structures in, on, under, or over the bed of a river or lake Note: This rule excludes existing structures on river and lake beds regulated by the NES-PF. 52 Structure was lawfully established and in use at the date of public notification of this Plan; Structure must not restrict the passage of fish; There shall be no significant adverse effects on aquatic life or instream habitat. Permitted 36 The
evacuating their homes. Flooding, road closures, dangerous driving conditions, animal welfare concerns, and fallen trees are still an issue. Taranaki Civil Defence Emergency Management (CDEM) Controller Todd Velvin says if people feel unsafe or see water rising rapidly, they should be proactive and move to higher ground. “Don’t wait for official warnings, if you see water rising, leave and don’t return until it is safe to do so. Be prepared with a grab bag packed with clothing, medication, and
As with most forward planning, priorities, needs and expectations can change over the lifespan of a planning document. Changes in transport planning can potentially require alterations to the programme of works set out in Section 5 of the Regional Land Transport Plan. Most changes can be expected to be minor but in some cases a relatively major new project may need to be added to the programme, requiring a formal variation to a Plan. Variations to the Regional Land Transport Plan must be
recommended that as part of the Freshwater Plan review, current provisions could be amended to promote a more appropriate balance between the use, development and protection of small streams. This report gives effect to that recommendation. For the purpose of this report a ‘small stream’ is defined as “…a permanent or intermittent flowing body of freshwater less than two metres wide and which has a defined channel and must be able to support aquatic flora and fauna. Small streams include
engagement and consultation. This is exactly the situation the Council found itself in. This Annual Plan delivers what was outlined for 2025/2026 in the 2024/2034 Long-Term Plan. There are no new issues, plans or programmes or work. This Annual Plan as regarded “business as planned”. The emphasis in preparing this Annual Plan has been to produce a straight-forward easy to read document. This has been aided by the Local Government Act 2002, which only requires the
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
monitoring and annual significant activity reports. Evaluating the effectiveness of the RCP was undertaken by first examining the outputs of the plan (consents issued, consent monitoring, unauthorised incidents and non-regulatory methods undertaken). This found that the number of current coastal consents is relatively low (just over 250) and an average of 24 consents per year have been issued, varied or renewed since the RCP was made operative with most of these processed on a non-notified
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
Mia Edmonds, 4, was delighted to finally plant the ‘Rosy Comet’ at Pukeiti, a new hybrid vireya Rhododendron she won the naming rights to in a Pukeiti summer competition. Saturday is the only day the Edmonds family has off to spend time together due to Mia’s parents work schedules, and this Saturday was particularly special. Mia was joined by her sister Taylor, 6, her parents Kerry and Jen, and grandparents, Ronnie and Noel as they celebrated with lunch at the Rainforest Eatery before helping
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