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 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,
compares well with other
regions.
Ecological monitoring shows healthy and stable communities of marine life in
Taranaki’s coastal waters.
Taranaki’s most popular bathing beaches comply with safe level national
bathing standards on a seasonal basis.
The main influence on coastal water quality is rivers discharging to the sea
and carrying with them the cumulative effects of agriculture and stormwater
run-off within their catchments.
There are now only six community or
represent a
reasonable bench mark, or at least a starting point, for which habitats should be
protected
possible sensitive nearshore habitats within the TCMA:
o North and South Traps. These are already identified as sensitive habitats in
TRC’s Marine Oil Spill Contingency Plan (MOSCP 2012), but could be
investigated further
o Patea Shoals / Rolling Ground area (LINZ charts and Beaumont et al. 2013)
are worth considering as outstanding habitats in terms of ecological
affected the
‘swimmability’ of rivers. To concerns raised about faecal matter from birds in waterways, Mr
Phipps pointed out that Council was able to break down the DNA of the matter to find out
whether it was from birds or other animals.
Mr Phipps said fine sediment in rivers and streams was an issue and was expected to get
worse because of the impact of climate change.
He also confirmed that phosphorus was present in our waterways, and preliminary
assessment indicates that this is
activities and travel modes more. Getting out and about walking or cycling is good for
people and good for the environment. By switching to active travel for some trips, cars are taken off the
roads, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
Engagement Approach
Councils will engage with the public and stakeholders at various stages of the process to ensure that
community concerns and aspirations are directly reflected in the plans that are developed. Councils will also
provide feedback to the
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Q1: What is a regional council?
A1: A regional council is one type of local authority
and generally looks after region-wide issues
rather than local issues.
It is different from a territorial authority (which
is either a city or district council), but there are
no differences in the way that each generally
operates.
Q2: What do regional councils do?
A2: Regional councils’ responsibilities include:
→ managing the effects of using freshwater,
New Plymouth-based Clelands Construction has won the contract to repair the West Stand at Yarrow Stadium, with work beginning almost immediately. Clelands anticipates deploying 10 staff and 20 subcontractors on this first stage of the wider Yarrow Stadium repair and refurbishment project. It is also expanding its apprenticeship programme with two newcomers. This is a great outcome for the region, says David MacLeod, Chair of Stadium owner Taranaki Regional Council. The project is one of the
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This “Photographic Guide is designed to assist
anyone interested in learning about stream
life or the condition of their local waterbodies.
The following pages introduce all of the major
invertebrate groups using microscope images,
and a brief description of the habitat preferences
of each group. This guide may be useful in
any part of the region. Particular emphasis is
placed on those invertebrate groups
rendering operation and farm dairy via spray
irrigation onto and into land, and to discharge emissions into the air in the vicinity of the
Inaha Stream at or about an area bounded by GRs: Q21:127-848; Q21:106-853; Q21:106-861;
Q131-869; Q21:132-861; Q21:125-862.
The application made in accordance with the Resource Management Act 1991 [“the Act”],
was lodged with the Taranaki Regional Council and referenced 4866.
Present: Taranaki Regional Council Committee
Cr David
2030, and 90% no later than 2040.
This report gives effect to Policy A6(b) requirements of the National Policy Statement for
Freshwater Management (NPS-FM).
Background
Taranaki has over 500 named rivers and streams, many of which contain spots or places
valued for swimming. However, water quality in the region, as in other parts of New
Zealand, varies dramatically with the weather. Taranaki’s high rainfall means that even
our cleanest waterways may exceed recognised