pervasive long filaments or cyanobacteria can cause a range of issues such as streams becoming un-inviting
for recreational users, anglers having difficulty fishing, streams closures due to cyanobacteria toxins and
adverse impacts on stream ecology.
This freshwater periphyton programme has been designed to monitor for the presence and biomass of
‘nuisance’ algae in Taranaki streams and rivers at levels which may affect the instream values of these
streams i.e., aesthetic values
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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
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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
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
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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
• 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
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
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2016
Community Biodiversity Fund
Application for funding
Closing date for applications: 30 April 2016
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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
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
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