Air quality / Coast
The Council works hard with the community to ensure the region's air quality remains generally high, and the coastal environment maintains and increases the richness needed for its myriad cultural, social and economic uses.
The Council works hard with the community to ensure the region's air quality remains generally high, and the coastal environment maintains and increases the richness needed for its myriad cultural, social and economic uses.
Find out what is funded by your Taranaki Regional Council rates, how your rates are calculated, and where you can get information on individual property values and the rates payable on them. Downloads Public notice - rating information database 2020 (63 KB pdf)
It's been the best autumn I can remember since I arrived in New Zealand. This year, autumn was mellow and dry with cool morning temperatures. The trees lit up in a variety of gold, red and orange hues, attracting early-morning photographers to Tūpare. The grass in the garden was damp and earthy and late-flowering plants like dahlias and gaillardia provided a splash of summer colour, reminding us that it's not over yet. While it's not always this amazing, it's pretty close. It's been busy here,
page National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management Draft regional targets for swimmable rivers and lakes for the Taranaki region: March 2018 Introduction The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM) directs all regional councils (including unitary authorities) to set draft regional targets to improve the quality of fresh water so rivers are suitable for primary contact more often. Furthermore, the Taranaki Regional Council (the
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and Mangahewa groups of wellsites and includes electricity cogeneration and LPG production facilities. This report for the period July 2023 to June 2024 describes the monitoring programme implemented by Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of Todd Energy’s activities. During
If you’re toying with the idea of ditching the car and using public transport for the sake of the planet, now is the ideal time to give it a go. Taranaki’s regional and local bus services will be free on Friday (20 September) to mark World Car-Free Day. This includes New Plymouth Citylink services (except school buses), and the Hāwera-New Plymouth Connector, while once-weekly or twice-weekly Southlink services will be free all week so no one misses out. “Everyone’s increasingly aware of the
Effluent from the piggery is irrigated to land and to the Waiongana Stream. This report for the period July 2023 to June 2024 describes the monitoring programme implemented by Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of the Company’s activities. During the monitoring period, DH Lepper
located on Hydro Road. The water is returned to the Waiwhakaiho River at the Meeting of the Waters, 6km downstream of the original diversion. This report for the period July 2023 to June 2024 describes the monitoring programme implemented by Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of the
programmes, the Council is recognising the comprehensive meaning of ‘effects’ in as much as is appropriate for each activity. Monitoring programmes are not only based on existing permit conditions, but also on the page 2 obligations of the RMA to assess the effects of the exercise of consents. In accordance with Section 35 of the RMA, the Council undertakes compliance monitoring for consents and rules in regional plans, and maintains an overview of the performance of resource