in our biodiversity crown’ that have significant indigenous biodiversity values for the Taranaki region. Collectively known as KNEs, these sites are significant because: Bush cover is representative of original indigenous vegetation now much depleted.
And/or they are home to threatened or regionally distinctive flora and fauna.
And/or they connect or buffer other sites of value. Qualifying KNEs are recorded in our ever-expanding Inventory of Key Native Ecosystems, which has baseline information
Council, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford. We also sell Trapinator and PODI possum traps for $50. If you’re unsure about using a trap, we will also provide assistance and discuss options you’re comfortable with. You may also find the following video helpful: Backyard rat trapping: A step by step guide Already got your trap? When you get your trap, be sure to register on the Trap.NZ website or app. Recording your trap location, catches and trap checks helps us monitor the success of the project and identify
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, determines 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 this matter.
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Freshwater Implementation February Update
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The Taranaki Regional Council will not call for tenders for the repair and refurbishment of Yarrow Stadium until there is greater clarity on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The Council is part of the Taranaki community and is aware of the uncertainty and the potentially significant impacts that the Covid-19 situation is having on us all now and in the coming months and years,” says the Council Chair, David MacLeod. "We will continue with preparatory work to get the project to tender
art, a programme of conservation and predator-free events will run over the three Sundays of the Showcase. Highlights include a talk by Predator Free Miramar’s Dan Henry on the community’s mission to bring birds back to Wellington’s eastern suburbs and guided walks with the Taranaki Kiwi Trust to learn about the kiwi that call Pukeiti home. Early risers can join a guided walk to take in the dawn chorus, or if mornings are not your thing, there’s a night walk to see what comes to life in the bush
it will take innovation, cutting edge technology, collaboration and determination, of which the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki team has shown they have in abundance.” Report a Possum! If you see or hear a possum in the Zero Possum area, please report it as soon as possible at www.trc.govt.nz/possum or call 0800 736 222. Please include as exact a location as you can.
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