that there was little difference in health of stream-bed communities above and below
the rendering plants’ site or the irrigation areas.
The total area of land utilised for irrigation increased, from 269 ha to 291 ha, in 2012-2013. At
the end of the review period, 319 ha was available. About 50 ha was planted in maize and
turnips, of which about 48 ha was irrigated with wastewater before and during the growing
season. The reported average annual nitrogen loading from wastewater irrigation
objectives of the Plan
4. agrees to publically notify the Proposed Coastal Plan for Taranaki pursuant to Clause 5
of the First Schedule of the RMA, on or around 24 February 2018
5. notes that the rules within the Proposed Coastal Plan for Taranaki will have immediate
legal effect upon public notification pursuant to Part 86B(3) of the RMA.
Lean/Walker
7. Public Excluded
In accordance with section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987, it is
partnership with the World Wildlife Fund -
NZ, and Health and Safety ‘In Safe Hands’
delivered by Conservation Volunteers NZ.
The Community Biodiversity Fund opened for the first time in 2016. It
is available on an annual basis. Its initial value was $40,000. The Trust
received nine applications for funding. Eight applications were
approved in part or in full to the value of $32,531.
To engage on a national level the Regional Biodiversity Co-ordinator has a monthly skype
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Land remediation
The vast majority of sites investigated in Taranaki show no evidence of contamination and
those sites that are high-risk have been cleaned up. There was a substantial effort made in
the 1990s to identify sites and, where necessary, undertake further investigation and
remediation. Sites in the Taranaki region that have the potential to be or could currently
be considered contaminated continue to be identified and
Māori Values
Mātauranga Māori can be translated as meaning ‘Māori knowledge’ or ‘traditional knowledge’,
however, this single translation does not adequately capture the nuances and multi-faceted
dimensions of this phrase. It is effectively captured by Bay of Plenty Regional Council in their
document ‘He Korowai Mātauranga - Mātauranga Māori Framework’ when they state:
Mātauranga Māori
Mātauranga Māori not only refers to the knowledge that Māori have, but encompasses
the
Requirements for Good Farm Management document. Through
the consenting process, farm dairy effluent systems are now generally required to
divert effluent to land, i.e. 96% of the consent were approved subject to discharging
to land or subject to conditions that the farm dairy effluent disposal would (in full
or in part) be discharged to land after a transition period.
Council and farmers on intensively farmed land continue to progress stock
exclusion and riparian planting on the ring plain and
meet the required
consent conditions and surface and groundwater results indicate no adverse impacts from
stockpiling or spreading at this site. Ongoing monitoring of the site will ensure that all
wastes comply with conditions that are to be applied at the time of relinquishment or expiry,
prior to surrender of the consent being accepted by the Council.
During the year, the Company demonstrated an overall high level of environmental
performance and compliance with the resource consents.
Council indicates that the hydraulic fracturing activities
undertaken by STOS had no adverse effects on local groundwater or surface water resources.
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There were no Unauthorised Incidents recording non-compliance in respect of the resource
consents, or provisions in regional plans, during the period under review.
STOS demonstrated a high level of both environmental and administrative performance and
compliance with the resource consents over the reporting period.
Riparian zones are the strips of land beside drains, streams, rivers and lakes. They
include areas on-farm where the soils are wettest, such as wetlands, springs or seeps,
and gullies.
Finish your riparian plan by 2020
The Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) is committed to working with land owners to
ensure all Taranaki streambanks are protected by riparian (streamside) fencing and
planting on the Taranaki ring plain and coastal terraces by 2020. Millions of riparian
plants need
reaches of developed and farmland catchments. Higher turbidity and suspended
solids levels (and therefore poorer visual clarity) characterised the eastern hill country Mangaehu,
Whenuakura and Waitara Rivers sites in these rivers’ lower reaches.
Over the 2016-2017 monitoring year, flows at times of sampling were much higher than usual, with no
flood or very low flows sampled. In general terms, for the eleven sites monitored for more than 10 years,
water quality was comparatively poorer in