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;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or
Reviewed by:
Dr Amy Vaughan
Genomics postdoctoral fellow
Dr Chris Niebuhr
Vertebrate Ecologist
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Approved for release by:
Chris Jones
Portfolio Leader – Wildlife Management &
Conservation Ecology
Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
Disclaimer
This report has been prepared by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research for Taranaki Mounga Project Ltd
and Taranaki Regional Council. If used by other parties, no warranty or representation is given as to its
setting out the
requirements that they must satisfy. The Company holds five consents to allow it to take and use water, five
consents to discharge water or sediment into the Makara, Mangaotea and Mako streams, one consent to
discharge wastes to land around Lake Ratapiko and five land use permits for bed disturbance and structures
in the Manganui River, Mangaotea Stream and Lake Ratapiko. Seven additional consents allow the Company
to abstract water, and construct and maintain structures in the
were sites used for this ritual. Many Ngāti Mutunga tūpuna also lie buried along the
coast.
Ngāti Mutunga have many stories relating to the coastal environment. The whakatauāki
“ka kopa, me kopa, ki te ana o Rangitotohu”) remembers a taniwha, who protects the
Taranaki coastline. If a person was to violate rahui or act disrespectfully when fishing or
gathering kaimoana they would be snatched and drawn into his cave. Other taniwha are
also known from the Ngāti Mutunga coast.
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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;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, including
information required by the
conditions of the consent or where the suitability of material for cleanfill was uncertain.
The monitoring showed that the site was well managed during the year, with all unacceptable materials
placed away from the tip head for removal. Documentation regarding the volume and type of waste was
available on site. Sampling indicated that the cleanfill may be contributing to small increases in metal
concentrations immediately downstream of the site, but these did not
sampling. No offensive or
objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections and there were no complaints
in relation to air emissions from the site. Monitoring commissioned by OMV showed that the relevant New
Zealand Workplace Exposure Standards for BTEX constituents were complied with.
Ecological assessments voluntarily commissioned by OMV of the intertidal coastal area surrounding the
Pohokura site showed that the health of the reefs in the vicinity of the production
terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of
the report.
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;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape,
Production Station showed that levels of carbon monoxide,
combustible gases, PM10 particulates, and nitrogen oxides were all below levels of concern at the time of
sampling. No offensive or objectionable odours were detected beyond the boundary during inspections and
there were no complaints in relation to air emissions from the site.
During the period under review, Todd Petroleum demonstrated an overall high level of both environmental
performance and administrative compliance with the resource
indicated that the Company were
in compliance with consent defined conditions on the two occasions they were collected. It is noted that the
stormwater facility discharge to surface water, only occurs during significant rainfall events.
The facility is allowed noticeable, but not objectionable or offensive odour beyond the boundary of the site.
In the past, noticeable odours have been noted during the loading and unloading exercises, when material
is agitated, or fresh from the supplier.