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 native submerged plants but of relatively limited biodiversity, and
minimal impact by non-native weeds. Lake Kaikura ranked 70th nationally for ecological condition (for
257 rank positions over 323 surveyed lakes). Under the NPS-FM, a Native Condition Index of 52% and
Operations and Regulatory Committee Agenda November 2024 WEBSITE
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
Waitaha Industrial Catchment Annual Report 2023-2024
forecast the contamination risk of bathing waters, based on
preceding rainfall volumes and/or river flows. As the Council
collects more data, we will be able to explore opportunities to
develop a rainfall risk model to give real time predictions of
water contamination risk.
In the meantime, the public is advised to check the latest
testing results on the LAWA or Council websites, consider
whether there’s been heavy rain during the last three days,
and avoid murky
Comparison to WHO guidelines 5
3.3 Temporal Patterns 7
4 Trend Analysis 8
5 Discussion 10
6 Future Monitoring at Central School 11
7 Recommendations 12
Bibliography and references 13
List of tables
Table 1 WHO guidelines for PM2.5 monitoring 1
Table 2 PM2.5 air quality summary statistics, based on daily means 5
Table 3 Number of days falling into environmental performance indicator category each year of
monitoring 6
List of figures
Figure 1 Overview of the
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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