Item 8 129 Proposal for New Zealand's next Biodiversity Strategy Item 9 145 Our marine environment 2019: MfE and Stats NZ report Item 10 153 Submission on Resource Management Bill 2019 Item 11 169 PCE report on New Zealand Environmental reporting System Closing Karakia and Karakia for kai Policy and Planning Committee - Agenda 2 page Purpose of Policy and Planning Committee meeting This committee attends to all matters of policy developed either in-house or
Flora The forest canopy is dominated by tawa with occasional individuals or small stands of miro, pukatea, kohekohe, pigeonwood and rimu (including a few large emergent rimu trees). The understory is dominated by kanono with a mix of other species including kawakawa, pate, pigeonwood, mahoe and tree ferns. Ground cover, climbers and epiphytes are common. Notable flora includes Kirk's tree daisy, kingfern, three species of threatened rata and the 'Regionally Distinctive" tawhirikaro.
Revision No:1.5 Date:12-6-2020 Controller: C Kay 1.0 Purpose of the Plan The purpose of this document is to ensure the operation of the Uruti farm is managed appropriately using Good Management Practices and operates within regulatory rules and resource consent conditions. A major focus of this plan is to avoid, remedy or mitigate the loss of nitrogen to surface water and ground water from irrigated wastewater onto the effluent block. 2.0 General The Uruti farm was purchased in 2001
ecological health and the physical and chemical state of our rivers and streams show most measures are improving or not changing significantly and again are the best since measurements began. At a time when much national media commentary highlights a negative view of New Zealand’s freshwater resources, it is noteworthy that many indicators in Taranaki collectively indicate that the region is making excellent progress towards enhancing our already good
glossary of common abbreviations and scientific terms, and a bibliography, are presented at the end of the report. page 2 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
inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP): A SUIP is defined as a separately used or occupied part of a rating unit and includes any part of a rating unit that is used or occupied by any person, other than the ratepayer, having a right to use Ordinary Meeting - Confirmation of Minutes 7 page Minutes Ordinary Meeting 2 July 2019 or inhabit that part by virtue of a tenancy, lease, licence, or other agreement, or any part or parts of a rating unit that are used or occupied by the
Biomonitoring and groundwater monitoring did not indicate any adverse effects this period. Surrey Road stockpiling facility: No adverse effects were noted in the groundwater monitoring however, trace hydrocarbons were recorded discharging from a nova coil from under one of the storage cells. The discharge and surface monitoring did not indicate any measurable hydrocarbons or other analytes of concern during the two rounds undertaken. Conversely, biological monitoring did indicate that the instream
Document: 2126743 Purpose The purpose of this memorandum is to introduce an officers report on submissions to the Proposed Regional Coastal Plan for Taranaki (Proposed Plan) and to recommend that the report be circulated to submitters as a basis for pre-hearing consultation. It is hoped this process will resolve or clarify those issues in submissions that will require to be heard at a Council hearing. A copy of the officers report on submissions and a revised Proposed Plan showing
the results, their interpretations, and their significance for the environment. Section 4 presents recommendations to be implemented in the 2018-2019 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
the consents, including upgrading the fish pass, and monitoring of the effects of the scheme on the residual flow reach. This includes no or inadequate baseline information being collected on the trout communities and recreational activities of the residual flow reach, despite the scheme now being operated whenever flows allow. An erosion report was received during the reported period, as was a full year’s record of abstraction data. During the year, the Company demonstrated a poor level