of the Policy and Planning
Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council held in the Taranaki Regional Council
Boardroom, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford on Tuesday 12 October 2021 at 10.30am
b) notes the recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council on
Tuesday 12 October 2021.
Matters arising
Appendices/Attachments
Document 2886981: Minutes Policy and Planning Committee - 12 October 2021
Policy and Planning Committee - Confirmation of Minutes
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off, which is proving to be an invaluable timesaver for busy farmers. For our team there’s no time to rest, with the rural roll-out soon to enter Year 3 of the 10-year programme. Next up is the coastal area from Okato around to Rahotu. So by this time next year another section of the region will be covered by predator control from the mountain to the sea!
synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
The determination regarding whether the nitrogen cap
has been exceeded will involve an assessment of data
received by the Council. Non-compliance with the
regulations may result in additional assessments and
costs to ensure compliance has been achieved.
If the data is supplied via the Council or regional council
sector web portal in an appropriate form the assessment
and reporting charge will be $71. If data is not supplied
as above,
collection costs incurred in the recovery of a debt will be added to the invoice amount due. Overdue invoices will incur an interest charge of 12% per annum.
Details of Council’s charging policy are in its 2025/2026 Annual Plan. Payment options Cash/Eftpos (at Taranaki Regional Council offices, 47 Cloten Rd, Stratford - excludes credit-card payments).
Pay online via our online services portal (RealMe login required).
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about fresh water in their regional plans.
Essentially, Councils need to understand the current state of
their waterways, how communities value these waterways and
what goals should be set for the future, based on economic,
social, cultural and environmental factors.
Defining the bottom line
As a starting point, the Government has set ‘ecosystem health’
and ‘human health for recreation’ as compulsory national
values that must be provided for everywhere. To meet these
year. The volume
of waste to landfill peaked at 65,257 tonnes in 2013-2014
What we know
and reduced significantly from 2015 when all three
district councils aligned their recycling collection services
and created a regional materials recovery facility in New
Plymouth to process recyclables. In 2014, the waste to
landfill in the region per person was 595kg falling to 311kg
per person in 2020-2021.
In Stratford and South Taranaki, there has been additional
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David MacLeod, Taranaki Regional Council Chairman
Regional Council
Taranaki
Welcome to the 20 Taranaki Regional Council20
Environmental Awards.
This year's awards are going to educators, students,71
and
The Council has a central role in areas vital to regional
life – environmental and resource management;
protecting and improving native biodiversity; hazard
management; public transport and transport planning;
cultural and recreational amenities; advocacy; and
ownership of Port Taranaki. We maintain a firm focus
on supporting livelihoods, improving lifestyles and
taking Taranaki forward.
The At a Glance section overleaf summarises the year’s
key outcomes
Taranaki dairy farmers are leading by example after achieving a near 100% success rate in reporting their nitrogen usage on pasture land, the region’s environmental watchdog says. Taranaki Regional Council hailed the response of farmers across the region in submitting information and complying with the rules after figures showed a reporting rate of 97.8% for the 2023/24 reporting period. Some 1,436 dairy farm operations out of a total of 1,468 provided the data to the Council via fertiliser