facility like this. The Stadium can’t succeed without rugby. ✔ Rugby remains important to Taranaki people – the region has the nation’s highest rugby engagement rate of any region in New Zealand. Yarrow Stadium set up for soccer (from TV1 News item May 2019). References: BERL report (www.trc.govt.nz/yarrow1) TV1 news clip May 2019 showing main pitch set up for soccer: (www.bit.ly/YarrowTV) Top Reference: Consultation Document (www.bit.ly/YarrowCD) Scope and cost of repairs and refurbishment WRONG: ✖
But others are also converting even though their consents still have a number of years to run – a trend encouraged by Council officers. Pond problems pinpointed during inspectionsThe consent farm dairy effluent consent compliance rate remains above 90%, the Consents & Regulatory Committee was told. But results from the latest inspection round show overall non-compliance has increased from 5.2% to 8.6%, the Committee was told. Significant non-compliance increased from 1.6% to 2.7%. None warranted
numbers at low levels on privately owned land in the region. Since its introduction in 1992, a total of 4,086 properties have become part of the self-help programme. The total land area covered by the programme is 240,200 hectares (June 2018), including 9,278 hectares of largely acutely threatened indigenous vegetation. The residual catch rate has steadily decreased and is generally below 5%. Want to get involved in the programme? Contact our Environment Services team Downloads Self-Help Possum
numbers at low levels on privately owned land in the region. Since its introduction in 1992, a total of 4,086 properties have become part of the self-help programme. The total land area covered by the programme is 240,200 hectares (June 2018), including 9,278 hectares of largely acutely threatened indigenous vegetation. The residual catch rate has steadily decreased and is generally below 5%. Want to get involved in the programme? Contact our Environment Services team Downloads Self-Help Possum
numbers at low levels on privately owned land in the region. Since its introduction in 1992, a total of 4,086 properties have become part of the self-help programme. The total land area covered by the programme is 240,200 hectares (June 2018), including 9,278 hectares of largely acutely threatened indigenous vegetation. The residual catch rate has steadily decreased and is generally below 5%. Want to get involved in the programme? Contact our Environment Services team Downloads Self-Help Possum
Tūpare has been awarded the 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award, placing it in the top 10% of attractions worldwide. Already recognised with the highest six-star rating from the NZ Gardens Trust, this is another notch in Tūpare’s belt as a world-class property. “It’s something for the whole region to celebrate, especially with all the challenges facing travel and tourism,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. “Tūpare is a regional jewel to be proud of.” The Travellers’ Choice Awards are
Stadium’s medium-term prospects and we remain committed to restoring its status as the nation’s top regional venue,” says Mr MacLeod. “The $20 million funding injection makes this $50 million project possible on far easier terms – you will see a decrease of just over 40% in the Yarrow Stadium targeted rates from July 2021.” The grant came too late to affect the current year’s rates, which had already been set. Mr MacLeod says final details relating to the East Stand are still being finalised, and more
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7. Adoption of the 2022/2023 Annual Plan 49
8. Setting of Rates 2022/2023 142
9. Representation review for the 2022 Local Authority Elections 149
10. LGNZ Conference 164
11. Ngāti Maru Joint Management Agreement Committee 168
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told. Details of the impact on Council budgets, charges and rates will be fully discussed and tested during public consultation on the Long-Term Plan early next year. Implementation of the requirements requires work in six areas – planning, consenting, compliance, science services, communications and tangata whenua engagement. And with Councils now required to ‘consider and recognise’ Te Mana o te Wai in freshwater management, there are also likely to be changes in decision-making processes and the
to check them all and until recently she was doing it weekly. She’s just cut back to every two to three weeks, as the catch rate has dropped. Becky hopes that’s a sign the traps are starting to make an impact on predator numbers in the town. “Hopefully it’s helping.” Asked why she does it, the answer is simple: “They are not supposed to be here.” “I don’t like killing things but it’s just one of those things that we have to do,” she says. “If either natives or predators have to die I would rather