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
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
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
interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2024/25 monitoring year.
A glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
1.1.3 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
below the industrial drain which joins the stream at the main highway.
Receiving water monitoring results for the year were generally in line with historical ranges. However, as
occasionally noted in recent years, the water tends to be of a lesser quality mid-catchment due to the
increase or decrease of some parameters (suspended solids, biological oxygen demand, nitrate, ammoniacal
nitrogen, dissolved oxygen).
During the period under review, the instream dissolved zinc and copper
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
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
recognised as not significant in terms of section 76 of the Local
Government Act 2002
d) determined that it has complied with the decision-making provisions of the Local Government
Act 2002 to the extent necessary in relation to this decision; and in accordance with section 79 of
the Act, determined that it does not require further information, further assessment of options or
further analysis of costs and benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a
decision on
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
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