The Council’s award-winning Self-Help Possum Control Programme is the largest programme of its type in the country, covering almost all private land on the ring plain, and significant parts of the coast and hillcountry. Taranaki Taku Tūranga - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
This new initiative aims to build on current pest-control and biodiversity programmes with the aim of making Taranaki the first predator-free region in New Zealand. Read more about Towards Predator-Free Taranaki How the
The Council’s award-winning Self-Help Possum Control Programme is the largest programme of its type in the country, covering almost all private land on the ring plain, and significant parts of the coast and hillcountry. Taranaki Taku Tūranga - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
This new initiative aims to build on current pest-control and biodiversity programmes with the aim of making Taranaki the first predator-free region in New Zealand. Read more about Towards Predator-Free Taranaki How the
The Council’s award-winning Self-Help Possum Control Programme is the largest programme of its type in the country, covering almost all private land on the ring plain, and significant parts of the coast and hillcountry. Taranaki Taku Tūranga - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
This new initiative aims to build on current pest-control and biodiversity programmes with the aim of making Taranaki the first predator-free region in New Zealand. Read more about Towards Predator-Free Taranaki How the
Work is resuming on the repair and refurbishment of Yarrow Stadium, as a $20 million ‘shovel-ready’ funding injection for the project is formally accepted by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the community. “We’re very pleased and most grateful to accept this grant, and arrangements are well under way for accessing the funds,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. “In the meantime, work is getting under way again, and the first priority will be repairing the West Stand.” The West
indicated that the discharge of treated stormwater and leachate
discharges from the Colson Road landfill site had not had any significant detrimental effect on the
macroinvertebrate communities of the Puremu and Manganaha Streams.
Air quality monitoring showed that there were no significant adverse effects in relation to suspended
particulates, dust deposition rates or odour beyond the site boundary.
An enclosed gas flare system was installed for air quality control during the 2017/18
survey results; and
• Highlighted key messages from the submissions.
For each sub-theme this report has:
• Outlined a selection of online survey results;
• Summarised relevant submission points;
• Assessed the submission points for applicability; and
• Either recommended a potential document change or outlined where further work is ongoing.
The number of responses to each question varies significantly. This is because there are two types:
• Questions which are
The force is strong with this one – meet Chewbacca, a feisty Long Haired Jack Russell who is helping lead the crusade to restore and revitalise native wildlife and plants in rural New Plymouth. Chewy's unwavering effort in the fight against mustelids (rats, stoats, ferrets), as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, saw him come face-to-face with a ferret. It viciously attacked Chewbacca, but eventually with the help of his long-time friend and master, Sally Masson of New Plymouth, they
A significant milestone has been reached in Taranaki’s Self-help Pest Programme as the first landowners take control of predator traps on their properties. Taranaki Regional Council’s long-running Self-help Possum Programme was extended in 2018 to also target mustelids such as ferrets, stoats and weasels. This came after the Council secured funding for the country’s first and largest landscape scale predator control project, Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, as a part of the Predator Free 2050
further increased to a daily increase of 44% with the implementation of
the ‘Gold’ frequency option.
• By 2053, approximately 54,500 people will be within a bus route. This is a 3,100 or 6% increase
from the Do-Minimum.
• Reduction of 4,812 tonnes of CO2 over 40 years with the ‘Bronze’ frequency, and a reduction of
13,335 tonnes with the ‘Gold’ frequency option due to private vehicle trips diverted to public
transport.
BCR and Costs
The overall estimated annual
GPS tracking collars on wild stoats in rural Taranaki may look cute, but they will provide vital information to help understand these notorious predators. “These predators may look harmless, but stoats are skilled killers responsible for up to 60% of kiwi chick deaths, and this information will be vital to rid stoats from both rural Taranaki and Taranaki mounga.” Towards Predator-Free Taranaki Project Manager Toby Shanley says. Recently this year, stoats in rural Taranaki were trapped, collared