public is excluded from the following part of the proceedings of
the Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Meeting on Monday 18 October 2021 for the
following reasons:
Item 11 – Public Excluded Minutes – 13 September 2021
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting
would be likely to result in the disclosure of information where the withholding of the
information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information
Breaches and non-compliances
3. As we pointed out in our original submission, the company has had numerous breaches and
non-compliances of consent conditions over the years. The Officer’s Report listed poor record
keeping, non-compliance with management plans, receipt of unapproved material, lack of
maintenance, monitoring or sampling, and unauthorised discharges as the main issues.
Notably, the drilling waste, rather than being processed into compost, has been blended with
information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs and
benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on this
matter.
Walker/McIntyre
9. Review of the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki
9.1 Mr M J Nield, Director – Corporate Services, spoke to the memorandum advising
Members of a review of the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki (RLTP). The
Regional Transport Committee for Taranaki (RTC) will consider a revised draft Plan
prior
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Code of Conduct in preparing this evidence and agree to comply with it
while giving evidence. Except where I state that I am relying on another
person's evidence, this written evidence is within my area of expertise. I
have not omitted to consider material facts known to me that might alter
or detract from the opinions expressed in this evidence.
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
becomes a food source for invertebrates, which in
turn provide food for other organisms such as fish and birds. Nuisance periphyton in the form of prolific
thick mats, pervasive long filaments or cyanobacteria can cause a range of issues such as streams becoming
un-inviting for recreational users, anglers having difficulty fishing, streams closures due to cyanobacteria
toxins, and adverse impacts on stream ecology.
This freshwater periphyton programme has been designed to monitor for the …
Map - Key Native Ecosystems – private and publicly managed.
WHAT MAKES KEY NATIVE
ECOSYSTEMS REGIONALLY
SIGNIFICANT?
Key Native Ecosystems are regionally significant
because they are:
home to threatened or regionally distinctive
indigenous plant and animal species, or
representative of originally rare ecosystems
and indigenous vegetation now much
reduced from its original extent (<10 or
20%), and/or
connect or buffer other sites of value,
or provide seasonal or
Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2020-2021 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 relation to:
a. the neighbourhood or the wider …
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 terrestrial;
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d. …
for Taranaki 2021/22-2026/27
4.1 Ms F Ritson. Policy Analyst, Taranaki Regional Council, spoke to the memorandum
advising Members of the release of the Regional Land Transport Plan for Taranaki
2021/22-2026/27 (the RLTP or the Plan),including related next steps.
4.2 Ms L Stewart, Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, informed that the concerns raised
have been heard and a team has been put in place to look at the process going
forward.
Resolved
That the Taranaki Regional
1.20 1.35
2.15 2.20 2.24 2.26 2.30 2.44
3.40 3.45 3.49 3.51 3.55 4.10
4.20 4.25 4.29 4.31 4.35 4.50
5.10 5.15 5.19 5.21 5.25 5.38
5.50 5.55 5.59 6.01 6.05 6.20
6.20 6.25 6.29 6.31 6.35 6.50
7.00 7.05 7.09 7.11 7.15 7.28
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