companies which would push these figures even higher. Do the 3Rs still count? Absolutely they do. are still very much the way to go. REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE Does composting cover the 3Rs? Composting the amount of waste going into a landfill, it kitchen and garden waste and it nutrients into the soil thereby restoring the health and beauty of the environment. reduces re-uses recycles How are we going in Taranaki? In Taranaki, significant progress has been made
order inform further actions to improve compliance with kerbside recycling requirements. 1.4 A discussion was had surrounding how other districts are progressing with contamination rates. It was noted that the Hawkes Bay District Council has a 2% community contamination rates. The Committee requested that an invitation be extended to Hawkes Bay District Council to attend the next meeting to share any learnings with the Committee. 2. Regional Submission for Ministry for the
its subsidiary (the Company) operate a number of wellsites across the Taranaki region including the Tuhua, Pouri, Mangahewa and McKee wellsites, located east of New Plymouth and the Kapuni wellsites, located south of Stratford. Each wellsite contains varying numbers of producing wells and associated production infrastructure. This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) in relation to the
last year. Renovating it was going to cost so much that it has been decided it is better to start again from scratch. A purpose built Lodge that caters for the needs of our current membership and those that the Board can currently foresee will be needed in the near future will be a much wiser use of the funds available. I understand that his will definitely happen in The Aerial Walkway The Misty Knoll awaiting plants the next financial year. It does mean we will have been
employed a staff member to monitor the forestry industry and will recover the reasonable cost of this from the sector using the user pays provisions of the Long Term Plan 3. notes the Council will monitor and where necessary enforce the provisions of the National Environmental Standard for Production Forestry and the Resource Management Act using its Enforcement Policy(2017) Ordinary Meeting - Consents and Regulatory Committee Minutes 19 page Consents and Regulatory
area surrounding the Pohokura site to monitor the natural health of surrounding reefs as a means of operator and environmental best practise. These surveys will establish a data history and knowledge of the reefs as well as gaining an insight into how the reefs are affected by sand inundation. During November 2021, a qualitative intertidal ecological survey was undertaken at two reefs during low tide. The reefs were: Nikorima Reef at the end of Otaraoa Road on the western boundary of the
form of separate, smaller pool like structures, or tauranga ika. They were baited and had a small opening on the seaward end of the structure to attract fish. On an incoming tide fish would enter the pools to feed and would then be chased out to be caught by a net placed over the small entranceway. Taranaki Iwi oral traditions recount that in former times, the extent of large boulder reefs in the central part of Taranaki Iwi was much larger than those seen today. The large sandyareas in the
results and effects of the STDC’s activities at these four oxidation ponds’ systems. During the monitoring period, STDC demonstrated an overall high level of environmental performance. The STDC holds a total of six resource consents for the Waverley, Kaponga, Manaia and Patea oxidation ponds, which include a total of seventy-six conditions setting out the requirements that the STDC must satisfy. The consents for the Patea system were renewed six years previously while consents for the
period, depending on how long it takes to fill the gully. An application to vary this consent was received and a varied consent granted on 12 June 2019 to change the date by which the riparian planting needed to be completed. In terms of the piping undertaken prior to the granting of the consent, approximately 115 m of piping was undertaken in about 2012, while the remaining (approximately 600 m) was undertaken at different stages over an 18 year period. There was little, if any, information
Council) to be prepared for the monitoring programme in the Waitaha Stream catchment. Thirteen industrial premises were monitored under this programme during the year under review. The monitoring reflects an on-going process of identifying and improving discharges into the catchment in a similar manner to the management of those in the neighbouring Mangati Stream catchment. This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional