Taranaki has taken a significant step forward in safeguarding its unique environment with the official launch of Biosecurity Taranaki. The collective was launched in New Plymouth on Friday 22 March, bringing together a diverse range of individuals and organisations committed to protecting the region from the threat of pests, weeds and diseases. Taranaki Regional Council is one of the founding members and has committed to providing ongoing support for the collective. The partnership aims to be
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Technical Assistant - Intern
Purpose | Te arotahi mātua
The Technical Assistant - Intern role is to assist in the delivery of a range of field monitoring
activities including monitoring of air quality, land and soils, surface and groundwater, freshwater
biology, coastal and marine environments. This includes working collaboratively and cohesively
within the Environment Quality group, providing technical assistance to the Taranaki Regional
Council scientists and Team
Human contact
Cyanobacteria (lakes)
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Working with people | caring for Taranaki
POLICY CONTEXT
Grace Marcroft
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Working with people | caring for Taranaki
Policy context
• Series of objectives that will then guide
freshwater management decisions
– Te Mana o te Wai (regional)
– Long-term visions (Freshwater Management Units)
– Environmental outcomes (Freshwater Management
Units)
– Other regional objectives, e.g. (not today)
• Wetlands
minutes and resolutions of the Policy and Planning
Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council held in the Taranaki Regional Council
chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford on 16 March 2021 at 10.30am
b) notes the recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council on 6
April 2021.
Matters arising
Appendices/Attachments
Document 2730826: Minutes Policy and Planning Committee - 16 March 2021
Policy and Planning Committee Copy - Confirmation of Minutes
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Council has underway, with tangata whenua and Māori groups
across the region.
Stakeholder
engagement
• Engage with a diverse range of external and internal stakeholders to
deliver the strategic goals of the Technical Support team and wider
Taranaki Regional Council.
• Develop and maintain professional networks across all relevant sectors,
identifying opportunities to leverage or collaborate on projects that
may benefit the Taranaki Regional Council.
Financial
management
and
responsibility | Whakaritea ngā wāhanga kawenga
The key responsibility areas are provided as a guide only. Performance measures for this job will
need further discussion between the job holder and People Leader / Manager as part of the
performance development process.
Regional
Climate Action
• Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of the Council’s
climate change strategy.
• Work with communities, district councils and iwi/hapū to coordinate
Taranaki’s collective
the region.
Stakeholder
engagement
• Consult and collaborate with a diverse range of external and
internal stakeholders to deliver the strategic goals of the
Environment Quality group and wider Taranaki Regional
Council.
• Develop and maintain professional networks across all relevant
sectors, identifying opportunities to leverage or collaborate on
projects that may benefit the Taranaki Regional Council.
• Represent the Taranaki Regional Council in relevant national
forums
Here's where you will find all the information about the current Regional Policy Statement for Taranaki.
together with Maori across the region
including Maori involvement in decision making processes. The Council undertook a number
of activities during the year in working with Maori, including providing opportunities for
Maori to contribute to the decision-making processes of the Council.
This is part of the Council’s Mission Statement to carry
out its various responsibilities by, among other things,
taking into account the Treaty of Waitangi.
Furthermore, schedule 10 of the
four years to complete. Depending on the
remediation solutions selected, aspects of the remediation may continue beyond that
timeframe These time frames are estimates only and will depend on the complexity of the
site, the nature of any contamination, and available options to remediate the site.
Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) and New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) as the
regulatory authorities, with iwi/hapū, will work alongside and in consultation with Dow
throughout the life of the