Trapping rats, possums and stoats to regenerate local flora and fauna is switching high school students onto the impact they can have on a predator free Taranaki. A new programme started by TOPEC (Taranaki Outdoor Pursuits and Education Centre) ran from August-October in partnership with Taranaki Regional Council and the Department of Conservation. Over two months eight students learned about all aspects of pest management and control. They walked tracks with contractor Morgan Radich, learnt
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BIOSECURITY ACT 1993
Decision on Regional Pest
Management Plan for Taranaki
The Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) hereby notifies that, pursuant to
section 75(4) of the Biosecurity Act 1993 (the Act), it has decided and agreed to
adopt the Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki (the Plan).
The Plan sets out the powers and rules to prevent, reduce, or eliminate the
adverse effects of 16 targeted pests in the region.
The report giving the Council’s decisions on the
renewal
(Figure 3). Fertilisation, liming and seeding can then
restore dry matter production to 90-100% of its
former level.
Figure 3. Slump country following re-contouring.
As yet the Council does not have an information
sheet about pasture renewal, though its Land
Management Officers can supply verbal advice. Re-
contouring and pasture renewal is restorative
techniques only. The benefits may persist on historic
slumps or earthflows that are now inactive.
However where parts of an earthflow or
They used to be extinct from Taranaki Maunga, but a family of six whio surfing down rapids in the upper Whaiwhakaiho River are a good reminder as to why rural predator control is so vital. The native blue ducks were classed as “functionally extinct” from the Maunga in 1945, due to introduced predators - stoats are whio’s number one predator. However, a video captured by Taranaki Regional Council this month shows the whio population is gradually increasing due to intensive predator control.
Items of interest from today's meeting of the Council's Consents and Regulatory Committee: Resource consents
Resource consents allow industries to operate, and enable economic activity and employment. Three hundred and eighty-two consents were issued by Taranaki Regional Council over the 2015/2016 financial year, slightly down on 400 the previous year. This was probably due to an economic downturn in the oil, gas and dairy sectors, the Consents and Regulatory Committee was told on Tuesday.
Today’s $20 million Government injection for Yarrow Stadium is great news for ratepayers and will allow the iconic venue to be back in operation as soon as possible, says the Taranaki Regional Council. “We’re extremely grateful for this ‘shovel-ready’ funding from the Government,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. “It will reduce Yarrow Stadium rates by a considerable amount, and we’re aiming for work to begin before the end of the year.” The Stadium’s grandstands were declared
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Change of Meeting Venue
Notification
The venue for the Taranaki Regional Council’s Ordinary meeting on Tuesday 9 April
2019 has moved to the Port Taranaki Limited Boardroom, 2-8 Bayly Road, New
Plymouth, commencing at 10.30am.
Meeting Dates Notification
Consents and Regulatory Committee Tuesday 30 April 2019 9.30am
Policy and Planning Committee Tuesday 30 April 2019 10.30am
Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Monday 13 May 2019 10.00am
Ordinary Meeting to hear
This information is particularly relevant for those outside the reach of municipal wastewater systems operated by District Councils. If you want to dispose of trade or commercial waste into water (a stream or river), you’ll need a resource consent from the Regional Council. If you’re discharging trade waste into a community wastewater system, you’ll need to comply with any trade waste bylaws or rules imposed by your District Council. Domestic wastewater
Domestic wastewater requires proper
This information is particularly relevant for those outside the reach of municipal wastewater systems operated by District Councils. If you want to dispose of trade or commercial waste into water (a stream or river), you’ll need a resource consent from the Regional Council. If you’re discharging trade waste into a community wastewater system, you’ll need to comply with any trade waste bylaws or rules imposed by your District Council. Domestic wastewater
Domestic wastewater requires proper
