of a Proposed Freshwater and Land Plan continued,
including the setting of regional targets for swimmable rivers, further work and
investigations on the setting environmental flow limits alignment with National
Planning Standards
establishment of the Wai Māori working group, comprising of iwi and hapū
representatives, to inform and contribute to the review of the Freshwater Plan
continued development of freshwater quality accounting system. Development of
the freshwater quality
plans to build on recent gains in freshwater quality; to develop its
education programme; and to broaden and deepen its relationship with iwi and hapū.
Financially, the impact of our proposals for ratepayers is relatively minor. The Council is proposing an increase of
3.5 percent in its general rates take for 2018/2019. In the last three years, the average general rates increase
has been 0.97%. Over the life of the 2018/2028 Long-Term Plan the general rates increase averages out at
between the devolved kawanatanga responsibilities of the Council and the
rangatiratanga rights of iwi in Taranaki.
The Code of Conduct is an expression of the Council’s commitment to take into account the
principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in the exercise of its resource management functions.
Under the Code of Conduct, the Council, within the limits of the legislation, endeavours to:
actively protect the manataiao and taonga of Maori by identifying and protecting in a
manner appropriate
G Boyde Stratford District Council
Mr P Muir Federated Farmers
Iwi representatives have not yet been appointed.
Attending Messrs B G Chamberlain Chief Executive
G K Bedford Director - Environment Quality
M J Nield Director - Corporate Services
A D McLay Director - Resource Management
S R Hall Director - Operations
G Severinsen Manager Policy and Strategy
C Spurdle Planning Manager
S Tamarapa Iwi Communications Officer
M Simpson Team …
Limited, and took no part in the discussions or deliberations.
2.1 The Committee considered and discussed the memorandum advising of consents
granted, consents under application and of consent processing actions since the last
meeting of the Committee.
2.2 Fay Mulligan and Keith Holswich sought clarification on the Council’s consent process
and iwi involvement in this. Regional plan provisions regarding the status of the
activity (i.e. controlled, discretionary activity) and how
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Taranaki Regional Council Monthly Rainfall and Environmental
Data Report for May 2024
Note: The data presented here are provisional data only and may change as a result of quality control at a later date.
1. Rainfall
Map 1: May total rainfall (mm) and percentage of long-term mean (colour key).
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Map 1a. Total rainfall 1 January to end May (mm) and percentage of long-term mean (colour key).
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Table 1: Rainfall May and
constructed. In addition, ecological / environmental / whole catchment and iwi considerations need to be
incorporated into flood scheme solutions, in a more sympathetic and systematic manner than in the past.
The outcome sought is ‘fit-for-the-future’, risk-aligned and environmentally sensitive scheme infrastructure
providing appropriate levels of resilience and safety to the communities and assets they protect.
Regional authorities estimate the annual capital cost of meeting these
noted two further Iwi Representatives will be appointed to the Council's
Operations and Regulatory Committee
g) determined that this decision be recognised as not significant in terms of section
76 of the Local Government Act 2002
h) determined that it has complied with the decision-making provisions of the Local
Government Act 2002 to the extent necessary in relation to this decision; and in
accordance with section 79 of the Act, determined that it does not require further
information,
Minimisation Officer's Activity Report
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Iwi considerations
5. This memorandum and the associated recommendations are consistent with the
Council’s policy for the development of Māori capacity to contribute to decision-making
processes (schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002) as outlined in the adopted long-
term plan and/or annual plan. Similarly, iwi involvement in adopted work
programmes has been recognised in the preparation of this memorandum.
Community
members
on committees with the exception of the Regional Transport Committee
d) agrees that on the reconstitution of Consents and Regulatory Committee, Policy
and Planning Committee, Regional Transport Committee, Executive, Audit and
Risk Committee, Taranaki Solid Waste Management Joint Committee and Yarrow
Stadium Joint Committee for the triennial period 2019-2022
e) agrees that, in the reconstituting a Policy and Planning Committee, nominations
form Taranaki Iwi (3), the three Taranaki