scientists estimate that Taranaki's temperature could be up to 3°C warmer over the
next 70-100 years. This compares to a temperature increase in New Zealand during last
century of about 0.7°C. Taranaki could be up to 20% wetter with more varied rainfall
patterns and flooding could become up to four times as frequent by 2070.
As extreme weather events become more frequent or severe, the costs and damages
associated with them are also likely to increase.
Allowances have been made in the design
declared that New Zealand would move immediately to Alert Level 3 and
to Alert Level 4 by midnight on Wednesday 25 March.
3. Members will be aware that Alert level 4 will essentially put New Zealand in a
lockdown situation in an effort to prevent widespread outbreaks of the disease
4. There may be urgent matters requiring decisions that cannot wait for normal or even
emergency Council meetings to be held.
5. Two options are discussed. Option 1, a delegation to the Chief Executive, is …
(COVID-19) Notice 2020 expires.
3. The Executive, Audit and Risk Committee minutes of Monday 17 February 2020 were
therefore, confirmed at the Whole of Committee Ordinary meeting on Tuesday 7 April.
4. Agenda items from the cancelled meeting of Tuesday 17 February 2020 were either
received by the Ordinary Committee on Tuesday 7 April or Tuesday 19 May 2020 or
were held over for the return of the usual meetings and committee structure.
Decision-making considerations
5. Part 6 (Planning, …
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 year, GPL demonstrated a high level of both environmental performance and administrative
compliance with the resource consents.
For reference, in the 2018-2019 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of
the District Plan
may require the HBA or the Future Development Strategy to be amended earlier than
intended.
Integrating the data into long term planning, funding and infrastructure development
timeframes is challenging, because there are many different parts of the Council that deliver
these mechanisms.
Review of the data in this document may require consequential amendments to the LTP and
IS and to other relevant Council policies and bylaws.
This assessment is limited
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, amenity and visual effects;
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increasing bureaucratic costs in our lives.
A firm believer and advocate for KISS management. I don't
believe our governments should be controlling our water or
enforcing your health requirements. Your land is your land, no
SNA or other should devalue your land without your permission
and compensation. I have an appreciation for the outdoors thus
Taranaki is where my heart is and I plan to make it a leader in
change
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New Plymouth General Constituency
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8.3 Disturbance, deposition and extraction .................................................................89
8.4 Reclamation or drainage ..............................................................................................97
8.5 Taking or use .....................................................................................................................99
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8.6 General standards
Section 3 discusses the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment.
Section 4 presents recommendations to be 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
held by the companies in the Lower Waiwhakaiho area;
• the nature of the monitoring programme in place for the period under review; and
• a description of the activities and operations conducted in the Companies’ site/catchment.
Each company’s activity is then discussed in a separate section (Sections 2 to 7).
In the subsections for each company (e.g. Section 2.1) there is a general description of the industrial activity
and its discharges, an aerial photograph or map showing the