water quality is suitable for consumptive use requirements, cultural,
recreational and aesthetic demands and the maintenance of `healthy’ aquatic ecosystems.
The Regional Policy Statement for Taranaki and the Regional Fresh Water Plan, prepared by the Taranaki
Regional Council (‘the Council’) on behalf of the community, both contain objectives and policies to maintain
the quality of our water resources and to enhance that quality where necessary and appropriate. The Draft
3. Waste Management and Minimisation Plan Regional Annual KPI Summary 2021/2022 25
4. Towards Zero Waste – Behaviour Change Effectiveness Survey 37
Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee - Agenda
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Membership of Taranaki Solid Waste Management Committee
Neil Walker Taranaki Regional Council
Alan Jamieson Stratford District Council
Bryan Roach South Taranaki District Council
Richard Handley New Plymouth District
Rat numbers in New Plymouth are the lowest they have been since Towards Predator-Free Taranaki began monitoring in the city. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, a community project led by Taranaki Regional Council, began in 2018 with the goal of removing rats, possums and mustelids (stoats, weasels and ferrets) from across the region. Each year the team carries out rat monitoring in the same 10 locations across New Plymouth. At each site, 10 tracking cards covered in ink are placed in baited
Rat numbers in New Plymouth are the lowest they have been since Towards Predator-Free Taranaki began monitoring in the city. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, a community project led by Taranaki Regional Council, began in 2018 with the goal of removing rats, possums and mustelids (stoats, weasels and ferrets) from across the region. Each year the team carries out rat monitoring in the same 10 locations across New Plymouth. At each site, 10 tracking cards covered in ink are placed in baited
We're developing a new plan for freshwater in Taranaki as part of the Government's Essential Freshwater reforms. Key to this is a kōrero with our community about how we manage freshwater. The Natural Resources Plan for Taranaki will replace the Council's Regional Freshwater Plan and your feedback will guide the targets, limits and rules in the plan that ensure we manage freshwater effectively for the whole community. As part of this process, we're looking to create six Freshwater Management
and Risk Minutes – 24 March 2025
Author: M Jones, Governance Administrator
Approved by: M J Nield, Director - Corporate Services
Document: TRCID-1492626864-608
Recommendations
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) takes as read and confirms the minutes of the Executive, Audit and Risk Committee meeting of the 24
March 2025
b) notes recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council on Tuesday 1 April
2025.
Appendices/Attachments
the
following vision statement: “…Rotokare
Scenic Reserve will be a flourishing indigenous
ecosystem, highly valued by the community.”
The Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust has
created ‘mainland’ island and manages a
predator-exclusion fence that protects 230 ha
of the Rotokare Scenic Reserve. The Trust
5 Neil Phillips, email correspondence to the Taranaki Regional
Council (Document 915902). Further information on
Stadium Taranaki has been redeveloped to support our vision of creating the best regional stadium in New Zealand that regularly hosts local, regional, national, and international sports and entertainment events. The major project to redevelop the venue has included upgrades to the West Stand to ensure it meets the required earthquake standards and the rebuilding of the East Stand with a new fit-for-purpose flexible and scalable facility. Taranaki Regional Council, as owner of the venue via the
plans (SMPs) rather than the previous requirement for district councils to set speed limits through
bylaws. The Rule requires the development of SMPs that set a ten-year vision and three-year
implementation plan for implementing safe and appropriate speed limits throughout the
district/region. Consultation on these SMPs will be undertaken every three years, aligning with the
three-yearly planning/funding periods of Regional Land Transport Plans (RLTP) and the National Land
Taranaki Regional Council planning processes
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Working Together With Maori
The Council recognizes the importance of working together with Maori across the
region including Maori involvement in decision making processes.
This is part of the Council’s Mission Statement to carry
out its various responsibilities by, among other things,
taking into account the Treaty of Waitangi.
Furthermore,