Items of interest from this week’s meetings of the Council’s two key committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: The air remains clearThe latest four years of monitoring confirms that Taranaki has good to excellent air quality, with the major inhalable contaminant being wind-blown sea salt. A report to the Policy and Planning Committee set out findings of a more stringent monitoring programme that began in 2016, with detection equipment calibrated for PM2.5 (airborne particles
Coordination role is supported by facilitators who are funded by Stratford District Council, New Plymouth District Council, South Taranaki District Council, Taranaki Regional Council, TSB Community Trust and Kindergarten Taranaki. Find out more on the Taranaki region’s Enviroschools page. See the latest Enviroschools Taranaki newsletters. Zero Waste initiatives in TaranakiOne of the five Enviroschools theme areas is Zero Waste, under which Enviroschools Taranaki runs Boomerang Bag and Plastic Free July
Items of interest from today’s meetings of the Taranaki Regional Council’s two key committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: New faces, new perspectives
Iwi Committee reps Emily Bailey (Policy & Planning Committee), Fay Mulligan (Consents & Regulatory Committee), John Hooker (P&P), Keith Holswich (C&R), Mitchell Ritai (P&P) and Hoani Eriwata (C&R). The Consents & Regulatory and Policy & Planning Committees each have three more members after new iwi appointments took up their
receives is redistributed to local families, repurposed or recycled, with zero going to landfill. That’s about 5000kg of textiles per year! It also provides free access to cloth nappies, supporting families to make the transition. South Taranaki District Council South Taranaki District Council has been commended for its work to decarbonise the Hawera Aquatic Centre, which has one of the biggest carbon footprints of the many services that the Council provides. Judges commended the Council for leading by
compared with the previous summer when unusually wet weather gave rise to run-off issues. At least 13 samples were collected for analysis from each of 14 sites between November 2018 and April 2019, with another eight or so collected from eight of the sites. The Policy and Planning Committee was told that bacteria levels in 92% of the 243 samples were within national guidelines, with Opunake, Fitzroy and Oākura (at camping ground) having the best records. Oākura (at surf club) and Ohawe were
occurring, the Policy and Planning Committee was told. The region’s District Councils have already made, and are continuing to make, considerable investments in the area, and the TRC is doing its job as a regulator by monitoring and publicly reporting on their environmental performance, and taking enforcement action when necessary. A recent Cabinet paper argued that Government action is needed because wastewater management suffers from the absence of clear national guidelines, unacceptable environmental
The vast majority of Taranaki farmers follow the rules and want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. That’s according to Taranaki Regional Council Director-Resource Management Fred McLay, who says the actions of one should not detract from the thousands of landowners who support Council programmes and work hard to protect and enhance the land, waterways and biodiversity on their properties. In the New Plymouth District Court today Colin David Boyd was ordered to pay a total
Policy and Planning Committee Agenda Nov 2023 web (18 MB pdf)
Policy and Planning Agenda Oct 2023 web (11 MB pdf)
community will take to promote the sustainable management of natural and
physical resources insofar as these resources are affected by discharges to air. The Regional Air Quality
Plan also sets out the strategic direction for integrated management in Taranaki between the Taranaki
Regional Council and the three district councils.
The Regional Air Quality Plan draws on the comprehensive state of the environment monitoring
programmes put in place by the Taranaki Regional Council