Trapping rats, possums and stoats to regenerate local flora and fauna is switching high school students onto the impact they can have on a predator free Taranaki. A new programme started by TOPEC (Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits and Education Centre) ran from August-October in partnership with Taranaki Regional Council and the Department of Conservation. Over two months eight students learned about all aspects of pest management and control. They walked tracks with contractor Morgan Radich, learnt
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BIOSECURITY ACT 1993
Decision on Regional Pest
Management Plan for Taranaki
The Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) hereby notifies that, pursuant to
section 75(4) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (the Act), it has decided and agreed to
adopt the Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki (the Plan).
The Plan sets out the powers and rules to prevent, reduce, or eliminate the
adverse effects of 16 targeted pests in the region.
The report giving the Council’s decisions on the
has little prickles that aren’t nice for bare feet,” says Greg Rine, Taranaki Regional Gardens Manager. “Using sawdust is a great way to eliminate chemical use in public spaces and gave us the opportunity to create more play spaces too by changing the contours and placing new rocks.” With increased education around the effects of pesticides and herbicides there has been growing concern around their use in public spaces, which has seen other councils in Auckland and Christchurch adopt similar
Community category winners in the 2020 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Methanex Waitara Taiao - for outstanding advocacy and voluntary effort to protect and restore native biodiversity and te taiao o Waitara. Waitara Taiao shows how much can be achieved when a community develops and owns a conservation project. From small beginnings under local couple Tama and Gina Blackburn and their son Epiha, it’s grown into an effective and valuable predator control
Items of interest from today's meeting of the Council's Consents and Regulatory Committee: Resource consents
Resource consents allow industries to operate, and enable economic activity and employment. Three hundred and eighty-two consents were issued by Taranaki Regional Council over the 2015/2016 financial year, slightly down on 400 the previous year. This was probably due to an economic downturn in the oil, gas and dairy sectors, the Consents and Regulatory Committee was told on Tuesday.
https://www.trc.govt.nz/environment/resource-consents/notified-consents the next
working day.
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Copies of the Taranaki Regional Council officer report will be available in the same location
on the Council’s website by 24 January 2022.
Hearing Procedure
While the procedure for the hearing is ultimately determined by the chairperson, the
Resource Management Act provides that:
a) unnecessary formality is to be avoided;
b) only members of the hearing panel may question any party or witness
c) cross-examination
Summer colour is still going strong, with beautiful lace cap and mop-top hydrangeas putting on a show. Perennials like Rudbeckia, Solidago, Asters and Dahlias are in full bloom, adding rich splashes of colour throughout the garden. The Sedums are particularly stunning right now, their flower heads alive with honeybees, bumblebees, moths and butterflies—an essential nectar source for pollinators of all kinds. On these hot days, we’re grateful for the shade of towering trees, providing welcome
They used to be extinct from Taranaki Maunga, but a family of six whio surfing down rapids in the upper Whaiwhakaiho River are a good reminder as to why rural predator control is so vital. The native blue ducks were classed as “functionally extinct” from the Maunga in 1945, due to introduced predators - stoats are whio’s number one predator. However, a video captured by Taranaki Regional Council this month shows the whio population is gradually increasing due to intensive predator control.
This information is particularly relevant for those outside the reach of municipal wastewater systems operated by District Councils. If you want to dispose of trade or commercial waste into water (a stream or river), you’ll need a resource consent from the Regional Council. If you’re discharging trade waste into a community wastewater system, you’ll need to comply with any trade waste bylaws or rules imposed by your District Council. Domestic wastewater
Domestic wastewater requires proper
This information is particularly relevant for those outside the reach of municipal wastewater systems operated by District Councils. If you want to dispose of trade or commercial waste into water (a stream or river), you’ll need a resource consent from the Regional Council. If you’re discharging trade waste into a community wastewater system, you’ll need to comply with any trade waste bylaws or rules imposed by your District Council. Domestic wastewater
Domestic wastewater requires proper