impact. An
additional comments was made about Riparian zones being affected by the floods
and whether a consideration should be made about how close to the water
planting is done
Councillor M P Joyce requested that feedback be given to PowerCo on behalf of
Rural Ratepayers in regards to unsatisfactory wait times on their 0800 numbers.
6.2 Te Uru Kahika, the Regional and Unitary Councils of Aotearoa New Zealand
Mr M J Nield, Director – Corporate Services, spoke to a news report on the
Freshwater recreational bathing environmental monitoring report summer 2018-2019
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• A planting day was held in September and was
well attended by our supporters and partners,
especially mana whenua with over 50 people
turning up from Ngāti Tama. 1200 plants were
planted in the riparian strip to mark the start of the
project's biodiversity programme.
• Ecological programme continues,
with monitoring of kiwi and bats the main focus.
• High Court hearing held in New
for additional riparian planting along the waterbody and near the culvert to assist in the
restoration of the awa and to aid in stormwater management/reduce erosion damage.
They also requested a copy of the issued consent.
Response and considerations during processing of application
To understand the cultural effects of the proposal and considering the scale and significance of the application,
Council has assessed the proposed activity against the environmental management plan
this, it is unlikely that the hydrocarbons in the sediment are due to any current operations, and
instead likely that residual legacy contamination and periodic stream bank erosion are contributing to these
results. Todd Energy, working with the upstream farmer, has fenced approximately 100 m upstream of the
car park and this has been riparian planted. Samples were not collected during the 2021-2022 year. The next
round of sampling is scheduled to be undertaken in 2022-2023 to determine if the
However the adoption of good land management practices e.g. riparian fencing and
planting, will aid to reduce anthropogenic impact of this nature.
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5 General summary
Rocky reefs dominate the intertidal zone of the Taranaki coastline, particularly around the ring plain. Since
spring 1994, the Council has conducted biannual surveys of intertidal communities at six rocky reef sites
using a fixed transect random quadrat design as part of the SEM
consists of the narrow riparian strip between the landfill and the
Patea River and the contaminated groundwater eventually permeates through to the
Patea River. The results of the monitoring of the Patea River, as discussed below,
show that there is at most only negligible impact on Patea River water quality. This
suggests that either the level of groundwater migration is not of sufficient volume to
make any significant changes to the water quality of the Patea River, or that the
groundwater
NPDC Water Supplies consent monitoring report 2016-2017.