Manawa Energy Ltd (the Company), formerly Trustpower Ltd, operates the Motukawa hydroelectric power
(HEP) scheme in the Manganui River and Waitara River catchments. The Company draws water from behind
a weir on the Manganui River near Tariki and diverts this water through a race to Lake Ratapiko and then
through penstocks to the Motukawa Power Station. The power station discharges into the Makara Stream, a
tributary of the Waitara River. Consents for the Motukawa HEP scheme allow the Company to
discharges and receiving waters and
macroinvertebrate surveys indicated that the water supply schemes were not causing any adverse
environmental effects.
The fish survey undertaken in the Waiongana Stream (in relation to the Waitara water supply) indicated that
the presence of the weir was unlikely to be having any significant adverse effects on fish passage, however
some remedial work for the fish pass has been recommended. The fish survey undertaken in the Ngatoro
Stream (in relation to the
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Chapter 7
The WaiTara
Long steps to recovery
Few rivers in Taranaki are as controversial as
the Waitara.
The debates that have swirled around the biggest waterway in the province have
little to do with the river itself, though, and everything to do with those who (mis)
used it.
For decades until
Executive summary
Todd Energy Ltd (Todd Energy) operates a petroleum production station located on Otaraoa Road near
Tikorangi, bridging the Waitara and Onaero catchments. The McKee and Mangahewa Production Station
(MMPS) processes condensate and natural gas from Todd Energy’s McKee and Mangahewa groups of
wellsites and includes electricity cogeneration and LPG production facilities.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
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Patea at Skinner Rd 2.02 8.46 0.66 0.60 0.96 2.80 2.97 45
Tangahoe below Railway
Bridge 1.71 16.90 0.80 0.89 1.06 5.25 4.75 6
Timaru at Tataraimaka 0.80 3.05 0.33 0.27 0.46 1.50 2.45 10
Waingongoro at Eltham
Rd 0.80 3.99 0.30 0.36 0.46 1.45 3.10 49
Waingongoro at SH45 1.90 9.60 1.15 1.08 1.37 3.59 4.05 43
Waiongana at SH3a 2.10 5.36 0.53 0.35 0.95 1.72 8.44 43
Waitara at Bertrand Rd 34.80 129.00 7.61 5.69 16.70 32.70 76.30 43
Waitara at Purangi
Bridge 22.90 47.20 1.27
Executive summary
The Ahuroa B Gas Storage Facility (Ahuroa B/AGS) is owned and operated by Flexgas Ltd (the Company).
Ahuroa B is located on the corner of Barleymans Road and Croydon Road, east of Midhirst, in the Waitara
catchment. Ahuroa B supplies natural gas to one of its main customers, Contact Energy, for use in their
Stratford Power Station.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to
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