Predator-Free project, the ambitious region-
wide campaign launched in May 2018.
Monitoring data shows this 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.
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 over the year, while the urban New Plymouth
analysed exceeded the
4g/m2/30 days deposition rate guideline, with only 28% of all the gaugings collected in the
airshed as a whole exceeding this guideline. There were three gauging locations, one in the
vicinity of each of Fitzroy Engineering Group Limited, Ravensdown Fertiliser Co-operative
Limited and Katere Surface Coatings Limited, where the guideline was exceeded at the time
of both surveys. The highest result obtained during the year under review was one of the
Katere Surface Coatings
consent holder during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating as
to SDC environmental and administrative performance.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving
environment from the activities during the monitoring year. Administrative
performance is concerned with the consent holder approach to demonstrating consent
compliance in site operations and management including the timely provision of
information to Council (such as
NZ’s medium projection for births and deaths, and the high projection rate for net migration.
This reflects improving economic circumstances in the region, resulting in job creation and inward
migration patterns. Birth and death rates are likely to be substantially accurate given that they reflect
existing trends and there is little likelihood of step-changes in the rates. This population projection
covers the entire district, including rural areas.
consents held by Silver Fern Farms Limited (Waitotara)
List of tables
Table 1 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous groundwater abstraction rates 2016-2017 13
Table 2 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous spring water abstraction rates 2016-2017 14
Table 3 Chemical monitoring results for the irrigation pond 2016-2017 15
Table 4 Groundwater monitoring sites 16
Table 5 Water quality results for monitoring bores October 2016 to September 2017 17
Table 6 Chemical
rates 2017-2018 14
Table 3 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous spring water abstraction rates 2017-2018 15
Table 4 Chemical monitoring results for the irrigation pond 2017-2018 16
Table 5 Groundwater monitoring sites 17
Table 6 Water quality results for monitoring bores October 2017 to September 2018 18
Table 7 Chemical composition of Te Kiri o Rauru spring 23
Table 8 Summary of performance for consent 2260-3.1 26
Table 9 Summary of performance for consent 2261-3.1
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.
Environmental performance is concerned with actual or likely effects on the receiving environment from the
activities during the monitoring year. Administrative performance is …
participants indicated that they were from outside the region. This is comparable
to the 2018 statistics NZ results which show that for residents in Taranaki, 67% are in the
New Plymouth District, 8% in Stratford, and 23% in South Taranaki. While there is a slight
over, representation in New Plymouth, the spread across the different districts is generally
good.
The district demographic question was a required field and so there was a 100% response
rate from the survey group.
Figure 2
2.1 Site inspections 24
2.2 Non–exercised consents 26
2.3 Groundwater quality results 26
2.4 Residual flow compliance 27
2.5 Compliance with abstraction rate and volumetric limits 29
2.6 Record keeping compliance 30
2.7 Irrigation water usage 2013-2014 31
2.8 Investigations, interventions, and incidents 31
3. Discussion 34
3.1 Discussion of site performance 34
3.2 Evaluation of performance 35
3.3 Recommendations from the 2012-2013 Annual Report 38
3.4 Alterations to monitoring
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Waste Free with Kate –Food Masterclass, Parenting Workshops & Reusable
Sanitary Products in Schools *NPDC*
Waste Free Parenting
Nineteen people attended the Waste Free Parenting workshop on 4 March. Feedback indicated the
workshop was well received with 70.6% of attendees rating the workshop highly.
Of the attendees, many committed to making changes to