from a record low 9.8% last year. It is still significantly less than the 33% in 2018, when Taranaki Regional Council launched the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme. Programme lead Sam Haultain says this year’s result was no great surprise to her team or regional council scientists. “We’ve had amazing weather over the last year or two, which rodents love. They have plenty of food and it has been warm, so last year was always going to be hard to beat! Keeping the rate at 17% is testament to
refurbishment of the Council’s Stratford office at a cost of $6 million over two years, to be funded with a loan repaid from rates.
Restoring financial support for Wild for Taranaki, the regional biodiversity umbrella group, to the pre-COVID level of $235,000 a year.
Annual regional rates will rise in 2021/2022 by less than $30 for the average householder, and by around $60 for a farm worth $2 million, with smaller increases budgeted in subsequent years. Rates for many commercial and industrial ratepayers
56 cases of non-compliance, resulting in re-inspection at the farmer’s expense and the possibility of further enforcement action. The non-compliance rate is slightly higher than usual, though it is expected to improve as the season progresses. Inspections continue until April. Not just any stormwater in a port
The Committee was told Port Taranaki had made a significant investment to reduce the environmental impact of its stormwater discharges, being rewarded with a ‘high’ rating in its latest
mātauranga Māori and Western scientific practice, and documented the experience of other regional councils introducing mātauranga Māori into freshwater monitoring. Good pass-mark for mostThirty-nine consent monitoring reports were presented to the Consents and Regulatory Committee, covering the performance of 111 consent holders in the 2016-2017 year. Of these, 72 achieved a high level of environmental performance and compliance and 27 were rated ‘good’, while 10 were rated ‘improvement required’ and two
low-rate application system should be used on these areas so no surface runoff or ponding occurs. Generally, more storage will be required in these cases.
What you need to ensureWhen discharging effluent to land, resource consent conditions typically include: Design, construction, location, operation, and maintenance of the effluent storage facilities, including the storage volume;
Location, size and physical characteristics of the irrigation area;
Application rate and frequency of the discharge,
and in the upper Waitara catchment. Taranaki June 2015 flood event (1.3 MB pdf) More reports Taranaki June 2015 flood event (1.3 MB pdf) Reconnaissance report on landsliding (GNS Science) (7.9 MB pdf) Dairy stocking rates & soil ecosystem health This 2010 study examined whether and to what extent increased stocking rates were to the detriment of species diversity and abundance in Taranaki dairy pastures. The results suggested that in the short term at least, higher stocking rates did not pose a
the environment but could potentially be mitigated or remedied.
Unacceptable effects - Extensive adverse effects that cannot be avoided, remedied or mitigated.
Some councils use a similar scale to assess effects based on rating the extent of the effect with a number. Either approach to scale the significance of effects could prove helpful provided there is some guidance on how to apply the scales to different types of activities. After consultation has occurred applicants may then want to consider
original budget was set, we couldn’t have predicted the world we’re living in today with Covid-19 and the Ukraine-Russia war. We know that our community is also feeling the pain of rising prices so we’ve worked hard to mimimise the impact on Taranaki ratepayers and the Yarrow Stadium targeted rate is not changing. “We’ve secured an extra funding of $10m from the Government which has limited the impact on ratepayers, and we have to once again thank the Government for stepping up. The funding arrangement
procedure to develop a risk register. Civil engineers and others with relevant qualifications and experience are well familiar with the concept. The risk register is a living document. As well as listing and rating the risks, it spells out mitigations. As the latter are implemented, risk ratings will change. “In any project, you start by flagging all the risks – and there can be quite a list of them. The whole point of project management is to investigate how each risk can best be managed and mitigated,
drastically reduce the environmental impact of his multi-farm operation in New Plymouth and Midhurst. His Airport Farm Trust operates a 225 dairy herd and rears 450,000 free range chickens at any one time. Air quality, ammonia and CO2 monitoring systems have been installed at the chicken farm while tractors, spreaders and even the cows have GPS trackers to monitor where they are and the application rates of all products. The operation has an extensive water quality monitoring programme and all the data is