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 achieve a high
comprising 18% of the district’s population. Iwi and hapū of the Taranaki region
are Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi, Ngāruahine, Ngāti Maru (Te Iwi o Maruwharanui), Ngāti
Mutunga, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Tama, Taranaki Iwi, and Te Atiawa.
In June 2020, Taranaki’s unemployment rate was at 4.3% with only small variations from one district to
another (compared to 4% nationally).
Households without access to a motor vehicle is highest in New Plymouth district (7.2% of
Fern Farms in relation to their Waitotara site 9
Table 2 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous groundwater abstraction rates 2018-2019 13
Table 3 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous spring water abstraction rates 2018-2019 14
Table 4 Chemical monitoring results for the irrigation pond 2018-2019 15
Table 5 Groundwater monitoring sites 16
Table 6 Water quality results for monitoring bores October 2018 to September 2019 17
Table 7 Chemical composition of Te Kiri o
activity may have on the environment. In
addition, the applicant is required to identify the ways in which those effects can be avoided, remedied
or mitigated.
Schedule 4 can be viewed at www.trc.govt.nz/resource-consent-application-forms
AEE included? (please attach separate document) ☐ Yes
Where relevant the AEE must include, but not be limited to (tick all that apply): AEE Page Number Section
☐ The rate of discharge and hydrological effects
☐ Ecosystem health
1.1.4
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by
the consent holder/s during the period under review, this report also assigns a rating
as to each Company’s 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 Company’s approach to demonstrating consent
compliance
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
13
1.3 Climatological data and irrigation requirements 14
1.3.1 Droughts in Taranaki 16
1.4 Monitoring programme 16
1.4.1 Introduction 16
1.4.2 Programme liaison and management 16
1.4.3 Site inspections 17
1.4.4 Measuring and reporting of water takes 17
2. Results 21
2.1 Site inspections 21
2.2 Non–exercised consents 21
2.3 Residual flow compliance 22
2.4 Compliance with abstraction rate and volumetric limits 25
2.5 Record keeping compliance 25
2.6 Groundwater quality
due to work, family commitments and cost.
On average, men spent more days per year at beach, river and at lake sites.
Walking swimming and relaxing were the most popular activities at beaches and
rivers. Walking, relaxing and scenic appreciation were the most popular activities at
lakes.
Ninety percent of respondents thought public access to the coast, rivers and lakes was
about right. Ninety percent of respondents rated water quality at beaches as good or
excellent, 77% rated
Kapuni WTP sample results 27 June 2013 38
Table 4 Results of sampling at the Waimate West WTP 9 April 2013 38
Table 5 Results of sampling at the Inaha WTP 15 April 2013 39
Table 6 Compliance with abstraction rates at the Patea bores 47
Table 7 Compliance with consents 0634 and 3911 49
Table 8 Compliance with abstraction rates at the Waverley bores 50
Table 9 Summary of compliance in regards to abstraction rates,
volumes and data 55
Table 10 Summary of performance for
requirement of the renewed
consent.
Stormwater from the site continued to be diverted to containment ponds, with the stormwater batch released
after quality checks. Sample results for the discharge samples collected by the Council were within those
prescribed by consent conditions.
Particulate deposition from air emissions was, in general, similar to the previous monitoring periods. At the
monitoring site west of the plant site the lactose deposition rate was found to be 7% over the guideline