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.
Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance 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.
region’s rivers and streams every day.
Today, every dairy farm in Taranaki operates under a regularly monitored discharge permit that requires
effluent to be treated before discharge. And the rates of compliance are consistently high at over 93%.
Clean, healthy water is the region’s most precious resource. A highlight of the report is the finding that
trends in ecological health and a wide range of physical and chemical measures of water quality are the best
that have ever been recorded.
the sector has been its AA+ credit rating. This is the same as the New Zealand Government.
Currently, the LGFA estimates it is delivering costs savings to its member councils of $25 million annually. This
saving would otherwise need to be funded by higher rates.
LGFA would not achieve the AA+ credit rating without the guarantee structure and therefore there would be no
savings in borrowing costs to councils.
LGFA GUARANTEE
Currently there are 48 councils (based on the
monitoring programmes for 2014-2015 21
3.6 Exercise of optional review of consent 22
4. Recommendations 23
Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 24
Bibliography and references 26
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Appendix I Resource consents held by NZ Pure Bred Genetics Ltd Piggery 28
Appendix II Flow rating for Rumkeg Creek 30
List of tables
Table 1 Location of sampling sites in Rumkeg Creek, a tributary of
the Manganui River 12
Table 2 Results from NZ Pure
showing where that funding comes from, the
amount each source is expected to produce and how those funds are applied. This table presents
information for the years ended 30 June 2020, 2021, and 2022.
2021/2022
Forecast $
2020/2021
Actual $
2019/2020
Actual $
Sources of operating funding
General rates, uniform annual general charge, rates penalties 10,937,288 7,954,391 7,954,398
Targeted rates 4,366,647 5,971,225 5,910,856
Subsidies and grants for operating purposes 5,714,327
relation to the Patea HEPS
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ii
List of tables
Table 1 Summary of occasions when flow rise and recession rates were not in line
with consent conditions, July 2014 to July 2015 17
Table 2 Number of days that lake level was below set levels in relation to consent
conditions 19
Table 3 Reports required to be submitted to Council by Trustpower over the
reported period 22
Table 4 Summary of fish transferred into the Patea River catchment headwaters 23
Table
30 June 2020, 2021, and 2022.
2021/2022
Forecast $
2020/2021
Actual $
2019/2020
Actual $
Sources of operating funding
General rates, uniform annual general charge, rates penalties 10,937,288 7,954,391 7,954,398
Targeted rates 4,366,647 5,971,225 5,910,856
Subsidies and grants for operating purposes 5,714,327 7,338,437 4,030,691
Fees and charges 11,160,477 19,386,306 16,513,275
Interest and dividends from investments 9,887,613 9,991,390 9,635,377
Local authorities fuel
its approach
and that of 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 the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each company’s environmental and
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TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL NEWSLETTER June 2016 No. 101
Rates to remain stable
Local talent is to the fore in a new video promoting New
Plymouth’s Citylink bus service, which is operated by Tranzit
Coachlines under contract to the Taranaki Regional Council.
Dinnie Moeahu and his crew from New Plymouth-based Dman
Entertainment take viewers on a musical bus ride highlighting
the extent of the Citylink network (“Oakura to Waitara and just
The Taranaki
mouth of the river. The site is at the most
downstream point on the river from which water could be taken without it being
excessively saline.
2. An aerial photograph showing the proposed take location, pipeline and properties
receiving the water is shown in Figure 1.
3. The total volume proposed to be taken is 24,552 m3 per day to irrigate 380 ha, the
applications are summarised in the table below.
Consent [application] Applicant Irrigation Area Daily Volume Rate
7527-1