it’s for surfers to enjoy our fabulous surf breaks, people to fish for kaimoana or take a dip in their favourite swimming spot, this plan assures us that there are rules in place that preserve and safeguard these areas for the long-term. “We want to ensure our environment is protected from harm and the Coastal Plan provides legally enforceable rules, including rules for oil and gas activities, disturbances to the seafloor and structures in the sea.” The road to the Coastal Plan becoming operative
revitalised with a state-of-the-art GrassMaster hybrid turf, while eco-friendly LED lights now illuminate the stadium. “The East Stand's design, unveiled last year, received strong positive public feedback and remains unchanged. Its flexibility and scalability allow it to cater to small community matches and large international games, with the option to open up all or part of the facility. We are excited to begin the above-ground construction, bringing us closer to delivering the finest regional stadium
up with the idea is the best part of the process. “I enjoy working things out in my head and putting it into practice. I don’t draw plans so sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t. “You often see something around, like maybe a flower and think if that can be made of wood.” A large number of entries is expected across 10 categories, including woodturning, carving, furniture, wall art, toys and models, computer numerical control (CNC), novice, student and macrocarpa or pinus radiata, ensuring
visited by more than 128,000 people with around 7,250 people enjoying events organised by the gardens team. The project to redevelop Yarrow Stadium remains on budget and on time and the last year saw a number of milestones reached in the construction of the East Stand. The venue saw a sell-out crowd enjoy the Taranaki Bulls win the Bunnings NPC championship in September. Key policies and strategies to be developed or adopted included the Regional Coastal Plan, a new Regional Land Transport Plan, the
Catchment Communities, Taranaki Regional Council, Te Heru Māpara, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Ruanui, Te Whatu Ora Taranaki. For more information and to get involved, visit www.thisisus.nz/biosecurity-taranaki or call Willy Harvey, Biosecurity Taranaki Chair on 027 284 4380.
they are living is the first step to trying to improve their chances of survival,” says Ms Jamieson. “The matuku-hūrepo is an absolutely beautiful bird and is truly an icon of healthy wetland habitats. We need to do as much as we can to ensure it does not go extinct. That would be a tragedy.” The data gathered will be used by the lovebittern.com campaign too. The national project is running a ‘Great matuku-hūrepo muster’ where the public are asked to record wherever they see or hear the bird on 19
Committee Chair Tom Cloke noted fewer than half of the 40 submitters who had requested to speak attended to share their views either in person or via Zoom. From here, Council staff will prepare recommendations to support the Committee with its deliberations in February 2024. Better Travel Choices for Taranaki and the Regional Public Transport Plan 2024 are scheduled to come into effect on 1 May 2024. This will build on a number of positive changes the Council has made to its bus services in response to
800,000 people. An email was sent to 5,500 registered Bee Card holders in Taranaki – the people who use our buses the most. Another email was sent to about 8,500 locals on our database. A dedicated web page was set up to enable easy, user-friendly engagement and we also happily received feedback the old-fashioned way via the post or face-to-face. Then we needed the community to play its part. While the survey was as user-friendly as possible, we knew that people’s time was precious and Council
recent years. The question now is how we build on this, especially when there is no guarantee or continued external funding for some of our programmes. “That’s a lot of information to take in so we’ve summarised things in a consultation document which sets out all the options including the key question of the impact on costs. We’re urging people to read this and we’re looking forward to hearing their views.” The consultation on the LTP runs from 10 March to 12 April and people can view the options