• Environment
• Working together
• Zero Waste Taranaki

Do yourself and the environment a favour - REDUCE the amount of waste you generate, REUSE material instead of discarding it, RECYCLE anything you can. Zero Waste TaranakiSee the Zero Waste Taranaki page for useful waste minimisation tips and information for your home, school, farm or business. Taranaki Solid Waste Management CommitteeThe Taranaki Regional Council administers the Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee, which is made up of representatives of all four of the region's Councils.

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• Stadium Taranaki
• Stadium updates
• Turf team's hard yakka getting Yarrow Stadium pitch match fit

will last for years and years and is a perfect yet incredibly tough playing surface.” Mike Nield, Director-Corporate Services at Taranaki Regional Council which owns the venue through the Taranaki Stadium Trust, says the hybrid turf will put Yarrow Stadium in the same class as some of the best stadia in the country. “It’s a step-change for the stadium as we’ll have a main pitch that’s international quality and resilient enough to be used again and again by our community.” The stadium project has

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• Stadium Taranaki
• Stadium Taranaki Story
• Hybrid Grass and LED lights

The Main Field has been upgraded with improved drainage and the installation of hybrid ‘GrassMaster’ turf and the old lights have been placed with energy efficient LED lights. Preparation work ahead of installing the more resilient hybrid ‘GrassMaster’ Turf. Work on the Main Field was carried out during the West Stand repair project. . Will Bowden from New Zealand Turf Management Solutions brought his expertise as a grass guru to work alongside FieldTurfNZ to make the Main Field pitch perfect.

• Environment
• Resource consents
• Understanding consents
• Tāngata whenua

After applicants have checked the Taranaki Regional Council’s plans and policy statements for an overview of the rules and resource management issues they need to find out which tāngata whenua groups might be affected by their proposed activity. When the relevant tāngata whenua groups have been identified it’s important to check whether those groups have a hapū and iwi management plan in place, and if so read it. These planning documents describe the resource management issues of most

• Council
• Plans & reports
• Monitoring reports
• Taranaki waterways updates
• Waterways report card 2020

probably require your urgent attention. The Council is working directly with consent holders and sector groups to ensure efficient and effective compliance. On a broader horizon, regional councils are now also required to ‘consider and recognise’ Te Mana o te Wai in freshwater management, and to identify and reflect tangata whenua values and interests in the management of freshwater and in decision-making around freshwater planning. This gives fresh impetus to ongoing Iwi-Council discussions in

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• Plans & reports
• Research & reviews
• Waste disposal & site contamination

These studies include region-wide and site-specific projects. Bayly Rd detailed site investigation 2016 This report is by Pattle Delamore Partners, who were engaged by the Taranaki Regional Council to undertake a detailed site investigation of the property adjacent to Bayly Road and Ocean View Parade in New Plymouth. Ngati Te Whiti intend to develop a marae at the site, which incorporates the culturally significant Waitapu Urupa. The site has a history of oil drilling activities, resulting in