Land & farming

For all the rules around the Essential Freshwater regulations, see the Land & Farm Hub. Additional factsheets are below.

Telemetry information for consent holders

Water-use data must be sent by consent holders to the Council daily. This can be achieved using telemetry, which is explained in this leaflet.

Telemetry information for consent holders (346 KB pdf) (single document only)

Guides to restoration planting in Taranaki

These guides provide information on restoring and enhancing the indigenous vegetation cover which as been lost from Taranaki. They help to enable landowners, community groups and practitioners to restore ecosystems by planting native species.

Restoration planting guide - Matemateaonga ecological district (2 MB pdf) More guides & map

Sheep dip fact sheets

These fact sheets were prepared by Sally Gaw and Graham McBride for Tasman District Council through a Foundation for Research Science and Technology Envirolink grant. Sally is a lecturer in environmental chemistry at the University of Canterbury. She has 10 years' experience in managing contaminated land and was a member of the Ministry for the Environment’s Pesticide Advisory Group. Graham is a farmer with national and international experience with managing legacy chemicals from agriculture. He initiated research into sheep dips in New Zealand.

Fact sheet 1: Sheep dips in NZ (2.9 MB pdf) More fact sheets