interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2024/25 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 The Resource Management 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
below the industrial drain which joins the stream at the main highway.
Receiving water monitoring results for the year were generally in line with historical ranges. However, as
occasionally noted in recent years, the water tends to be of a lesser quality mid-catchment due to the
increase or decrease of some parameters (suspended solids, biological oxygen demand, nitrate, ammoniacal
nitrogen, dissolved oxygen).
During the period under review, the instream dissolved zinc and copper
What are the climate trends in Taranaki, and what will climate change mean for our region? HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT TARANAKI The Council commissioned NIWA to undertake a review of climate change projections and impacts for the Taranaki region. Climate change projections and impacts for Taranaki 2022 looks at the expected changes for a range of climate variables out to the year 2100. Read the report Taranaki is one of the sunniest and windiest regions in Aotearoa. Its climate is largely
with the mean number of
species.
Despite the negative relationship demonstrated between sand cover and the ecological measures of species
richness and diversity at the four northernmost sites, when comparing the sand-adjusted and unadjusted
trend analyses, the observed sand cover did not appear to be having a strong influence on the current long-
term trends for species richness or diversity (i.e., similar results were generally observed across both
datasets). This suggests that sand cover
August was exceptionally wet, with many rain-gauges collecting more than twice the typical rain for the month. The average was 176.6% of the long-term average, and ranged from 80% at Rimunui Station to 387% at Dawson Falls. Year to date rainfall is sitting between 113% (Manganui at SH3 Midhirst) and 211% (Dawson Falls) with an average of 141.7% of normal. Cape Egmont remains at around 211% of normal to date and has already received 95% of a typical year’s rain in eight months. Mean river flows
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July was very wet. Rainfall for July was on average 178.4% of the long-term average, and ranged from 111.8% at Omahine at Moana Trig in South Taranaki to 296.4% at Dawson Falls. Rainfall was particularly high from Cape Egmont across the Maunga and heading south-west towards Eltham. Year to date rainfall is sitting between 109.3% (Kotare at OSullivans) and 200.8% (Kapoaiaia at Lighthouse) with an average of 136.2% of normal. Mean river flows for July were way up from June, and generally above
A major focus of the Council is to ensure the health of Taranaki's rivers and streams, and to monitor them regularly.