pukeko, welcome swallow,
pukeko and harrier. Other native birds are likely to be present or use this area such as morepork, shining
cuckoo and kingfisher. The site is likely to contain a variety of other native fauna including reptiles,
native fish and invertebrates.
Ecological Values
Ecological Context - Medium An important example of native forest in an area on the ring plain
where forest remnants of this type are very rare.
Rarity and Distinctiveness -
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.
During the year, the Company demonstrated a high level of both environmental performance and
administrative compliance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2019-2020 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 81% of the …
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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;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
c. ecosystems, …
c. Potential for significant adverse effects on the mauri of the
groundwater within the site.
d. Long term significant adverse effects on the populations of
taonga species such as tuna in the Haehanga catchment and the
downstream effects on these species in the Mimitangiatua River.
13 Ngāti Mutunga’s Cultural Health Indicators are set out in Attachment 1 to
my evidence. We used earlier version of these Indicators to assess the
condition, or the mauri, of the waterways at the time
1 Activities of resource consents that are not covered by the Tawhiti Stream Resource Consents Monitoring Programme, for
Fonterra Whareroa Dairy Factory and South Taranaki District Council Hawera Landfill, are included in other monitoring
programmes carried out by the Council.
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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 …
few minutes to an hour) (acute), and/or
low-intensity and/or moderately unpleasant odours occurring
frequently or continuously over a long period (chronic).
2.2 As noted in the GPG, acute and chronic effects can arise from different
sources and may require different assessment and management. Odours
which do not meet the offensive and objectionable threshold for acute
odour effects may be considered as such if they recur frequently or are
experienced over a longer
this was the considerable erosion
occurring along the Waitara East beach shoreline. However, it is not yet clear whether this erosion has been
influenced by the Waitara river mouth groyne/mole structures, or whether it is occurring independently.
Further investigation is required to establish the cause(s) of this erosion and identify remedial measures.
In order to better detect changes such as these, which can occur gradually over long periods of time,
additional, survey based monitoring …
day … or is it?!
Some of you have found this to be less than ideal while others are loving it. We’ve been working with a
number of you over waste, communications with providers, kai content matters.
Did you know …..
A) You definitely have a say. Make your provided listen and let them know it’s
up to you about whether their contract gets renewed .. Or not!
B) B) You can change your provider or mind about doing it yourself. A number
of schools are getting MoE funded kitchen gear
through this action and that is the youth view of our
region. The decisions by regional council should be guided directly by all
local Iwi's not by one elected councillor who may not respect there views or
the views of the rest of the area.
I thank you for allowing submissions when my own council did not (south
Taranaki)
Regards
Rhys Hurley
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spill,
in a manner that does not cause further damage to the marine environment, or any
unreasonable danger to human life, or cause an unreasonable risk of injury to any
person.
It must also be noted that in some spill situations the spill will simply be monitored
to ensure that no environmental damage occurs, and that no physical clean-up
activities may be undertaken (eg diesel spill into a warm, rough sea).
Human safety and health have the highest priority in this Plan. Occupational