… responsible environmental stewardship can
be achieved with the right balance of farming activities.
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Fences, poplars and bees… these all help Roger Pearce to
make a successful living while not bringing nature's anger
on himself, or on anyone downstream. He's ensuring soil
from his 2000ha Waitōtara Valley property does not erode
into waterways, where it would degrade water quality and
heighten flood risk. Roger's put up nearly 9km of fences to
retire steep land,
Taranaki Regional Council to assess the environmental performance
during the period under review, and the results and effects of the consent holder’s activities.
The Council’s monitoring programme included three regular inspections, one additional
inspection, and two biological receiving water surveys. Two short duration overflows (four
to five days) occurred between late September and mid October 2013.
Regular inspections indicated no problems with the ponds’ system maintenance or
operation,
opportunity to see how much the
six and seven year olds in Room 2 at St John
Bosco knew about wetlands and in particular
how a wetland acts like a sponge to absorb
water. Under the guidance of teacher Mrs Gail
Church, the class used a wide range of experi-
ments to show how this process happens, even
in periods of little or no rainfall.
During the April school holidays, our two Sir Peter
Blake Youth Environment Forum delegates Luke
Duthie (Francis Douglas Memorial College)
TRANSFORMING TARANAKI
What's wrong with nutrients in streams?
Nutrients, including the elements nitrogen and
phosphorus, are essential for plant growth and soil
biological activity. On land or of themselves, nutrients
are not a problem (only rarely will the concentration of
nutrients be such that it will result in ammonia toxicity).
The problem with excessive nutrient enrichment is how the
nutrients may affect the physicochemical and biological
condition of water once they escape or seep
With all three proposals included in
the 2017/2018 Annual Plan, general rates will go up 1% as opposed to the 0.5% rise forecast for
2017/2018 in the 2015/2025 Long-Term Plan.
This Consultation Document sets out the details and implications of what we’re proposing in these
three specific areas, and how you can tell us what you think about them before we make final
decisions.
You can make a submission by letter, by email, or via our website, www.trc.govt.nz. If you
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The Council will charge a penalty of 10% on so much of any rates levied before 1 July 2021 which remain unpaid on 1 July
2021 or such later date as required under section 58(1) (b) (ii). (South Taranaki constituency).
A discount of 2% will be allowed on the total rates set for the financial year, if the rates for a financial year are paid in full
on or before the due date of the first instalment for the financial year (South Taranaki constituency only). This will
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Other than in our capacity as auditor, we have no relationship with, or
interests in the Regional Council.
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David MacLeod, Chairman
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
and voluntary riparian fencing and planting programme.
The NIWA report endorses and validates this approach,
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CONCEPT SHEET 8
Forestry
Commercial-scale log harvesting (covering 5ha or more) is the
focus of a number of measures in the Draft Freshwater and
Land Plan. They are designed to minimise the risks of soil
erosion and impacts on freshwater quality.
The Council proposes rules that are closely aligned with
industry best-practice, while keeping requirements as simple
and streamlined as possible.
When a resource consent would
Each resided in their own Pa which were along the Waingongoro river, Tau-te-one belonging to Puawhato and his
people and Okahutiti belonging to his sister and her people.
The Kanihi-Umutahi people have historically resided on both the western and eastern banks of the Waingongoro
River. The ancient Pa Kanihi, takes its name from the tribes people and is located on the eastern bank of the river
on a block of land known as Te Rua o Te Moko. They have been variously known or
Biodiversity
Biodiversity, or biological diversity, describes the variety of all biological life and the ecosystems of which
they are a part. The arrival of humans radically changed New Zealand’s indigenous biodiversity when
introduced plant and animal species and human activity changed the landscape. As a result, Taranaki is
now a highly modified landscape with approximately 52% of its land area classified as acutely or chronically
threatened in that there is less than 20% of indigenous