Taranaki dairy farmers are leading by example after achieving a near 100% success rate in reporting their nitrogen usage on pasture land, the region’s environmental watchdog says. Taranaki Regional Council hailed the response of farmers across the region in submitting information and complying with the rules after figures showed a reporting rate of 97.8% for the 2023/24 reporting period. Some 1,436 dairy farm operations out of a total of 1,468 provided the data to the Council via fertiliser
Chief Executive
Document: 2985940
Recommendations
That the Executive, Audit and Risk Committee of the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Executive, Audit and Risk
Committee held in the Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47 Cloten road, Stratford
on Monday 6 December 2022 at 10am
b) notes the recommendations therein were adopted by the Taranaki Regional Council on
Tuesday 14 December 2021.
Matters arising
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CONTRACT REPORT NO:
Instruction from the client dated 21 August 2018
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PREPARED FOR:
Waikato Regional Council on behalf of the Compliance and Enforcement
Special Interest Group.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The report was completed under strict confidentiality requirements so no
external acknowledgements are required. The researcher recognises the
timely assistance of councils in clarifying
Biosecurity Act, the Council has prepared
the Pest Management Strategy for
Taranaki: Plants (‘the Strategy’).
The Strategy incorporates 27 pest plant
species which cause, or are capable of
causing significant damage to the
environment and primary industry.
There are three categories of plant pests
outlined in the Strategy:
• Eradication pest plants – harmful plants
of limited distribution in the region for
which the long term goal is eradication
eg: Climbing Spindleberry, Giant Reed,
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newsletter will contain important information about the Self-help Programme, Towards Predator-Free Taranaki and
pest plant management. We will include useful things like new techniques and traps, details of monitoring, reminders of
the pest management you should be thinking about each season and any changes to Council rules or procedures.
You may have noticed a few more “roadkill” possums while out and about. While not exactly a scientific monitoring
method, this increase is also evident in our
organisation. The second was
the transition from IRIS Classic to IRIS Next Generation.
The transition into the Regional Sector Shared Services Organisation is now
largely complete and the IRIS Next Generation Programme is fully established.
The 2024 Statement of Intent reflects a more regular basis of operation, while
signalling future opportunities for growth in support of Te Uru Kahika.
1 Te Uru Kahika is the collective of the 16 regional councils and unitary authorities that
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Regional industry and sports champions
“Riparian management is core
farming business”
Dairy farmers have to understand
that responsible environmental
management is part of day to day
farm management if they want to
continue to operate a sustainable
and financially viable business …
riparian management is
absolutely essential to securing
the future of dairy