There have been plenty of birdies at Westown Golf Club lately - but it's got nothing to do with the golf scores. Instead, it's the result of an ongoing effort by club staff and members to rid the scenic course of rats and stoats and restore the area’s native biodiversity. Course superintendent Steve Hodson reckons he has the best office in the world. It’s hard to argue – with unobstructed views of Taranaki Maunga, the Te Henui Stream running alongside and plenty of bush, it’s definitely a spot
Read the decisions and reports of Hearing Panels and Hearing Committees that decide on notified consent applications: Hearing decisions Decision of Hearing Panel on consent applications by Remediation NZ Ltd (2021) (1.2 MB PDF) Earlier decisions Decision of Hearing Panel on consent applications by Remediation NZ Ltd (2021) (1.2 MB PDF) Report and decision on New Plymouth Wastewater Treatment Plant on a contingency basis (2015) (270 KB pdf) Report and decision on erosion protection works for SH3
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Find out which activities have been granted resource consents by the Council. All resource consents issued by the Council are displayed on the Resource Consent Map that's part of our online GIS SmartMaps. Click here to open the interactive resource consents map When the map is open, zoom into your area of interest. Resource consents are indicated by small coloured shapes - to see what each of these means, select 'Legend' in the header bar above the map. Click on your consent of interest, and a
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The Taranaki Regional Council has decided that mustelids (ferrets, stoats and weasels) should be included in its pest management ‘rule book’, the Regional Pest Management Plan. Public notice: Adoption of new mustelids rule This means land occupiers in specified Predator Control Areas will be required to control mustelid numbers, similar to existing requirements for possum control. Weasels, as well as ferrets and stoats, are effective and opportunistic predators that have been implicated in the
The Taranaki Regional Council has decided that mustelids (ferrets, stoats and weasels) should be included in its pest management ‘rule book’, the Regional Pest Management Plan. Public notice: Adoption of new mustelids rule This means land occupiers in specified Predator Control Areas will be required to control mustelid numbers, similar to existing requirements for possum control. Weasels, as well as ferrets and stoats, are effective and opportunistic predators that have been implicated in the
Hollard Gardens has introduced sawdust as a natural solution to control weeds in its popular children’s play area, eliminating the need to use potentially toxic sprays in this high use area. The Taranaki Regional Council, which manages Hollard Gardens, researched a range of natural alternatives and found sawdust to be a non-toxic material that is easily accessible and just as effective at controlling weeds as chemical sprays. “The Family Corner had a particular problem with Onehunga weed which