to resource management and, ultimately, through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review. …
assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is concerned with the Company’s
approach to demonstrating consent compliance in site operations and management including the timely
provision of information to Council (such as contingency plans and water take data)
development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the Company, this
report also assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period
under review.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
2013/14
Actual
2012/13
Actual
2011/12
Actual
2010/11
Actual
2009/10
Actual
2008/09
General rates $7.61m $7.61m $7.54m $7.46m $7.40m $7.29m $7.18m $7.18m $6.85m $5.7m $5.5m
Percent change 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 0.9% 1.4% 1.5% 0% 4.82% 20.2% 3.3% 2.4%
General rates to
income
28.5% 28.7% 30.0% 30.0% 30.2% 29.9% 31.6% 36.2% 31.8% 35.5% 32.1%
Rates per $100,000
capital value
$15.55 $15.55 $15.99 $16.64 $16.71 $17.18 $19.47 $17.34 $17.25 $12.96 $14.77
Total
not walking all over them and
looking after the plants that grow on them.
Table 22 State of the Environment Report – Mean annual observed coastline change
(metres/year)
Location Rate Location Rate
Waitara East -1.37 Paritutu Beach -0.45
Waitara West -0.54 Herekawe West -0.29
New Plymouth Airport -0.60 Omata -0.43
Bell Block Beach -0.32 Waireka -0.25
Waiwhakaiho East -0.31 Oakura Beach (variable) -0.20
Waiwhakaiho West -0.67 Stony River Mouth +1.53
assisting the Council in carrying out
its resource management responsibilities. Key preliminary findings are:
State of the environment monitoring confirms that Taranaki has high overall air quality and that the RAQP is on track to
meet its objectives (environmental outcomes).
State of the environment and compliance monitoring programmes show that Taranaki’s air quality is tracking well and is
rated ‘good’ to ‘excellent’ according to MfE environmental performance indicators.
and
considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable
development of the region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the consent holder/s during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating
as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual
-2012 ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 2 Area covered by the Self-help Possum Control Programme ................................................. 13
Figure 3 Mean RTC rate for the Self-help Possum Control Programme over time ........................... 13
Figure 4 Climbing spindleberry infestation and density levels - 2006/07 (above left) and 2011/12
(above right)
the region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance
by the consent holder/s during the period under review, this report also assigns a
rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the
receiving environment from the activities during the monitoring year.
According to the 2013 Census, 16.5% of the region’s population is Maori with
24.3% of the population of the South Taranaki district being Maori.
2013 Census figures show that the unemployment rate across the region is 5.6% with only
small variations from one district to another. The rate of unemployment is below that for
New Zealand which sits at 7.1%. Rates of unemployment among Maori are higher.
Households without access to a motor vehicle is highest in New Plymouth district (7.2% of