Predator control in rural Taranaki is vital to the success of Towards a Predator-Free Taranaki. High-tech traps will be used in rural areas. It forms a large chunk of the work to ultimately remove predators and prevent re-infestations across the region’s 700,000 hectares. Many landowners and occupiers are already trapping possums and doing an awesome job - dropping numbers to below a 10% residual catch rate (fewer than 10 possums per 100 traps). But we need to expand this work to restore
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
trapper in Urenui found a sweet-salty combination of Nutella and bacon was a real winner, while another in the city had success with a pineapple lump.” Mr Shanley cautioned trappers not to be discouraged by a sudden drop in catch numbers, after initially catching plenty. This drop-off was quite normal and it was important to keep trapping so the population was unable to re-establish. "It's really important that trappers keep going even when their catch rate drops or they stop catching anything. Trap
for 864 (89%) of a total of 967 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 75 (8%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 26 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining two (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the irrigation water consent holders over
the last several years, this
urban, rural and conservation land. Taranaki Regional Council monitoring data shows intensive predator control may already be making a difference – rats and possums in urban New Plymouth are decreasing, while the trapping network in rural and urban areas is expanding rapidly, Mr MacLeod says. Monitoring, using rat footprint tracking and a possum bite-mark index, show catch rates have dropped; rats went from 33 per cent to 19 percent in the past year, while the urban New Plymouth possum index has
District Council, as well as Sport Taranaki and the rugby union, have been fully consulted and he is confident they understand and support the TRC’s approach. The vision for the Stadium has been amended to emphasise its broad usability. The first aim in the new vision statement is: “The best regional stadium in New Zealand that regularly hosts local, regional, national and international sporting and entertainment events.” The project’s $50 million budget remains unchanged but Yarrow Stadium rates will
is ‘objectionable or offensive’ and thus in breach of Council’s Regional Air Quality Plan (RAQP). The Council deals with about 200 air-quality complaints and incidents annually. The analysis, part of a review of the RAQP, found that there is generally good compliance by those with resource consents allow air discharges, with a non-compliance rate of 2%, mostly involving odour. Three consented sites have accounted for more than half of recent incidents and complaints involving consent-holders.
Calibration Overview 7
3.3 Calibration Data 10
3.3.1 June 2015 10
3.3.2 June 2018 11
3.4 Calibration Method 13
3.4.1 Detailed Calibration of Surface Roughness and Model Losses 14
3.4.2 Criteria 18
3.4.3 Rating Curves 18
3.4.4 Time of Concentration 21
4 RESULTS 22
4.1 June 2015 Results 22
4.1.1 Water Levels 22
4.1.2 Flows 23
4.1.3 Discharge Volume 23
4.1.4 Timing of Peak 24
4.1.5 Summary 24
4.2 June 2018 Results 25
4.2.1 Water Levels 25
ammoniacal nitrogen immediately downstream, but the in-stream
contaminant levels complied with the relevant consent limits including for unionised ammonia, biological
oxygen demand and pH, and did not appear to have adverse effects beyond those provided for by the
resource consents. Biological monitoring of the Inaha Stream and tributaries did not indicate any recent
significant impacts from the Company operations. Most sampling locations received the same or improved
health rating for the
Significant Surfing Area' (744 KB pdf) Info sheet: Where does the Coastal Plan apply? (390 KB PDF) Fact sheet: Protecting a surf break - what does it mean? (315 KB pdf) Coastal erosion inventory This 2009 report summarised the information on coastal erosion rates for the Taranaki coast that was already available from monitoring, surveying, aerial photographs and maps, and identified where further information-gathering should be focused. Coastal erosion information: inventory & recommendations for