4.4km/hr lighter than long-term February highs. The
maximum wind gust recorded was 76.7km/hr at Waitotara at Ngutuwera on 21 February.
Report date: 6 March 2025.
Supply of environmental data - General terms and conditions
The enclosed information is the highest quality data the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) is currently able to provide. Some or all
of the data being provided may not yet have been audited however, and is therefore subject to change.
As we endeavour to
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Officers report
Proposed Navigation Safety Bylaws for Port Taranaki and its Approaches
Publication date: 15 September 2020
Document: #2542874
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Officers summary
Requests to amend are either accepted or declined by Council officers with an explanation on the reasons for the response. Changes to the Proposed
Bylaws are tracked in red with additions being underlined and deletions showing strikethrough.
relationships.
• Public amenity and enjoyment.
• Coastal hazards.
The rules implement the policies and determine whether a person needs to apply
for a resource consent or whether the proposed activity can be undertaken
without a resource consent (known as permitted activities). The
rules apply to the coastal marine area only.
General (overarching) policies – these apply to all activities and provide overall direction on use, development and protection
of natural and physical resources
data.
Section 3 discusses the results, their 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,
to take and use water, four
consents to discharge water or sediment into the Makara, Mangaotea and Mako streams, and four land use
permits for bed disturbance and structures in the Manganui River and Lake Ratapiko. All bar one consent of
the monitored consents for the scheme expired in June 2022 and are currently undergoing the consenting
renewal process. In the meantime, the Company continues to exercise the consents under the protection of
section 124 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
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 relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
manage
resources and tasks;
o Produce well prepared, stakeholder-focused written communication;
o Present information based on stakeholder and audience level of
involvement, known preferences and needs/wants in a timely
manner meeting delivery requirements.
• From time to time carry out training activities for members of the
project delivery team or wider business users.
• Duties include working on a varying range of projects.
• Assist the Digital PMO Lead as required in
professional manner and in accordance with the Taranaki Regional
Council’s policy and statutory responsibilities.
• Continue to ensure professional knowledge is current and spans across
best practice.
• Representing the Taranaki Regional Council at any objections or
appeals to consents decisions.
• Provide technical support in areas of expertise (activity champion),
including reviewing letters (Section 92) and reports (Section 42a) and
continuous improvement of standard consent conditions.
analysed and
reviewed.
Discharge volume data showed that STDC were non-compliant for discharges at both the Ōpunake and
Waimate West WTPs. However, there were mitigating factors beyond STDC’s control as the higher than
consented discharges for the Ōpunake WTP were in relation to taking water when the Waiaua River was in
high flow conditions. Therefore, there was unlikely to be any noticeable change in the river in either volume
or water quality, as the volume of water discharged was small
yellow, yellow to green, or green to blue).
A joint taskforce of central and local government representatives sought to use the best
information available to model on a regional and national scale:
The improvements that will be made to water quality in rivers and lakes under
programmes that are planned or underway, on a region-by-region basis;
When the anticipated water quality improvements will be achieved; and
The likely costs of all interventions, and where these costs will