improving slowly over time. The culvert running under the filled area
was repaired during the period under review.
During the monitoring period Waverley Sawmills demonstrated a good level of
environmental performance and compliance with consent conditions. The culvert at Monk
was repaired as requested and the improved stormwater system at the Village Settlement Rd
site has reduced contaminated run-off. No complaints were received, or incidents recorded,
by Council during the monitoring period.
The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring
The Resource Management Act 1991 (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 a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
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whenua,
the mana moana, our communities and our environment. In extreme cases, temporary rahui,
(gathering bans) were applied as a means of halting stock depletion and the consumption of
contaminated kai.
It is just as important today that we maintain our ability and capacity to gather kaimoana for our
hui and tangi and to provide for manuhiri. This reflects directly on the mana of our hapü. The day
we are unable to thus provide, be it from the depletion of stocks or the pollution of our waters,
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, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial;
d. natural and physical resources having special
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end of the report.
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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 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
receiving waters and odour surveys. In
addition the Council also undertook continuous monitoring in the Inaha Stream and its tributaries relating
to temperature and flow.
TBP have also demonstrated a high level of commitment in regard to addressing environmental matters
related to their operation, with various mitigation measures either planned or underway.
Some minor performance non-compliances occurred including over abstraction of surface water on one
occasion and a drop in dissolved
Policy Statement for Taranaki (RPS) (Taranaki Regional Council, June 2009)
identifies the management of wastes as a significant resource management issue in the
region. Waste management (including minimisation, and the recovery of wastes for
recycling, reprocessing, or reuse, and the disposal of residual wastes) engages a large
number of parties (local authorities, waste generators, waste contractors, and so on). The
Waste Minimisation Act (2008) requires territorial authorities to undertake an
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, including effects on plants, animals, or habitats, whether aquatic or terrestrial;
d. natural and physical resources having special
For the two-year period covered by this report, no long-term or significant effects were noted
on the Kaupokonui Stream as a result of the stormwater discharges from the northern and
stormwater outfalls, Inhalable Grade Lactose plant, and stormwater detention pond, although
sewage fungus was observed in the stream on two of four occasions, associated with excessive
biochemical oxygen demand in the discharge, in breach of consents. Sample results were
generally within those prescribed by