during their breeding season, which is September to December. Create and protect open ponds and wetlands on your property. Report sightings to the Taranaki Regional Council or the Ornithological Society NZ Regional Representative Barry Hartley (barry_hartley@xtra.co.nz). CONSERVATION The New Zealand dabchick is a threatened species and is listed as ‘nationally vulnerable’. With its small population and sparse distribution numbers are likely to
live and for animals to find food • Chemical additives can poison the creatures that live in a water body. Even a very small quantity of pollutant, or just one accidental discharge can drastically alter the quality of a stream. Fish, insects and plant life can be killed and their habitats destroyed. The stream can take many years to recover. You may think that your little bit of waste can’t harm the environment but there are other people in the region carrying out activities
page Doc. No: 2788783 TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR May 2021 Provisional Data Only Note: some sites record a number of parameters Table 1: Rainfall at 27 sites throughout the region Station Sub-region Monthly Year to Date Records Began Number of rain days (>0.5mm) Total Monthly Rainfall (mm) % of Monthly Normal (%) Total to date (mm) % of Normal for year to date % of average full calendar year Nth Egmont
are as follows: Site protection Yes/No Description A Public ownership or formal agreement No Site is owned by Ministry of Education. However, the Crown land is not managed for conservation purposes. B Regulatory protection by local government Yes General regional and district rules might apply C Active protection Yes Possum & mustelid control is conducted by New Plymouth District Council along the Te Henui walkway Some planting and weeding has been conducted in
page Taranaki Regional Council South Taranaki Constituency Electing 3 Regional Councillors Neil WALKER My principal place of residence is in the South Taranaki Constituency area. The Taranaki Regional Council is facing increasingly difficult issues around water quality, as well the challenging matters around climate change & the ETS, and the control of Waste. At the same time we have to keep a balance by developing our economy giving people jobs and protecting our living
deforestation and hydro-electric development in stretches of river that support blue duck. Set traps on your property to control predators where blue duck are present. Retire and plant river and streamside riparian vegetation to enhance and maintain water quality. Report sightings to the Taranaki Regional Council or the Ornithological Society NZ Regional Representative Barry Hartley (barry_hartley@xtra.co.nz). CONSERVATION The blue duck is an endemic New
page Doc. No: 2765952 TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR April 2021 Provisional Data Only Note: some sites record a number of parameters Table 1: Rainfall at 27 sites throughout the region Station Sub-region Monthly Year to Date Records Began Number of rain days (>0.5mm) Total Monthly Rainfall (mm) % of Monthly Normal (%) Total to date (mm) % of Normal for year to date % of average full calendar year Nth
differ. What are the differences? Retirement-fencing the entire length of banks and revegetating them with native species - management practices the Taranaki Regional Council advocates for ringplain streams - would be a major exercise on most hill country farms. They are large and their terrain is dissected. So length of streambank inside a farm’s boundary is much greater than on a typical ringplain dairy farm. Cost of fencing - let alone planting native vegetation inside the fences - would simply
SEqUENCE Coastal herbfield species are not generally readily available for purchase, so an alternative restoration approach is required. Consult the Department of Conservation or the Taranaki Regional Council for specialist advice (see pp. 42–43 for contact details). page 18 Restoration planting in Taranaki: A guide to the North Taranaki Ecological District C O A S T A L Z O N E Tainui forest Tainui forest was once found in numerous scattered sites between Kawhia Harbour and
This edition of SITE will help you plan a BioBlitz. If you need help and support don’t hesitate to get in touch (education@trc.govt.nz). For assistance or information on environmental education contact: Emily Roberts, Education Officer Taranaki Regional Council Private Bag 713, Stratford 4352 Ph: 06 765 7127 Fax: 06 765 5097 education@trc.govt.nz www.trc.govt.nzRegional Council Taranaki In the BioBlitz area, which are the goody native plants providing food for