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TARANAKI
Term 3 JULY 2018
Regional Council
Taranaki
Taranaki Enviroschools is proudly supported by
Kia ora koutou
Nau mai haere mai ki te Makariri. It's been a quick change
into the thermals and jackets with frosts, rain and slightly
chillier nights. Those lovely sunny days really do give us a
beau�ful view of our majes�c mounga. I know I enjoy the
nights in front of the fire knowing that our gardens are
bedding down ready to spring up and surprise us all in a
spotless crake can often be heard.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
Create, protect and retire wetlands on your property.
Set up traps to control predators around suitable habitat.
Plant native wetland species and eradicate invasive plant species in your
wetland.
Report sightings to the Taranaki Regional Council or the Ornithological
Society NZ Regional Representative Barry Hartley
(barry_hartley@xtra.co.nz).
CONSERVATION
The spotless crake is a threatened
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Doc# 1006132
Requirements in an Application & Assessment of
Environmental Effects (AEE) for an applied Resource
Consent for Hydraulic Fracturing- January 2013
Assessment of Environmental Effects Requirements
The following information is drawn from a draft Council report: Guide to regulating oil and gas
exploration and development activities under the Resource Management Act (November 2011) and
may be subject of change.
An application to discharge hydraulic
Numbers: Suitable for up to 35 students.
Lesson description
This lesson reviews the Taranaki Regional Council pest animal management strategy, animal pest categories and
methods of control or eradication. Various trapping, monitoring and poisoning methods are covered.
Learning areas
Science: Living world
Life processes.
Ecology.
Evolution.
Social Science
Place and environment.
Continuity and change.
The economic world.
Health and physical education
point out the value of not having possums eg, TB, eradication,
protecting native birds and trees.
Activity 5 - Poster
Art/Language
Write a newspaper article about the damage possums do.
Write instructions on the operation of your possum trap.
Include safety considerations.
Send a formal letter with the results of your survey programme
to the Taranaki Regional Council animal pest officers.
Activity 6
Written Language
Research more about possums sourcing The School Library
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Freshwater contact recreational
water quality at Taranaki sites
State of the Environment Monitoring
Annual Report
2018-2019
Technical Report 2019-01
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 2267366 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2317684 (Pdf) September 2019
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Executive
or gorse may also adversely
influence flow path alignment. Any debris
which has lodged in the bed needs to be
removed if it is likely to impede passage of
floodwater. Vegetation clearance is so
closely linked with flood control and
erosion control in channels, that it is
discussed alongside these topics in the
Council’s information sheet Maintaining
channels and floodplains.
WHERE TO GET MORE ADVICE
Taranaki Regional Council provides a free
advisory service for landowners wishing to
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Freshwater contact recreational
water quality at selected Taranaki sites
State of the Environment
Monitoring Report
2010-2011
Technical Report 2011–01
ISSN: 0114-8184 (Print) Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN:1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 916026 STRATFORD
September 2011
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Executive summary
and revised in 2002 following a comprehensive review of international and national research
and remain relevant. The national guideline for the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is set out below.
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In any 24-hour period, the average concentration of nitrogen dioxide in the air should not be more than
100 µg/m³.
Measurement of nitrogen oxides
The Taranaki Regional Council has been monitoring nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the Taranaki
region since 1993 using passive absorption discs.
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A Guide to Surface Water Availability
and Allocation in Taranaki
DISCLAIMER:
This document is a GUIDE ONLY and is written in good faith with a desire to inform or
be helpful. While every endeavour has been made to ensure the information in this
Guide is accurate, the Taranaki Regional Council accepts no responsibility for any error
or omission in these pages. Any resource consent application to take surface water will
be considered by the Council on the case-by-case