75 Invite Kevin to talk to your class about weather in Taranaki or weather-related emergencies in Taranaki. Invite Kevin to talk to your class about what to do should a weather-related emergency occur whilst you are at school or at home. Visit our website for daily, monthly or yearly weather information. Download our ‘Weather’ study unit from our website or contact Kevin for a hard copy. Download information sheets about flooding, storms, high winds and tornadoes from our
or coffee will be available in the Rata Room from 10:30am and members will also be able to pick up their plant orders from this time. At 11:00am Graham Smith will lead a pre-lunch tour round the garden and at approx 12:30 the Members’ Pot Luck Lunch will be served in the Rata Room. As there will be a board meeting the previous night, you will be able to meet and talk with many of your board members over lunch. Following lunch, Gordon Bailey has kindly agreed to give us an illustrated
page Taking, use, damming and diversion of surface water 50 Objective OBJ 6.1.1 To promote the sustainable management of the surface waters of Taranaki while avoiding, remedying or mitigating any actual or potential adverse effects from the taking, use, damming or diversion of surface water. Policies POL 6.1.1 The Taranaki Regional Council will prohibit the taking and use of water in the catchments or reaches listed in Table 1, except for minor takes
page Winter is here! S c h o o l s i n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t n e w s l e t t e r S IT E JU L Y 2 0 1 6 IS S U E N O .7 8 The last couple of months have been quite mild and for the most part hardly in keeping with winter as we know it. Proof of the mild June weather was my support for eleven school groups with river or wetland trips in that month. Normally June is a month when indoor lessons are very
water that is designed to be used for human consumption, food preparation, utensil washing, oral hygiene or personal hygiene. Given the intended uses and potential for risks to human health from water used for consumptive purposes, the DWSNZ set out the most stringent standards for water quality within New Zealand. Water not meeting these standards can still be utilised for consumptive purposes with adequate treatment, or can be utilised for a range of non-consumptive domestic, industrial and
social media was in favour of the proposals in the Consultation Document on the 2018/2028 Long-Term Plan. In total, about 232 people engaged with content, giving informal feedback on the Council’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. Social media content included a video, images and articles and informal feedback was shown with comments or ‘liking’ the content. Facebook The majority of Facebook comments (14 in total) were supportive of the idea to link Pukeiti to the Taranaki
page 2016 Community Biodiversity Fund Application for funding Closing date for applications: 30 April 2016 page The Trust will consider projects which support the ecological priorities outlined in Section 5 of the Taranaki Biodiversity Forum Accord: 1. Secure populations of Threatened, At-risk or Regionally distinctive species (see page 8) 2. Protect habitat of Threatened, At risk or Regionally distinctive species 3. Maintain the extent of rare and
latter part of the 2012-2013 period. Liaison with the Regional Council has continued whenever uncertainties have existed with respect to proposed additional industrial loadings. page Regular inspections indicated no immediate problems with the oxidation ponds system’s performance, with no overflows to land or adjacent stormwater drains, following very wet weather as a direct consequence of re-engineered bunding and cell wall upgrades. Wastewater quality was good at the
• The discolouration of natural water bodies • The blockage of stormwater drains, causing flooding. How your waste can pollute the environment Any material or substance left uncovered or on the ground outside can flow or be washed by rainwater into a nearby stormwater drain where it will result in the pollution of the local stream and/or the coast. Drill cuttings and slurry contain a number of substances that can pollute our environment. These include sediment and lubricants. If
class. Many students expressed surprise at their ability to correctly identify the wide range of invertebrates they found in the water. Everyone enjoyed the lovely morning tea that followed the study. Thank you Te Kura o Nga Ruahine Rangi. Now is the time for you to nominate your school, a class or a group for a Taranaki Regional Council environmental award. Last year Ahititi School, St John Bosco School and Frankleigh Kindergarten were granted awards in recognition of their