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
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. Permits authorising the abstraction of water are issued by the Council
under Section 87(d) of the RMA.
Water discharge permits
Section 15(1)(a) of the RMA stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant into water, unless the
activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or by national
climate, central
government reforms and our evolving relationship
with tangata whenua.
While inflation has been trending down and is now
falling close to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s
target consumer inflation rate of between 1 and 3
per cent, the economy has remained sluggish with
gross domestic product rising by just 0.2% in the
March 2024 quarter. That followed a 0.1% fall in the
previous quarter.
We’ve had to factor these economic headwinds as
we
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Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council, held in the
Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47
Cloten Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 1
October 2019 at 10.30am
Present Councillors D N MacLeod (Chairperson)
D L Lean (Deputy Chairperson)
M J Cloke
M G Davey
M P Joyce
C L Littlewood
M J McDonald
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Attending Messrs B G
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Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council, held
Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47
Cloten Road, Stratford, on Monday 21
May 2019 at 10.30am
Present Councillors D N MacLeod (Chairperson)
M J Cloke
M P Joyce
D L Lean (Deputy Chairperson)
C L Littlewood (via Zoom)
M J McDonald
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker (via Zoom)
C S Williamson
Attending
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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 20 November
2018 at 10.30am.
Members Councillors N W Walker (Committee Chairperson)
M P Joyce
C L Littlewood
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
D L Lean (ex officio)
D N MacLeod (ex officio)
Representative Ms E Bailey (Iwi Representative)
Members
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Minutes of Ordinary Meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council, held in the
Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47
Cloten Road, Stratford, on Monday 20
February 2017 at 10.30am.
Present Councillors D N MacLeod (Chairperson)
M J Cloke
M G Davey
M P Joyce
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
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
Regional Walkways and Cycleways Strategy for Taranaki