Act 1991 and monitoring
The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or
permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats,
Tikorangi Whitehead KNE.
Sustainability Positive Key ecological processes still influence the site. Under appropriate
management, it can remain resilient to existing or potential threats.
Management threats and response
Potential and actual threats to the sustainability of ecological values are as
follows:
Threats to ecological
values
Potential
threat
Comment
Pest animals High Possums, cats, mustelids, and rats.
Weeds High Woolly nightshade, pasture grass.
plant located on Kohiti Road, Okaiawa in the
Inaha Stream catchment. Raw material from animal processing plants and fallen farm stock are received at
the plant and processed into a range of inedible products. Taranaki Bio-Extracts Ltd (TBE) is co-located at
the site and manufactures edible food products from raw material (mainly bone) from the TBP plant.
TBP holds 10 resource consents which include a total of 127 conditions setting out minimum requirements
to avoid or minimise adverse
Starting from Tuesday 1 May, there are some important updates to bus routes 12 - Merrilands to Spotswood, 40 - Ōkato to NPBHS and Southlink - Waverley - Pātea - Hāwera. Changes include the following: Route 12 - Merrilands to Spotswood: Bus will depart Mangorei School 5 minutes earlier in the morning
Will leave at 8.05am from 1 May Route 40 - Ōkato to NPBHS: Bus will depart from Carthew Street, Ōkato (opposite Sinclair Electrical)
No longer departs from the Ōkato Hall
This will allow students to
determines that this decision be recognised as not significant in terms of section 76 of the Local
Government Act 2002
d) determines that it has complied with the decision-making provisions of the Local Government Act 2002
to the extent necessary in relation to this decision; and in accordance with section 79 of the Act,
determines that it does not require further information, further assessment of options or further
analysis of costs and benefits, or advantages and disadvantages
To celebrate the launch of the Waitara Express on 20 May 2024, we're running a competition for youth (5-18 years) to design the back of the bus. The theme is 'I Heart Waitara' so put your imagination on wheels and be in to WIN! The winner will have their awesome design printed on the back of the Waitara Express bus AND win a $150 Prezzy Card. Highly commended and spot prizes are also up for grabs. Download the template and enter below using the form. If you're submitting online, just fill in
It’s about to get tougher for wannabe invaders to enter the Zero Possum project zone, with the installation of 60 new self-reporting cameras. Taranaki Regional Council launched Towards Predator-Free Taranaki in 2018, with an ambitious goal of eliminating possums between the Oakura River and Timaru Stream. The Zero Possum zone was extended to the Hangatāhua (Stony) River last year, thanks to $2.5m in Government funding, taking the total area to 9500 hectares. Results to date are promising. About
this decision be recognised as not significant in terms of section 76 of the Local
Government Act 2002
e) determined that it has complied with the decision-making provisions of the Local Government
Act 2002 to the extent necessary in relation to this decision; and in accordance with section 79 of
the Act, determined that it does not require further information, further assessment of options or
further analysis of costs and benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to
The Council carries out and commissions many reports relating to freshwater, one of Taranaki's key natural resources. Options for minimum flows & water allocation These two reports, produced in 2018 and 2020 by Jowett Consulting Ltd for the Taranaki Regional Council, examine the environmental impacts of different limits on freshwater flows and allowable water takes. The second report looks in detail at whether the effects of stream size need special consideration. Review of minimum flows &