Take your training up a notch with the Pukeiti Fitness Trails - Ngā ara hauroa tinana. The trails consist of: 14 exercise stations to challenge your strength, agility and endurance. A 950m running trail through the beautiful Pukeiti rainforest - a perfect combination with the exercise stations. Find the Fitness Trails on the Petterson Walk, 270m from the Main Lawn See garden map See Fitness Trails flyer
removing predators and preventing re-infestations from rural, urban and conservation land. It is the first large-scale project to receive funding from Predator Free 2050 Ltd, the company set up by the Government in 2016 to help New Zealand achieve its predator-fee 2050 goal. The $11.7 million of funding support over five years was announced today by Conservation Minister, Hon Eugenie Sage. Towards a Predator-Free Taranaki will cost $47 million in the first five years with the ultimate aim of removing
New trapping technology is helping the large-scale removal of stoats, ferrets and weasels in rural New Plymouth – the first step in a large scale rural operation that will be a New Zealand first. About 2100 self-resetting traps and wirelessly monitored traps, which send a notification to a mobile device when they’re activated, are being placed across 14,200 hectares of rural land between New Plymouth and Egmont National Park, as part of Towards Predator-Free Taranaki – the largest project of
Tūpare has been awarded the 2020 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award, placing it in the top 10% of attractions worldwide. Already recognised with the highest six-star rating from the NZ Gardens Trust, this is another notch in Tūpare’s belt as a world-class property. “It’s something for the whole region to celebrate, especially with all the challenges facing travel and tourism,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. “Tūpare is a regional jewel to be proud of.” The Travellers’ Choice Awards are
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
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
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
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