on the point between
Middleton Bay and Opunake Beach. During the period from 1985 to 1990, a new
wastewater treatment system was developed by a Wastewater Disposal Working
Party (comprised of representatives of environmental groups, iwi liaison,
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Department of Conservation and various local authorities) in conjunction with the
STDC’s consultants, with the new system constructed and operative by May 1994.
This Opunake Wastewater Treatment Scheme comprises two
composition at
representative reef sites around the region which can be used to assess the ‘health’ of
the reef environment.
Around the Taranaki coastline, particular reefs are regarded as property of particular
hapu. Iwi and hapu associations with the six SEM reef sites are outlined in Table 1.
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2. Monitoring methodology
2.1 Site location
The location of the six SEM rocky shore sites are shown in Table 1 and Figure 1.
Table 1 Location of SEM rocky shore
Guide to regulating oil and gas exploration and development activities under the Resource Management Act.
NPDC New Plymouith wastewater treatment plant consent monitoring report 2018-2019
A Study into the Use of Prosecutions under the Resource Management Act (Ministry for the Environment, 2013).
Freshwater physicochemical state of the environment monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
State of the environment monitoring - freshwater physicochemical monitoring 2018-2019
NPDC New Plymouth wastewater treatment plant resource consent monitoring report 2019-2020
suggestion of one
of the STUC members, a small reef observed by divers to support rich fish life and abundant reef
cover was adopted as the project’s focus, and unofficially came to be known as ‘Project Reef’. The
Project Reef citizen science group was created, with iwi partners (Ngā Rauru, Ngati Ruanui), and
outreach initiatives to work with local high school students. The Taranaki Regional Council also
provided support in the earlier years as the project’s science partner. The Project Reef is