Business category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Taranaki District Health Board - for a solid and broadly based commitment to sustainability, recognising that a healthy population needs a healthy environment From rooftop solar panels to predator traps in the grounds, the Taranaki District Health Board is committed to action at all levels to protect the environment, reduce emissions and cut waste. It’s breaking new ground on the journey. As the country’s
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Phase one of the long-term project focuses on New Plymouth where residents are invited to a series of free urban trapper workshops. The first will be held at 1.30pm on Sunday 17 June at New Plymouth District Council Chambers where residents can get advice and/or pick up a subsidised $10 rat trap and box, which is pet and child-safe. Urban trappers will also get access to a free trapping app, helping monitor the number of predators caught and collating the project’s work. Led by Taranaki Regional
28.4% greater and and high flows 68.6% lower than typical values while Mean river (non-mountain) water temperatures were 10.7°C, an average of 1.4°C cooler than usual. The average air temperature for the region (excluding Te Maunga sites) was 10.9°C, which is 1.6°C cooler than usual for May. The top air temperature recorded in May was 19.89°C at Brooklands Zoo at New Plymouth on 3 May. The highest wind gust recorded was 101.2km/hr at Kapoaiaia at Lighthouse, at 3:50pm on 29 May. May average wind
Fernando (ESR), Mr John Dempsey, Dr Patrick O’Connor and Joy Farley
(Taranaki District Health Board), Dr Richard Doehring (Taranaki District Health
Board), Dr Deborah Read (NZ Ministry of Health), Ms Annie Coughlan (NZ Ministry
of Health), Ms Sally Gilbert (NZ Ministry of Health), the New Plymouth District
Council, and the Taranaki Regional Council, Gloria Crossley (LabCare Pathology,
New Plymouth Hospital), and Axys Analytical Services, Canada.
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Hundreds of Taranaki people have already become urban trappers, doing their bit for our precious biodiversity. Why don't you join them? To support our native wildlife and plant diversity, one in five New Plymouth households needs to be actively trapping rats. David MacLeod, the Taranaki Regional Councill Chairman, explains why in this short video: Urban trapping in New Plymouth Get involved and get trapping Off to a good start in New Plymouth
Off to a good start — the existing predator control
The Council’s award-winning Self-Help Possum Control Programme is the largest programme of its type in the country, covering almost all private land on the ring plain, and significant parts of the coast and hillcountry. Taranaki Taku Tūranga - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
This new initiative aims to build on current pest-control and biodiversity programmes with the aim of making Taranaki the first predator-free region in New Zealand. Read more about Towards Predator-Free Taranaki How the