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activity report is a standard item presented to the Taranaki Solid Waste
Management Committee (referred to as the Committee) and provides
information of recent and upcoming activities, which helps inform the
Committee on how the Taranaki Territorial Authorities are tracking on the
delivery on of the WMMPs outcomes.
DISCUSSION/ KŌRERORERO
1. Activities that have been delivered or are planned, that contribute towards the
WMMP between October and March 2025 are summarised for the
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Fangorn and Forbidden Forest
At a glance
TRC Reference: BD/9747
Ecological District: Egmont
Land Tenure: Private
Area(ha): 1.1
GPS: 1687973X & 5669914Y
Habitat: Forest Remnant
Bioclimatic Zone: Semi-Coastal
Ecosystem Type: WF13: Tawa, kohekohe,
rewarewa, hinau, podocarp
forest
LENZ: F5.2b Acutely threatened
National: Priority 1 – Threatened Land
Environment
Priority 4 –
Items of interest from today's Consents & Regulatory and Policy & Planning Committee meetings: Opunake Hydroelectric Power Scheme gets go-aheadThe Consents & Regulatory Committee has granted seven resource consents to Opunake Power Limited, enabling it to restart operations at its small hydroelectric scheme. The applications were for the damming of the Waiaua River and the taking of water to fill Lake Opunake for the purpose of power generation. The water is then discharged onto Opunake Beach.
Read our latest state of the environment report, Taranaki waterways update, state of the environment technical reports and consent monitoring technical reports. Downloads Analysis of air quality-related incidents and complaints (691 KB pdf) Compliance biomonitoring summary 2019-2020 (295 KB pdf)
of race freeboard.
• Assessment of potential flooding effects on adjacent properties.
• Assessment of mitigation options to minimise flooding effects on adjacent properties.
• Assessment of likely erosion issues within the Race and management option to
mitigate these issues.
• Assessment of the likely geotechnical issues within the Race.
The scope did not include:
• Any detailed design of race or fish passage improvements.
• Any physical geotechnical investigations.
sampling. No
offensive or objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections and there were
no complaints in relation to air emissions from the site.
One incident was recorded in relation to the site in 2023/24. This was an exceedance of abstraction rate due
to unforeseen circumstances during a shutdown to update the safety control systems. Staff ensured
downstream flow was maintained in the stream and it is unlikely any adverse effects occurred, with no
further action
implemented at the site. There were no unauthorised incidents, non-compliances, or significant effects
found in the receiving environment.
For reference, in the 2023/24 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 864 (89%) of a total of 967 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 75 (8%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 26
performance and compliance for 86% of the consents monitored through the Taranaki tailored monitoring
programmes, while for another 11% of the consents, a good level of environmental performance and
compliance was achieved.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a good or high level.
This report includes recommendations for the 2021-2022 year,
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With two weekends of significant rainfall, a number of records were set in February. Rainfall for February was extremely high with sites recording between 178% and 702% of normal, with an average of 354%. This rainfall really only occurred on a handful of days, the 5th to 7th and then a week later from the 11th to 13th. The rainfall site at Cape Egmont recorded 628.6mm for the month, which is the highest February rainfall recorded for the site since records began in 1930. Summer rainfall