Revised Pest Management Plan incorporating approved amendments
Revised Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki incorporating approved amendments (tracked changes version) - February 2021
Revised Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki incorporating approved amendments (tracked changes version) - February 2021
Pest plant and animal summary - Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki (web)
functions and Taranaki’s natural and physical resources. Commentary/Highlights The main focus has been on completing the Coastal Plan review process. Work on the Freshwater and Land Plan continues with assessments of minimum flows and allocation limits. Engagement with iwi through Wai Maori collaborative group and engagement with other stakeholders. Outputs/Key performance indications PERFORMANCE MEASURE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE Complete preparation/full reviews and interim
of 13 Key Native Ecosystems monitored improving or maintaining condition. page engagement to progress Mt Messenger and Awakino Tunnel bypass projects Improving lifestyles Regional Council Taranaki Connecting people Range of resource investigations and applied research projects undertaken. Supporting community initiatives worked with Wild for Taranaki, iwi and grassroots community groups to improve Taranaki’s biodiversity. Building
functions and Taranaki’s natural and physical resources. Commentary/Highlights The main focus has been on completing the Coastal Plan review process. Work on the Freshwater and Land Plan continues with assessments of minimum flows and allocation limits. Engagement with iwi through Wai Maori collaborative group and engagement with other stakeholders. Outputs/Key performance indications PERFORMANCE MEASURE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE Complete preparation/full reviews and interim
natural and physical resources. COMMENTARY/HIGHLIGHTS Continued to make progress on the review of the Coastal Plan including consultation with Iwi and others. A legal review of the Plan has been completed. Further work with Iwi may delay the presentation of the Plan to the Policy Committee by one meeting round. The release of a Proposed Freshwater Plan was delayed to allow further work to be undertaken. Consultants have been engaged to undertake work to address matters raised in
39% Cultural/historical 48 70% Ecological/scientific 41 59% page 9 3.2 Land tenure The foreshore and seabed is deemed to be owned by the Crown, except where there is a surveyed title (around New Zealand, it is estimated that less than 1% of the New Zealand foreshore is privately owned1). However, Crown ownership of the foreshore and seabed has been disputed in some quarters and in June 2003 the Court of Appeal ruled that South Island Iwi could take a claim for the
settlements in the rohe, such as Ngā Motu and the Waitara River, were on the coast. The papakainga was the centre of social, cultural, economic and spiritual well-being. Papapakainga such as Puke Ariki, Purakau, Rewa Rewa and Mangatī were located on the coast close to the valued resources of water, mahinga kai and kaimoana. The resources sustained and nourished the iwi and were important to ensure survival and to maintain the spiritual, cultural and economic prosperity of Te
planned to work with additional clubs. Para Kore Para Kore is a zero waste programme for marae. The programme is funded by the Ministry for the Environment and by the district councils in the region. The Taranaki Regional Council provides advice and support. Facilitators for the Taranaki area started working with marae in April 2013, with a plan to work with at least one marae in each iwi area. Para Kore facilitators are currently working with 12 marae: Meremere Marae,
a range of stakeholders, iwi and the regional Wai Māori Working Group through a series of workshops. Members of the Wai Māori Working Group raised concerns about the vulnerability of smaller streams to the impacts of water takes, and how well the modelling carried was able to quantify these impacts given the data was primarily collected from what they considered were large rivers. Previous work reported nationally had already identified that the risk of adverse effects due to