commencement Date: 5 April 2022
Conditions of Consent
High natural character:
Section 4 of the LVEA Addendum is summarised as follows:
The LVEA peer review highlights that an assumption cannot be made about the Regional landscape
study not identifying high natural character. However, on the Coastal Plan maps 2023, the areas in
question are not identified as having high natural character. Therefore, it is not appropriate for this to
be considered as part of the conclusion of the review.
Conclusion:
Based on the comments above, we do not
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Application No. Consent No. Applicant Lodged Date Application Type Description Activity Type Location Catchment
24-11205-1.1 R2/11205-1.1 First Gas Limited 11-Apr-24 Change of consent conditions
To undertake earthworks and vegetation clearance within, or within
10 metres of a natural wetland...change to conditions 1 and 3 Land Use Consent 169 Clifton Road, Tongaporutu Waikorora
24-11237-1.0 R2/11237-1.0 New Plymouth District Council 12-Apr-24 New consent
To drill/auger up to
Taranaki Regional
Council for the continued operation and maintenance of the Mangorei HEPS in response to the forthcoming
expiry of the existing resource consents for the Scheme in June 2021.
The key activities that comprise the continued operation and maintenance which Trustpower is seeking
resource consents for, are summarised as follows:
• The diversion and abstraction of up to 10 m3/s of water from the Waiwhakaiho River via a diversion
weir and intake structure;
• The continued
recording use of
synthetic nitrogen
fertiliser to provide
Taranaki Regional
Council in July 2022.
Feedpads and stock
holding standards apply.
1 July 2023
1 July 2025
Stock must be excluded from lakes
and rivers wider than 1m anywhere
in the land parcel as follows.
• Dairy support cattle on any terrain
• Non-intensively farmers beef cattle
and deer on low slope land
• All beef, dairy, dairy support cattle,
deer and pigs from wetlands that
support a
Mutunga rohe.
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