Taranaki Regional Council is now livestreaming all of its meetings, giving the public more opportunities to get involved in local democracy. The public can already attend meetings but will now be able to watch decisions being made by the elected members from their home or office. Chair Charlotte Littlewood urged members of the public to go online and find out more about the work being done around Taranaki by the Council. “Our region is a special place and your elected members are making some
Let there be certainty
Secure it!
Draw together! Affirm!
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Date: 2 April 2024
Subject: Confirmation of Ordinary Council Minutes – 27 February 2024
Author: M Jones, Governance Administrator
Approved by: S J Ruru, Chief Executive
Document: 3258024
Recommendations
That Taranaki Regional Council:
a. takes as read and confirms the minutes and resolutions of the Ordinary meeting of the Taranaki
Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020 (NES-FW) as part of the Government’s Essential Freshwater reforms and came into effect on 3 September 2020. As of 1 January 2025, these regulations were revoked and no longer apply. This means that resource consent is no longer required under the NES-FW for the conversion of non-dairy land to dairy farmland, however a consent may still be required under our Regional Freshwater Plan. If you are unsure or require clarification, please seek advice from Council on
suite of state of the environment (SEM) programmes (over 50) is continuing in 2017/2018. Reports on the
state of and trends in the suitability for recreational use of fresh water and coastal beaches, groundwater quality, and coastal
foreshore ecology have been published. Other reports have considered aspects of SEM reporting as required by the National Policy
Statement on Freshwater Management (NPS-FM) at national level. Support continues for the regional councils' environmental data
regional lake water quality programme is being
reviewed to identify if additional parameters could be included for
greater benefit. Further programmes may be required to address
the proposed amendments made to the NPS for Freshwater.
Prepare and publish the five-yearly state of the environment
report. The next report is due in 2020.
The Council's five-yearly state of the environment report, Taranaki
as one - Taranaki Tangata tu Tahi, was published in July
Around 550 people have attended Taranaki Regional Council’s freshwater drop-in sessions at the 16 events held around the region over the past two weeks. The drop-in sessions, which ran from 17 June to 1 July and covered the main urban centres as well as smaller rural locations, were a chance for communities to chat with Council staff about the future of freshwater. The focus now shifts to online community conversations with a Zoom meeting on 3 July and surveys around key freshwater issues
Waitara and Inglewood residents can jump aboard a free bus to the Festival of Lights this summer, thanks to Taranaki Regional Council. Return bus services will run from Queen St, Waitara on 20 December and 5 January and from Moa St, Inglewood on 22 December and 18 January. Each will leave at 7pm and return at 10.15pm, allowing passengers plenty of time to take in the sights and sounds of the iconic festival. It’s one of several special bus services the Council is putting on this summer,
"Taranaki Regional Council welcomes the clarity from government on the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management. “It has always been Council’s plan to progress it’s Land and Freshwater Plan to respond to the new National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (NPS-FM) when it is in place. “As has been noted in various recent reports to Council, we have always intended to pause and take stock when the new NPS-FM is released. This allows a thorough review of the new regulations and
The battle to control Taranaki’s first alligator weed infestation is off to a good start, as Taranaki Regional Council works to stop the highly invasive pest plant from spreading. Considered one of the world’s worst weeds, alligator weed was confirmed in a lagoon system near Waitara last August. Before Christmas Council staff treated the land-based weed with herbicide, following up a few weeks later. In early February they tackled the aquatic weed, with two officers wading into the water to
A clean-up operation was launched by Taranaki Regional Council on Thursday (11 April) after a truck carrying bitumen crashed near the Mōhakatino Estuary. Work and further assessments will continue today, however the Council is confident its initial response has greatly reduced any effects on the environment as a result of the spill. The road repair vehicle’s tank, which contained 300 litres of emulsified bitumen, was damaged in the accident and the petroleum-based bitumen had entered a stream