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
The Freshwater Plan for Taranaki 2001 sets out the rules around using and protecting Taranaki’s freshwater resources. Amendments have been made to the Plan to comply with the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 and to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 1.7 and 7 of the Plan or email the Council. TRC Regional
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
View our bus routes and timetables for the Citylink New Plymouth school and commuter services, as well as the Southlink and Connector services. Free Fridays this December – Ride for free! 🎉 Celebrate the holiday season with stress-free, cost-free travel! On 6th, 13th and 20th December, all Taranaki bus services are fare-free - no Bee Card or cash needed. Bee Cards are also free on these days from Taranaki retailers (limited number and one per person). Whether you’re heading to work, doing your
some unmonitored areas. This is raw data and may not have been subjected to a quality control process. All efforts are made to ensure the integrity of the data, but the Council cannot guarantee its accuracy, or its suitability for any purpose. See the full terms and conditions for the use of environmental data(external link). MONITORED SITES RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION Related links Monthly rainfall norms Current monitoring data
provisions of the Local Government Act 2002 to the extent necessary in relation to this decision; and in accordance with section 79 of the Act, determines that it does not require further information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs and benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on this matter. Hughes/Walker page Freshwater Implementation February Update L Hawkins provided a freshwater Implementation update for
email consents@trc.govt.nz. Lodge the application by signing below and sending the completed form to: Mail: Taranaki Regional Council, Private Bag 713, Stratford 4352. Attention: Consents Administration Officer Email: consents@trc.govt.nz (if application is emailed please do not mail a hard copy unless requested to do so by the consents department.) If you have not received an email acknowledgement for this application within 5 working days (for new applications) or 10