Korito Heights, Mount View and Carrington Road KNE's.
The site is falls within the Te Henui Catchment and Egmont Ecological District. Covering about 6ha, the
site is comprised of cutover forest dominated by Kamahi and includes multiple small unnamed
tributaries of the Pukekotahuna Stream.
Ecological Features
Flora
The canopy of the remnant is dominated by kamahi with a mix of hinau, toro, miro, rimu and rewarewa.
A good sub canopy and understorey is also
volcano and associated peaks and surrounding ring-plain of volcanic
debris slopes gently seaward to the north and west and abuts the sedimentary hill country to the
east. Approximately 8 m of rain falls annually on Mt Taranaki and more than 365 fast-flowing
rivers emanate from the mountain in a radial pattern across the ring-plain. Taranaki Region is
dissected by more than 20,000 kilometres (km) of rivers and streams which are a particular
feature of the landscape. This includes the 39 km
Councillor B K Raine
Councillor C S Williamson
Councillor D L Lean (ex officio)
Councillor D N MacLeod (ex officio)
Representatives Councillor R Jordan (New Plymouth District Council)
Councillor G Boyde (Stratford District Council)
Councillor P Nixon (South Taranaki District Council)
Apologies
Notification of Late Items
Item Page Subjet
Item 1 3 Confirmation of Minutes - 24 November 2017
Item 2 9 Introducing dung beetles to Taranaki dairy farms
Item 3 13 Regional
of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume of
the groundwater abstraction might exceed that of the permitted activity (Rule 48).
for by
resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume of
the groundwater abstraction might exceed that of the permitted activity (Rule 48).
Rule 49 provides for groundwater abstraction as a controlled activity, subject to two
conditions:
• The abstraction
1.3.2 Water abstraction permit (groundwater)
Section 14 of the Act stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any
water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by resource consent or a rule in a
regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set out in Section 14.
The Council determined that the application to take groundwater fell within Rule 49
of the Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) as the rate and daily volume of
the groundwater abstraction
was well managed
and that good wastewater dilution ratios had been maintained by discharging when the stream flow was
above 5 m³/s (special condition 16 of consent 0715-4.1).
The Waiongana Stream hydrology displays a natural rapid rise and fall (typical of Taranaki ring plain
streams), which allows for a limited window of opportunity when treated wastewater can be discharged
above the minimum consent limit. The consent holder has access to the Taranaki Regional Council web site,
which
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Doc# 2298795-v1
Minutes of the Policy and Planning
Committee Meeting of the Taranaki
Regional Council, held in the Taranaki
Regional Council Chambers, 47 Cloten
Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 23 July 2019
at 10.30am.
Members Councillors N W Walker (Committee Chairperson)
M P Joyce
C L Littlewood
B K Raine
C S Williamson (via Zoom)
D L Lean (ex officio)
Representative Councillors G Boyde (Stratford District Council)
Members C
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Doc# 2272809-v1
Minutes of the Policy and Planning
Committee Meeting of the Taranaki
Regional Council, held in the Taranaki
Regional Council Chambers, 47 Cloten
Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 11 June 2019
at 10.40am.
Members Councillors C S Williamson (Committee Chairperson)
M P Joyce
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
D L Lean (ex officio)
Representative Councillors R Jordan (New Plymouth District Council)
Members Messrs J Hooker (Iwi Representative)
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Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council, held Port
Taranaki Limited, 2-8 Bayly Road, New
Plymouth, on Tuesday 9 April 2019 at
10.30am.
Present Councillors D N MacLeod (Chairperson)
M J Cloke
M P Joyce
D L Lean (Deputy Chairperson)
M J McDonald
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Attending Messrs B G Chamberlain (Chief Executive)
G