Catchment: Katikara (382)
General Description
Katikara (TPOL) is a 20 hectare block located on private land approximately 8.7m south-east of Okato.
The remnant consists of an existing cutover lowland tawa/kamahi forest and is bordered on three sides
by Te Papakura o Taranaki with the Katikara stream to the south. The Katikara (TPOL) remnant is
situated in close proximity to other KNEs in the area including Pukeiti, Katikara Bush and Carrington
Road B.
Introduction
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the Resource
Management Act 1991
1.1.1 Introduction
This report is for the period October 2021 to September 2022 by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council)
on the monitoring programme associated with resource consents held by Silver Fern Farms Ltd (Silver Fern
Farms). Silver Fern Farms operates a meat processing plant situated on Wai-inu Beach Road at Waitotara, in
the Waitotara catchment. The monitoring period coincides with the
Agenda Policy Planning Committee 15 March 2022
which incorporates 16 of the region’s 26 quarries (Group A). The
monitoring programmes for another nine quarries will be included in a separate biennial report (Group B),
which will cover the period July 2016-June 2018. Civil Quarries Limited’s Everett Road quarry is reported on
separately.
For each quarry, this report describes the monitoring programmes implemented by the Council to assess
environmental performance during the period under review, and the results and environmental effects of
Apologies
Apologies were received and sustained from B J Bigham and S W Hughes.
Conflicts of Interest
No conflicts of interest
1. Confirmation of Minutes Policy and Planning Committee 22 November 2022
Recommended
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) takes as read and confirms the minutes of the Policy and Planning Committee of
the Taranaki Regional Council held 1pm on 22 November 2022 at Taranaki
Regional Council 47 Cloten Road Stratford
b) notes the recommendations
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as well as one quarry that was remediated during the monitoring
period. This will be the third report to incorporate the monitoring results of this group of quarries.
The monitoring programmes for another 12 quarries (plus two since remediated) will be included in a
separate biennial report (Southern Quarries compliance monitoring report), which also covers the period
July 2016-June 2018. Civil Quarries Limited’s Everett Road quarry is reported on separately.
For each quarry, this
period:
Horizon Trust Management Limited demonstrated an overall high level of environmental performance.
Vickers Quarries Limited demonstrated an overall high level of environmental performance at the York
Road quarry.
Vickers Quarries Limited demonstrated an overall high level of environmental performance at the Toko
Road quarry.
R A Wallis Limited demonstrated an overall high level of environmental performance at the Omahuru
Road quarry.
R A Wallis Limited demonstrated an
life cycle. As hydroelectric schemes were introduced, and
roads and farm tracks crossed streams to open up access
to land for development, barriers to fish passage grew. We
know that the total number of instream structures in the
region is likely to be in the tens of thousands however, we
don’t yet know how many of these structures present a
barrier to fish passage.
The Council is taking steps towards improving ecosystem
health, and identifying structures for
Plymouth District Council)
S Bowden (Stratford District Council)
V Lim (South Taranaki District Council)
B Dowsett (NZ Transport Agency)
C McKegg (Safe Roads Alliance)
Ms J Stewart (NZ Transport Agency)
Ms M Davison (NZ Transport Agency)
Ms K Gyorak (NZ Transport Agency)
Mrs M Webby (RoadSafe Taranaki)
Snr Sgnt R O’Keefe (NZ Police)
Mr Roger Maxwell
Apologies The apology from Ms P McLean (NZ Transport Agency) was received and
sustained.
Notification of