From Monday 30 October, 2023 there will be slight changes to the Your Connector school bus (Hāwera - NPBHS/ FDMC and Hāwera - NPGHS/ SHGC) timetables. Taranaki Regional Council has made these changes following public feedback in March and based on real-time data collected over the past 10 months. We’re excited to deliver a timetable that allows students more options to get to Stratford High School and New Plymouth based high schools, especially from Inglewood as there is no longer the
Misty Knoll,
generously funded by the Lysart Trust, will be,
when the plants are fully grown, a major
attraction at Pukeiti.
Once past all the activity at the entrance and
around the lawn, the rest of the garden is as
beautiful and serene as ever. This time of the
year the hydrangeas brighten the walkways
– Hydrangea macrophylla, with its mop-top
and lace-cap forms, mainly blue, purple or
white because of the acid soil, dominates. But
here and there other species, e.g. H. aspersa
and avoid a clean out of the
shed’s when the wind direction is in the South or South West. However, we have just gone
through a day of noisy intrusive truck movement which started at 5 a.m. on Monday 31st
January, and continued for quite a few hours during the day. The air movement was from the
East and the emissions were heading straight into our office. This was a working day for us
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with clients in. Odour was at a Level 4, a very high, heavy, acidic manure type smell and
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD).
The discovery of the chemical residues raised concerns within the community that there
could be general dioxin and other contamination within the landfill underlying the park.
Park users were concerned that they or their children might be exposed to such
contamination in their day-to-day use of the park, particularly as there was a children’s
playground close to the original discovery. As a result of the community concerns, the
Regional Council commissioned
levels, this signals an unacceptable level of risk to human health.
Livestock are often the main contributor of faecal bacteria in rural areas, whereas large flocks of birds
(including gulls, ducks and pūkeko) have contributed to water quality issues in some urban areas near the
coast. Occasionally, sources of human wastewater have also been detected in urban waterways, often
associated with aged or faulty infrastructure.
Planktonic cyanobacteria (commonly known as blue-green algae) are
October was a relatively dry month for most of Taranaki with 115mm of rainfall – 30% less than usual. There was 48% less rain than normal at Brooklands Zoo in New Plymouth and the site also had the highest air temperature for the month at 25.6°C. Year to date rainfall ranges from 13% less rainfall at Uruti at Kaka Rd, and 10% more rainfall at Omaru at Charlies, with an average of 3% less than normal. Mean river flows for October were 28.3% lower than typical values while mean river
The Enviroschools Programme is a long-term, whole-school programme, where schools create their own unique pathway to sustainability. The Taranaki Regional Council coordinates the Enviroschools programme in Taranaki, working alongside regional partners. At the start of 2022, 44 schools and 25 kindergartens in Taranaki participate in the Enviroschools programme. That's more than 9,500 students. See the list of participating schools and kindergartens 2023 Calendar of Events (Term 4) Enivroschools
Here is where you can find out more about how we are developing a new Road Land Transport Plan for Taranaki. The Better Travel Choices strategy for Taranaki includes a new shared and active travel strategy and an updated Regional Public Transport Plan. To have your say on the strategy click the link below: Give us your feedback
The options in the survey and the strategy have been informed by feedback gathered from a community conversation we held earlier this year where we asked people about
