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Inventory of coastal areas of
local or regional significance in the
Taranaki region
Summary and discussion
Taranaki Regional Council
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Stratford
January 2004
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Executive summary
• The purpose of this report is to summarise key facts on the ‘state’ and pressures
affecting public use of and access to areas identified in the Inventory of Coastal Areas of
Local or Regional Significance in the Taranaki Region (‘the
addresses the use, development and protection of indigenous freshwater biodiversity, including
wetlands, in the Taranaki region. The paper is one of a suite of documents contributing to the
Taranaki Regional Council’s (the Council) review of the Regional Fresh Water Plan for Taranaki (the
Freshwater Plan) and the Regional Soil Plan for Taranaki (the Soil Plan).
The focus of this paper is on freshwater habitats (this includes wetlands, rivers, streams and lakes),
rather than individual species or
implemented in the 2019-2020 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 community around an activity, and may include
treatment in an
oxidation pond system and constructed drain, into an unnamed tributary of the
Pungaereere Stream if the land disposal area is unsuitable for effluent disposal
Rohe:
Taranaki (Statutory Acknowledgement)
Engagement or consultation:
Te Kahui o Taranaki Trust Provided with application
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Ordinary Meeting - Resource Consents Issued Under Delegated Authority and Applications in Progress
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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 four 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 Mangaotea Stream.
During the period under review, the Company demonstrated a high
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 community around an activity, and may include cultural and social-
economic effects;
b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape,
sea level, there are a number of tauranga waka (canoe berths) formerly used for
fishing canoes. These have special significance to Ngati Tama in their identification with the area as physical
symbols of an historical association with it.
Purposes of statutory acknowledgement
Under section 54, and without limiting the rest of this schedule, the only purposes of this statutory
acknowledgement are—
(a) to require consent authorities, the Environment Court, or the Historic
the air discharge consents.
Ambient air quality monitoring at the Kaimiro Production Station showed that levels of carbon monoxide,
combustible gases, PM10 particulates, nitrogen oxides and the volatile organic compounds benzene, toluene,
ethylbenzene and xylenes 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 period under review, GPL demonstrated a high level of both
statutory plans that wholly or
partly cover the statutory area. The attachment of information is for the purpose of public
information only, and the information is not part of the statutory plan or subject to the
provisions of Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991.
In summary, the Taranaki Regional Council is required to attach information in relation to
statutory acknowledgements to its Regional Policy Statement and regional plans. This
document is therefore attached to the Regional
not affect, and are not able to be taken into account by, any person exercising a
power or performing a function or duties under any statute, regulation or bylaw;
(b) no person, in considering a matter or making a decision or recommendation under any statute, regulation or bylaw,
may give greater or lesser weight to the association of the iwi with a statutory area than that person would give
under relevant statute, regulation or bylaw if a statutory acknowledgement did not exist;