occur, it was clear that there were no site-specific causes of contamination,
but rather the cause was wet-weather flow in streams.
None of the nine beaches analysed for long-term trends showed a trend of either increasing
or decreasing water quality.
Frequent and timely reporting of the results of bacteriological water quality was undertaken
by use of the Taranaki Regional Council website (www.trc.govt.nz) as well as liaison with
territorial local authorities and the Health Protection
proceeded to Huka Lodge. As soon as you
turn off the road, the perfectly clipped
hedges, lining the drive, inform that you
are entering a different world. We were
divided into two groups and proudly
shown around by two of the gardeners.
Along the entrance, and around the Lodge
the planting is very formal with clipped
blocks of Box and Choisya, neatly clipped
edges of Box and the tall clipped hedges
surrounding well maintained areas or
rooms where guests can relax, swim, play
tennis,
notified.
To be completed by the applicant
Consent No:
Proposed activity:
Applicant name:
Applicant address:
Site location:
To be completed by persons who may be adversely affected
I am the owner/occupier [delete as appropriate] or have some interest [specify below] in the property that
may be affected by the proposed activity.
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DESCRIPTION
The banded kokopu is a member of the Galaxiidae or whitebait family. They
usually grow to around 200mm long but have been known to reach up to
260mm. Like all galaxiids, the banded kokopu lacks scales and has a thick
leathery skin that is covered with mucus. Their dark brownish-olive skin can
be distinguished from the other galaxiid species by thin, pale, vertical bands
along the sides and over the back of the fish.
Resource Management Act 1991, I request that the Taranaki Regional Coimal
delegates'its'functions, powers, and duties_required to hear and decide the application to one or more hearing
commissioners who are not members of this Council.
[Please tick if you do wish to make a request otherwise leave blank]
Note: such a request may be made [in wriSng] up to 5 woMng ̂anerdoseo!submjs. s!°.nt lf.^u.^m^ ̂ enl urnd^S^rTOCOA sfT^r'-'"ay-uc;l°-":-'r°:;'^';?J"51~""'^"'h3fl'^^^^^^^^ of the hearings
using the Iris
Programme, which replaced the BG Base
Programme, and posting the information
on our web-site www.pukeiti.org.com.
This information can also be accessed
through the TRC site. At this site click on
Gardens, then under ‘Pukeiti’ click on
Plant Hunters’ Station and when the
next page appears click on Go to Pukeiti
Plant Hunters’ Station and then in the
box that appears, name the plant or group
that you wish to search. It will give you a
description of the plant, where it can
The big picture the coastal environment
Coastal Plan review:
Some aspects of the Proposed Coastal Plan – the objectives and general policies – apply to what’s called the coastal environment.
The coastal environment is defined as the area where ‘coastal processes, influences or qualities are significant’. As the diagram above
shows, this extends inland. One obvious example would be sand dunes.
cross-boundary effects, where activities in the coastal marine
area may impact on land
climber, the longfin eel can climb steep falls and is found in almost
all of New Zealand’s waterways from sea level to 1150m altitude and up to
314km inland. Habitats include streams, rivers, wetlands and lakes.
Juveniles prefer shallow fast-flowing water with coarse substratum, while
adults are more common under the cover of river banks or large debris in
slower flowing water.
Longfin eel only
breed once in
their life. Adult
males mature at
around 25 years
two events on 6 and 22 April. Te Maunga recorded between 67% and
79% of normal.
Year to date rainfall is sitting between 67% and 213% with an average of 113% of normal.
Eight sites are now tracking below normal. Only the southern and western sites are around
150% or more of typical rainfall to date. Despite the dry month Cape Egmont remains at
over 200% of normal to date and has already received 60% of a typical years rain in only 4
months.
Mean river flows for April are also well below
These two sites also exceeded MfE guideline levels more than other beaches in the region, with
Ohawe reaching MfE Alert level four times and Waitara East entering MfE Action mode once.
During the 2012-2013 season, 7 of the 13 beach sites recorded the lowest or equal lowest SEM
enterococci median counts to date (Fitzroy, Ngamotu, Opunake, Patea, Mana, Waverley and
Wai-inu). This may reflect a prolonged dry summer.
Sites in Taranaki compared favorably to national results, with 89% of