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Published by Taranaki Regional Council 2022
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the following people who helped with production of this booklet; Quin Amoore,
Mike Beech, Bill Clarkson, Bruce Clarkson, Craig Davey, Steve Ellis, Sam Haultain, Leigh Honnor,
Janet Hunt, Catherine Law, Lucy Roberts, Brenda Waterman.
Thanks also to New Zealand Plant Conservation Network, Weedbusters, Auckland Botanic Gardens,
Taranaki Regional Council, Auckland Regional Council.
The Taranaki Regional Council will not call for tenders for the repair and refurbishment of Yarrow Stadium until there is greater clarity on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Council is part of the Taranaki community and is aware of the uncertainty and the potentially significant impacts that the Covid-19 situation is having on us all now and in the coming months and years,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. "We will continue with preparatory work to get the project to tender
Meet the 16 winners of the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Education
Business
Community
Land management
Dairy farming Environmental action in educationCategory sponsor: Contact Ratapiko School - for empowering students to take action to build a sustainable community. Ratapiko School may be small in numbers but its pupils have giant-sized enthusiasm for the environment. With a roll varying from nine to 30 in the past three years, they’ve planted 800 trees on-site and on
Land management category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Category sponsor: Corteva Neil Phillips - for a significant contribution to the protection and enhancement of precious native habitats in Taranaki and enlisting landowner support for these efforts. Thousands of hectares of native bush and other valuable habitat in Taranaki is protected forever thanks in large part to the efforts of Neil Phillips, who’s retiring as the region’s QEII National Trust’s
takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Policy and Planning
Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council held in the Taranaki Regional Council
Boardroom, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford on Tuesday 26 July 2022 at 10.30am
b) notes the recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council on
Tuesday 9 August 2022.
Matters arsing
Appendices/Attachments
Document 3085589: Minutes Policy and Planning Committee 26 July 2022
Policy and Planning Committee
The NPS-UD defines and promotes “well-functioning environments”
which form the core of several objectives and policies.
With the introduction of the new NPS-UD New Plymouth District was identified as a 2nd tier council.
As a tier 2 local authority, the NPS-UD requires councils to assess housing and business demand and
capacity across the district. The New Plymouth District Council and the Taranaki Regional Council must
provide sufficient development capacity for the New Plymouth district
Community category winners in the 2021 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Valda Poletti and David Clarkson - for enduring commitment to environmental protection and improvement, and inspiring others to take action Valda and David are widely known for their internationally significant Te Kainga Marire native garden. They’ve also helped to bring enduring and significant improvements to native biodiversity in the wider New Plymouth urban area. They restored and protected a remnant
Leading farmers and land managers employ good farming practice to improve production, performance and sustainable land use. The advice and guidelines here have been developed by primary sector organisations and the Taranaki Regional Council encourages their use. What, why and how What is good farming practice?The term 'good farming practice' – sometimes referred to as 'good management practices' – describes relatively simple, easy-to-adopt measures based on sound production methods, and can be