HEP programme in
the past). The purpose of annual SEM reports is to summarise monitoring activity
results for the year and provide a brief interpretation of these results.
Annual SEM reports act as ‘building blocks’ towards the preparation of the regional
state of the environment report every five years. The Council’s first, or baseline, state of
the environment report was prepared in 1996 (TRC, 1996a), summarising the region’s
progress in managing environmental quality in Taranaki over
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June 2020
FRESHWATER REFORMS: TARANAKI UPDATE
Key changes have improved the Government’s national freshwater policies. However,
challenging details remain to be worked through.
The Government last week announced its revised freshwater regulation regime, moderating
its original approach in a number of areas and delaying a decision on any need for or the
content of rules around nutrient limits.
Generally, these changes are to be welcomed. They reflect the …
6. Public Excluded
6.1 In accordance with section 48(1) of the Local Government Information and Meetings Act 1987,
resolves that the public is excluded from the following part of the proceedings of the
Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Meeting on Monday 17 February 2020 for the
following reasons:
Item 7 – Confirmation of Confidential Minutes – 2 December
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting would be
likely to result in the …
eager to take up
any opportunity to get a first-hand look at
some of the work that’s going on.
At the beginning of February, for example,
it was my pleasure to join 30 or so others
marking World Wetlands Day by joining a
field trip to look at what’s been achieved on
the Purangi bush block of David and Marie
Russell.
It’s a very special property, recognised as a
Key Native Ecosystem by the Council, and
containing a wetland that’s classed as
regionally
Mutunga
people. Ngāti Mutunga also used the Mimi River for baptizing. This has been
Takahia due to the ‘slop’ and lack of water integrity flowing in our Ancestral
wai!
It is where we swam and bathed. I have bathed there since
early 1970s now, noway! When members of Ngāti Mutunga were sick or
had skin problems they were taken to the river to be healed. (3.1 REMEDIATION
NEW ZEALAND Assessment of Cultural Effects Uruti Facility – Renewal of
Discharge Consents)
This will be impossible now, in
activity
in many ways other than water borne pathogens such as
strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli).
The type of degradation varies widely and wildly, depending
on how people use land and how water drains to the river. In
places, water is contaminated with sediment or nutrients. In
others, there’s chemical toxins. In still others, the water flow
is altered, channel straightened and river routes modified.
Some of these things affect human safety. All of them affect
the habitat of hundreds
crucial role in freshwater ecology and respond to changes in a variety of factors
including water quality, hydrology and habitat. While a water sample will reveal water chemistry at the time
of sampling, and thus give an indication of pressures on stream ecology, assessing the state of the
freshwater macroinvertebrate communities will show the cumulative influences of these factors over the
recent past as well as being a primary indicator of whether a stream is healthy or otherwise. The
be burned (such as trimmings, pruning or fellings cut from active growth) should as a
general guide be allowed to dry to brown appearance prior to burning.
Except for tree stumps or crop stubble, the place of combustion should be at least 50 metres from any road
other than a highway, and 100 metres from any highway or dwellinghouse on a neighbouring property or national
park boundary.
Due regard should be given to direction and strength of wind, and quantity and
streambanks, and by industry
and communities eliminating waste discharges to
waterways, or significantly reducing their impact.
We’re talking about millions of dollars and
thousands of hours of work. And in the case
of farmers, it’s been voluntary.
But there’s more work ahead of us. The
Government is taking a fresh approach to
freshwater management, and new requirements
have started to emerge. Those of you involved in
activities that may affect rivers and streams
should …
Soil
description and interpretation can be gained from a number
of sources (appropriate soil maps and associated reports)
which provide details about the properties of a soil, its
potential uses and productive potential.
Slope
Slope angles are measured, or estimated visually in the field
and/or from aerial photographs. The dominant slope is
recorded for each map unit as one of seven groups, each of
which have different management characteristics.
Erosion
Erosion severity and type is assessed