ability to face challenges in the future depends on planning today." The Regional Transport Committee encourages the community to read the draft plan and submit feedback on any or all areas of interest, he says. Public consultation will run from Friday, 16 February 2024 until 4pm Saturday, 16 March 2024. Detailed information and a submission form are available at www.trc.govt.nz/transport2024 or call the Council on 0800 736 222 to request a copy. Following a hearing in April, the RTLP will be
Individuals who carry out illegal earthworks to realign or reclaim waterways may face prosecution and potentially a hefty fine, Taranaki Regional Council says. The warning was made after Judge Dickey in the New Plymouth District Court ordered dairy farmer Denis Goodwin to pay a fine of $42,000 after he previously admitted carrying out illegal earthworks on his Komene Road, Ōkato, farm. Goodwin admitted three charges of breaching the Resource Management Act 1991 by discharging sediment (a
of the flood control scheme that would require an upgrade. “While the current defences do provide protection from the design flow of 1180 cubic metres per second or a 1-in-100-year flood, the $450,000 upgrade will provide further protection through allowing for uncertainties associated with climate change prediction and hydraulic modelling,” Mr Vicars says. “Our mission is to support livelihoods across our region and these improvements will give people living, working and shopping in the area
area with only the most wily or lucky left, according to Towards Predator-Free Taranaki programme lead Nick Heslop. “We are down to chasing individual possums now, there are so few it’s at the point we are starting to name them!” While that work continues with the aid of cameras, scat detection dogs and targeted trapping, attention has also turned to the design and creation of a 3km barrier stretching across private farmland south-east of the Kaitake Range. Self-reporting cameras are installed on
January 2024 rainfall maps What you should know: The site maps show data from a selection of the sites we monitor, but not all of them.
The distribution maps are based on mathematical modelling and may not accurately represent actual rainfall in some unmonitored areas.
This is raw data and may not have been subjected to a quality control process. All efforts are made to ensure the integrity of the data, but the Council cannot guarantee its accuracy, or its suitability for any purpose. See the full
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