The dryer than normal year continued last month with an average of 41% less rain than usual in Taranaki. The average rainfall total for the month was 104.5mm and there was 62% less rain at Kotare at OSullivans, and 12% less at Kaupokonui at Glenn Rd. Year-to-date rainfall is lowest at Waitotara at Hawken Rd with 43% less rainfall than usual and on average there has been 19% less than normal across all rain gauges. Mean river flows for May were 40.8% lower than typical values, low flows were
will be running as usual on Wednesday 25 March. Reduced service levels will be in place from Thursday 26 March with details to be advised. CONNECTOR bus services – from Wednesday 25 March there will be one return trip per day. Departing Hāwera 9.35am and returning from New Plymouth at 1.50pm. This service is only available to TDHB patients, essential services people or those with a genuine need to travel e.g. approved hospital visitors booked by TDHB staff. Members of the public travelling to
Items of interest from this week’s meetings of the TRC’s two key committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: The two Committees generally meet every six weeks, on the same day. Each is made up of Councillors and external members, including representatives nominated by Iwi. Meetings calendar Committee memberships Wastewater: Region's big picture positiveFurther Government regulations would not bring improvements to wastewater treatment in Taranaki any faster than they are already
Plymouth and then return to do a second round of services. Options for the afternoon school services are still being developed but there will be greater disruption. Changes will be advised as soon as possible. The New Plymouth urban services remain unaffected at this time. Fares will continue to be collected but we ask if paying by cash or topping up your smart card please have the correct amount. Where possible we also encourage you to adopt physical distancing and ask that the first seats behind the
and suggestions at the time consents were being renewed, eight companies had introduced new systems to recycle or otherwise divert process water and/or wash water to keep it out of the stormwater system. Some of the improvements had gone beyond consent requirements. These developments demonstrated the value of Council staff taking a proactive and constructive approach when dealing with consent holders, particularly where a single waterway receives discharges from a number of small industrial
The Operations and Regulatory Committee deals with resource consents, compliance monitoring and pollution incidents. Generally meets every six weeks.
Operations and Regulatory Agenda Oct 2023 (5.9 MB pdf) Operations and Regulatory Committee Minutes October 2023 (250 KB pdf)
Operations and Regulatory Committee Agenda August 2023 (3 MB pdf) Operations and Regulatory Committee Minutes August 2023 (248 KB pdf)
The Regional Transport Committee meets quarterly and includes representatives of Taranaki's four Councils and the NZ Transport Agency.
The Regional Transport Committee meets quarterly and includes representatives of Taranaki's four Councils and the NZ Transport Agency.