the watercourses, especially during heavy rainfall
events. The surrounding hills are steep with a mixture of grass cover, scrub, and native bush, and
the valley floor is generally comprised of shallow alluvial soils with a papa clay base.
Report structure
15. Our report is structured to provide a decision with respect to the resource consent application.
16. Resource consent applications require a decision to be made, either granting consent (with or
without conditions), or declining
Quarterly Operational Report September 2021
ownership and vegetated in indigenous forest. In other
parts, the hill country supports both pastoral farming and commercial forestry.
Annual rainfall varies markedly throughout the region, ranging from less than 1,400 mm in coastal
areas, to in excess of 8,000 mm at the summit of Mount Taranaki.
Taranaki has more than 500 named rivers and streams. Over 300 rivers and streams flow from the
flanks of Mount Taranaki in a distinctive radial pattern across the ring plain. Typically ring
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have short tributaries contained by narrow valleys. In
general, these rivers carry high sediment loads.
Climate
Taranaki’s climate is determined by its westerly position, its mid-latitude location,
and its topography. Taranaki lies in the path of weather systems moving east from
the Tasman Sea. The region’s climate is generally sunny and windy, with moderate
temperatures and regular rainfall throughout the year.
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the watercourses, especially during heavy rainfall
events. The surrounding hills are steep with a mixture of grass cover, scrub, and native bush, and
the valley floor is generally comprised of shallow alluvial soils with a papa clay base.
Report structure
15. Our report is structured to provide a decision with respect to the resource consent application.
16. Resource consent applications require a decision to be made, either granting consent (with or
without conditions), or declining
indicated a relatively
deep water table (especially in the proximity of the storage areas). Test bores were augured to 10 m in the
pit area, mostly through coarse sand without intercepting significant soil moisture. Pit construction revealed
mostly coarse sand at the pit bases (approximately 3-4 m below surface).
Average annual rainfall for the site is 1,043 mm (taken from the nearby Patea monitoring station). As with
the other South Taranaki coastal sites, the Vanner site is subject to strong
2.1.1 Inspections
Four inspections were carried out at the Rimu Production Station and associated wellsites during the 1
November to 30 June 2017 monitoring period. The following was found during the inspections:
20 January 2017
The site inspection was undertaken following heavy rainfall within the previous 24 hours. Particular attention
was paid to the stormwater system and associated runoff after this rainfall. No problems were noted, with all
site water being directed via separators
without the lodge for the best
part of 2 years and that after May this year
there will be no building up at Pukeiti that
members will have for their use. This will
impact on some of our regular events but your
committee is looking at making this a
positive and we hope you will enjoy and
support the creative solutions we come up
with.
The record sunshine hours this January,
along with the regular rainfall that Pukeiti
attracts even when dryer than normal, has
meant the weeds have been