inspections programmed for the 2020-2021 period, but
hydrological monitoring was undertaken by maintaining the McColl’s Bridge flow recorder.
The monitoring showed that overall the scheme operated within resource consent requirements for the vast
majority of the period being reported. During this period, the Company was fully compliant with lake levels
and the rise and recession rate restrictions for the lower Patea River. The Company provided adequate
residual flows within the Patea River at all
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to
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 holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
like to see passenger rail service established in Taranaki.
Respondents were also asked to consider the cost of a rail service in this question: “Taking into
account the main barrier to creating a passenger train service is the high cost of creating the
infrastructure, would you be willing to contribute via rates for this?” 63% of respondents stated “Yes”.
Communities to connect via passenger rail service
In response to the question: “If there was a passenger train service, which
decision; and in
accordance with section 79 of the Act, determines that it does not require further
information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs and
benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on this
matter.
Walker/Van Der Leden
8. Setting of Rates 2021/2022
8.1 Mr M J Nield, Director – Corporate Services, spoke to the memorandum setting the
rates for the 2020/2021 financial year. The rates are driven from the adopted 2021/2031
monitoring, enables the Council to continually re-evaluate its approach
and that of consent holders 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 performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each
expired consents
(including the consents for the dam structures themselves), while also seeking to
increase the rate of take / diversion from the Manganui River from 5.2m3/s to 7.5m3/s.
3. You have asked for our advice on what constitutes the “existing environment” when
considering the application to replace the expired consents. In particular, you have
asked:
a. Where structures impede desired fish passage, but have been in place for
over 90 years, can the Council require (and
landscape and visual effects of the proposal in the context of the site and the
wider landscape setting, as well as effects on key public views.
This assessment has been prepared with reference to the NZILA Best Practice Note Landscape Assessment and
Sustainable Management 10.1 in conjunction with Information requirements for the assessment of landscape and
visual effects”2. The effects ratings and definitions used in Table 1 are provided in Appendix B. To determine the
overall nature and
Consent 0231-4 12
Table 3 Summary of performance for Consent 5453-2 14
Table 4 Summary of performance for Consent 10314-1 14
List of figures
Figure 1 Oaonui Water Supply Ltd’s water service area 4
Figure 2 Seven-day volume (consent limit 28,000 m3) 7
Figure 3 Daily abstraction rate (consent limit 50 L/s) 7
Figure 4 Macroinvertebrate index results recorded in the Oaonui Stream in relation to the OWSL
Stream Weir, December 2020 9
Figure 5 Macroinvertebrate index
compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 88% of