Freshwater habitats are abundant in Taranaki, with more than 530 named awa/rivers and streams. We can help your ākonga/students learn how to monitor freshwater environments, including rivers, streams and wetlands. Streams and rivers
How healthy is your local stream? Assessing stream health involves investigating the water quality, the physical features of the stream and the plants and animals living in and alongside the stream. We can get your ākonga/students actively involved with monitoring
implemented by
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess STDC’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of STDC’s activities.
During the monitoring period, STDC demonstrated a good level of environmental performance and high
level of administrative performance.
STDC holds 31 resource consents which include 285 conditions setting out the
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Status: Final
File reference: TRC-19-296
Date 10 June 2020
1. Purpose
Place Group Limited was engaged by the Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) to undertake an
assessment of high risk pest pathways into the Taranaki region, identify high risk candidate species
and prepare a risk assessment inventory to inform future TRC management of pests1 and pathways.
This report documents the key findings of the …
Got a special block of bush or wetland area on your land? It might fall into our Key Native Ecosystem (KNE) programme and qualify for a free Biodiversity Plan. Protecting native habitats relies on effective planning to ensure all aspects of management are considered. For example it's no good killing the predators if meanwhile old man's beard is smothering the canopy. To help owners protect KNEs on their land, the Council prepares free Biodiversity Plans for KNEs that fall either wholly or
consent. Call the Council on 0800 736 22 or email consents@trc.govt.nz. Seepage or runoffYou can discharge solid material or wastewater from industrial or trade premises to on to land without a consent if you can meet these conditions: You discharge only waste from your own property.
The discharge causes no ponding of water.
No waste or runoff enters water.
The discharge point is more than 25m from a waterway and more than 50 from any well or spring used as a water supply.
The discharge is not
members were keen to trap at home. At the close of service one Sunday Steve mentioned what he had been up to and asked if anyone was interested. He says he was “astounded” by the response. “They lined up for them and the traps just disappeared.” Mark’s been back a couple of times to restock, with at least 20 more T-Rex traps in backyards across the region as a result. Mark is delighted Steve has agreed to be a Community Champion for Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, joining a growing number of
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Become a Towards Predator-Free Taranaki Corporate Supporter and make a meaningful difference to our region's future. How does our business become a supporter? We'll have a chat with you to figure out what works for your business and staff. Generally, as a starting point we ask that you install and maintain traps and/or bait stations on and around your business premises. We can provide ongoing help and advice. Other great ways to help are: Become an ambassador for our project! Tell your clients,
