any hearing. However, you
will still retain your right to appeal any decision made by the Council.
If others make a similar submission, I/we will consider
presenting a joint case with them at the hearing.
No
Request for independent commisioner/s
Pursuant to section 100A of the Resource Management Act
1991, I request that the Taranaki Regional Council delegates
its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide
the application to one or more hearing commissioners who
are not
Feratox.
• Bat detectors set
• Kiwi listening – acoustic devices and people
• Fence maintenance
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Feral cats & Hedgehogs – what are your options
Feral Cats
• Use fresh bait i.e. mince, fish, fat & cat biscuits, cat food. Do not use salted bait.
• Urban areas & dwellings: Live capture cage traps (check daily)
• Rural/native habitat
• SA cat trap - elevated on a ramp or tree limb
• Timms trap - elevated on a ramp or tree limb
• Modified Coni bear or Coni bear. Best in
to the unique history and
environment of each property, with nine to 16
activities ranging from guided walks to animal,
bird and river studies in stimulating and natural
learning environments.
“We’ve been delighted with the fantastic
response to the Pukeiti Rainforest School,”
says the Council’s Education Officer, Kevin
Archer. “More than 80 school groups have
visited over the past three years, with many
schools now on their second or third visits.
“The
requests for my support
at the rock pools cannot be guaranteed.
However, while I may not be available to
support you in person, I may be able to
provide other assistance, such as taking pre-
field trip class lessons or providing you with
some of our resources for the field trip. These
resources include large white trays, suitable for
close observation of the plants and animals,
large sieves and clipboards with ID sheets and
pencils for recording data. Please get
… 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,
Waimoku) met
the national bathing guideline, and this is a lower rate of non-compliance than in the
previous two years. Of the 14% of samples that exceeded the guideline, 10% arose from just
two sites- the two New Plymouth urban sites. Bird life was mainly responsible for the
exceedances at these sites, where on occasions recreationalists have fed the birds.
Two sites recorded all single samples in either the ‘Alert’ or the ‘Action’ mode of the MfE,
2003 guidelines (Waimoku Stream at Oakura,
(1991) and monitoring
The Resource Management Act 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 a discharger, and may
include cultural and socio-economic effects;
(b) physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual effects;
(c) ecosystems, including effects on plants, animals,
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)
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,
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