options for this around
Taranaki, including Pukeiti Rain Forest
(education@trc.govt.nz) and predator-free
Rotokare Scenic Reserve
(educator@rotokare.org.nz). This
newsletter only scratches the surface of
what’s possible; there are lots of great
options and resources when it comes to
investigating mini-beasts.
Nominations for the 2021 Taranaki
Regional Council Environmental Awards are
now open. These awards are made in five
categories including Environmental Action
design it represents a native bat, recently discovered at Pukeiti.
The Weka Wetland established at the site of the old ponds which are now conected
by a culvit and bridge railing. The planting features divaricating native shrubs.
Artist Reuben Paterson’s The Golden Bearing on The Founders’ Lawn. This well-
loved, shimmering golden sculpture is on loan from Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.
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Reshaping the Lawn as viewed from the Rain Forest Centre.The Lodge and Nursery area
… in the 1990s.
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Regional Council
Taranaki
Improving
lifestyles
Regional Council
Taranaki
Improving
lifestyles
Supporting
livelihoods
Regional Council
Taranaki
Supporting
livelihoods
Regional Council
Taranaki
Regional Council
Taranaki
Taking Taranaki
forward
Regional Council
Taranaki
Taking Taranaki
forward
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Regional Council
Taranaki
Regional Council
Taranaki
Neil Walker
South Taranaki
Bev Raine
North Taranaki
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Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust Inc.
NEWSLETTER
June 2018 VOLUME 67 NO.2
www.pukeiti.org.nz
Autumn has been and gone
R. ‘Beverly McConnell’
This week winter officially begins – a
warm wet one was promised, just a little
different from the autumn of mixed
fortune which was unsettled with warm
days, interspersed with heavy rain and
thunderstorms over much of the country,
and even the occasional cyclone in
places. As a result a flush of anticipated
autumn colour was
Constituency
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Councillors 2016-2019
SOUTH TARANAKISOUTH TARANAKI
CONSTITUENCYCONSTITUENCY
SOUTH TARANAKI
CONSTITUENCY
EGMONT
NATIONAL
PARK
STRATFORD
HAWERAHAWERAHAWERA
NORTH TARANAKI
CONSTITUENCY
STRATFORDSTRATFORD
CONSTITUENCYCONSTITUENCY
STRATFORD
CONSTITUENCY
NEW PLYMOUTH
CONSTITUENCY
Bev Raine
New Plymouth Constituency
Craig Williamson
New Plymouth Constituency
Taranaki Regional Council
It
was observed that a drain had been constructed above the race up gradient of the cap
that, at the time of inspection, was directing spring water around the cap. It was
considered that the drain would also be adequate to direct stormwater from above the
site, around the cap, during rainfall.
25 June 2015
A site visit was made in fine weather to conduct a compliance monitoring inspection
and take samples. There had been very heavy rain over the weekend prior to the
inspection, and
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Month May June July August September October November December January February March April April
Days in Month 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 364
Uruti Virtual Climate Station Evaporation mm Average 31.12 21.41 25.43 39.04 57.48 85.05 109.32 126.01 134.46 107.97 88.65 52.65 52.65 878.60
Rain mm/day 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (878.60)
13 Month Calendar 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5
Week 1 Predicted
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Provisional data only
Total rainfall (mm)to date
xxx yy%
KEY
% of average ‘year to date’ rainfall
xxx yy %
NEW
PLYMOUTH
H WERAĀ
ELTHAM
Kaka Rd
P teaā
K tareō
Motunui
Brooklands
Inglewood
Pohokura
SaddleNorth Egmont
Stratford
Huinga
Cape Egmont
Dawson Falls
Glenn Rd
Whareroa
Rimunui
Jan-May 4220 Rainfall
94%702
98%775
97%563
68%428
88%726
96%663
7 %21,716
71%513
83%487
78%417
76%1,636
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Provisional data only
Total monthly rainfall (mm)
xxx yy%
KEY
% of average rainfallmonthly
xxx yy %
NEW
PLYMOUTH
H WERAĀ
ŌPUNAKE
ELTHAM
Kaka Rd
P teaā
K tareō
Motunui
Brooklands
Inglewood
Pohokura
SaddleNorth Egmont
Stratford
Huinga
Cape Egmont
Dawson Falls
Glenn Rd
Whareroa
Rimunui
May 420 Rainfall2
39%83
54%110
68%111
46%83
52%122
45%83
53%357
55%123
59%96
75%100
67%423
89%104
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values are not readily obtainable are not recognised. For an asset to be sold, the asset is impaired if the market price for an equivalent asset falls below its carrying amount. For an asset to be used by the Trust, the asset is impaired if the value to the Trust in using the asset falls below the carrying amount of the asset.
Work in progress is recorded at cost. Cost includes expenditure which is directly attributable to the acquisition of an asset. Capital work in progress is not