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Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council, held
Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47
Cloten Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 10
April 2018 at 10.30am.
Present Councillors D N MacLeod (Chairperson)
M J Cloke
D L Lean (Deputy Chairperson)
C L Littlewood
M J McDonald
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Attending Messrs B G Chamberlain (Chief
Puketewhiti Stream until we
crossed it by the swingbridge and left it
behind as we started climbing up the
Summit Track. When we reached the
Summit Road the group was unanimous in
wanting to detour to the Pukeiti Hill
Lookout before continuing on to the Paint
Mines. Rain during the week had cleared
the air and we had lovely views up the coast
towards Raglan. From there it was all down
hill to the mines which in effect are deep
holes now filled with water and fenced off
from the track, as
appeared that the skimmer pit had recently
discharged, considering the volume of rain that had recently fallen it was likely that the skimmer pit still had
a leak. No effects were noted in the receiving waters downstream of the discharge point.
2.1.2 Results of discharge monitoring
Figure 1 Location of the Cheal Production Station and associated sampling sites
Chemical water quality sampling of the combined discharge from the Cheal Production Station and Cheal-A
wellsite was
local fishing grounds. Tuna-
heke (migratory eel) was caught from the Lagoon further inland which was also named Tapuarau and set
upon these racks for drying. During the wet season the rains would flush out the Tapuarau Lagoon and the
Tuna-heke would run out of the lagoon, across land, through Hauriri and eventually out at Tapuarau at the
water’s edge. Paatiki (flounder) and Puupuu (sea snail) were abundant.
The Waitootara river mouth was plentiful with kai and resources that
period was lower than normal in
comparison with historical surveys. The total number of samples falling within the “Alert” or “Action”
categories (40% of samples) across the 16 recognised bathing sites was the highest recorded. However, it
should be noted that the “Action” category is the only category for which swimming is not recommended.
In the 2017-2018 season, 79% of all samples met the national bathing guideline. Of the 21% of samples that
exceeded the guideline, 11% arose
undertaken on 20 February 2015 38
Table 10 Results of rain event monitoring – discharge and Puremu
Stream samples, 13 August 2014 39
Table 11 Results of rain event monitoring - Manganaha Stream, 13
August 2014 40
Table 12 Biomonitoring sites in the Puremu and Manganaha Streams
related to the Colson Road Landfill. 41
Table 13 Chemical analysis of Colson Road Landfill groundwater
sampled 9 June 2015 44
Table 14 Air deposition monitoring results for 13 January- 4 February
2015 45
bunded to contain any stormwater and organic leachate, and exclusion drains, bunds,
and diversions are situated around the ponds to divert clean stormwater away from
operational areas.
74. Stormwater runoff typically occurs immediately following rain events. The stormwater
volume depends on a number of factors, including the moisture content of the soil and
the intensity of the rain. The majority of contaminants contained within the stormwater
will be in the ‘first flush’ of water leaving
McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Apologies
Notification of Late Items
Item Page Subject
Item 1 3 Confirmation of Minutes
Item 2 10 Consents and Regulatory Committee Minutes
Item 3 16 Policy and Planning Committee Minutes
Item 4 22 Executive Audit and Risk Committee Minutes
Item 5 26 Joint Committee Minutes
Item 6 30 Meeting Dates October 2018
Item 7 31 Presentation - Council website upgrade
Item 8 32 Public Excluded
Item 9 33 Yarrow
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Regional Council
Taranaki
Neil Walker
South Taranaki
Bev Raine
North Taranaki
Michael Davey
North Taranaki
Matthew McDonald
Stratford
Charlotte Littlewood
New Plymouth
Craig Williamson
New Plymouth
Tom Cloke
New Plymouth
David Lean
Deputy Chairman
New Plymouth
Donald McIntyre
North Taranaki
Michael Joyce
South Taranaki
David MacLeod
Chairman
South Taranaki
Your regional councillors
Neil Walker
South Taranaki
Bev Raine
North Taranaki
Michael Davey
North
ponds before land
application. The pond is stirred as effluent is sprayed onto pastures via a travelling rain gun.
There are two storage ponds on the property, pond 1 has a storage capacity of 24,500 m3, and pond 2 has a
storage capacity of 19,320 m3.
The existing piggery, ponds, and irrigation areas in relation to the property are shown in Figure 1, and Figure 2
Figure 1 Location of Stanley Bros Trust Piggeries current buildings and effluent ponds
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