Recreational and fishery values: Moderate access for native fish. Presence of threatened
species. Important habitat for threatened native species. Very popular and highly valued
angling river. Very highly rated for recreational uses and values (some swimming).
Aesthetic and scenic values: Very highly rated for aesthetic and scenic values.
Comments: Median flow of 840L/s at SH3. Considerable water movement downstream from
Everett Park with some Grade 2 and 3 rapids. Water quantity and flows
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 and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by SDC, this report also
assigns them a rating for their environmental and administrative performance during the period under
station is
maintained on the stream for the continuous measurement of flow rate and temperature.
Silver Fern Farms Ltd (meat processing plant) demonstrated an overall good level of environmental
performance.
Silver Fern Farms Ltd holds six resource consents, to allow it to maintain a dam in and to take water from
the Tawhiti Stream; to discharge to the stream and to land; and to discharge emissions into the air.
During the period under review, there was one incident reported in
utilisation of additional pasture production is likely include the following:
Increase in stocking rate to utilise additional production during the summer and
autumn for increased milk solids production per hectare. Typically this would mean
an increase in stocking rate by approximately 0.4 to 0.6 cows per hectare
Reduction in supplementary feeding, such as silage and maize silage during the late
summer and autumn
Fewer cows are likely to dry off early due to higher pasture production in
Remediation (NZ) Ltd
Draft_V1.1 May2020
by the total irrigation area. The sampling data was grouped into seasons ie Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring
and the seasonal results were averaged to calculate a seasonal Nitrogen concentration average.
Summer Autumn Winter Spring
Nitrogen concentration
g/m3
341.8 305.8 159.8 126.0
Vol
pumped N concentration Total N Application rate
m3 g/m3 Kg
abstraction rate from the Patea River during the low flow period. One incident was recorded
as a result and a letter requiring an explanation was issued. The subsequent response was
accepted.
During the year, SDC demonstrated a good level of both environmental and administrative
performance.
This report includes recommendations for the 2015-2016 year.
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1. Introduction 1
1.1 Compliance monitoring programme reports and the
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 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,
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 the
Taranaki Regional Council – Pre-Election Report – July 2019
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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 fallen from 25.6 to 1.4 per cent in the past four years. These results strongly suggest
the rapidly growing trapping network in urban New Plymouth backyards, parks and reserves is having
an impact,
smell. During these
early weeks and when there are stronger winds the odour intensity is not
more than a 3 (distinct). But in the latter weeks of the cycle and when there
is slow air movement odour intensity can be up to a 4/5 (strong/very
strong). 2-3 times a year he would rate the odour at a 6 (extremely strong)
and this is generally observed as he is walking between the office and the
house.
4.27 Kevin also stated that the odour is more often observable at the house
rather than at his