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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 21 November
2017 at 10.30am.
Members Councillors N W Walker (Committee Chairperson)
M P Joyce
C L Littlewood
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
C S Williamson
D L Lean (ex officio)
D N MacLeod (ex officio)
Representative Ms E Bailey (Iwi Representative)
Members Mr J Hooker (Iwi
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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 6 June 2017
at 10.30 am.
Members Councillors N W Walker (Committee Chairperson)
M P Joyce
C L Littlewood
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
C S Williamson from 11.00am
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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 25 July 2017
at 10.30 am.
Members Councillors N W Walker (Committee Chairperson)
C L Littlewood
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
D L Lean (ex officio)
Attending
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
1 and Table 2, de Winton et al., 2022). Under the NPS-FM, Lake Kaikura achieved band B for
both the Native Condition Index and the Invasive Impact Index, reflecting the lake’s moderate level of
native plant cover and low level of invasive plant impact. Both lakes Mangawhio and Rotokare fell within
band C for both NOF attributes.
Lake Kaikura had a LakeSPI Index of 66%, falling into the ‘High’ category for lake ecological condition.
This result reflected the dominance of
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
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Apologies M G Davey
C L Littlewood
Notification of Late Items
Item Page Subject
Item 1 3 Confirmation of Minutes
Item 2 9 Consents and Regulatory Committee Minutes
Item 3 16 Policy and Planning Committee Minutes
Item 4 21 Regional Transport Committee Minutes
Item 5 27 Executive Audit and Risk Committee Minutes
Item 6 32 Joint Committee Minutes
Item 7 39 New Plymouth District Council (Waitara