and the Health Protection Unit of the Taranaki District Health Board throughout
the summer bathing season of 2016-2017.
Through the Council’s LTP, the Council’s target in respect of the microbiological state of
coastal bathing sites is that there is maintenance or increase in the number of sites from 2003
compliant with 2003 Ministry of Health contact recreational guidelines. In 2003, 10 of 11 coastal
bathing sites were compliant with the guidelines (Action levels). In the season under
changing areas.
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3. Then we would spend 8-10 weeks removing all asbestos roofing and
cladding and all visible loose asbestos materials, using teams of asbestos
removal specialists fitted with full face respirators, disposable coveralls
and other necessary personal protective equipment (PPE). The asbestos
materials would be bagged in plastic asbestos bags or wrapped in plastic
for removal from site, and all the sealed asbestos materials would be
taken to the nearest suitable
of a bundle of property services, with minimal
emphasis on waste minimisation and no reporting on volume or tonnage
of waste.
What changes were made
WITT formed a partnership with Transpacific Waste Management and in
February 2012 they introduced on-campus recycling, including the
composting of organic waste. WITT also made a commitment to educate
staff and students about waste minimisation. An important part of this is
Orientation Week for students, which now includes
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Tokomapuna
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Wave recorder
RESTRICTED
AREA
Restriction continues
along foreshore
Speed restrictions for Port
Taranaki and its approaches
5
KNOTS
0 500m
Scale
Speed restrictions uplifted
Restricted Area
No unauthorised personnel or vessels
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Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust Inc.
NEWSLETTER
May 2017 VOLUME 66 NO.2
www.pukeiti.org.nz
Progress– the end in sight or
the beginning of the end?
Entrance to the Rainforest Centre nearing completion
After an indifferent summer and
autumn in which 20 of the days at
Pukeiti were wet - and many of the
fine days miserable - and even though
the downpours experienced by many
throughout the country skirted
Pukeiti, the building progress has
been hampered; but the end
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
strongly
associated with the best improvements in
ecological health that we’ve ever seen, but has
also reduced E. coli levels.
Meanwhile, the dairy-farming community is also
investing in improvements to effluent disposal,
switching to land-based systems that leave
waterways out of the equation.
Industry and communities (through district
councils) have also made heavy investments and
long-term commitments over many decades to
eliminate or dramatically reduce
petroleum UST at the former Patea Freezing Works (the ‘site’). The assessment has been carried out to
describe the extent of any petroleum impacts to soil in the vicinity of the former Underground Petroleum Storage
Systems (UPSS), and to provide an assessment of the possible environmental effects of any residual petroleum
hydrocarbons.
The assessment assumes a commercial or industrial land use at the site. The assessment is based on comparison of
reported petroleum hydrocarbon
BIODIVERSITY?
The pressures on biodiversity have taken three forms:
habitat destruction – removing and grazing of
forests, draining wetlands, fragmenting and
degrading remnant ecosystems.
invasive animals and weeds – introduced species
such as possums, rats and old man’s beard that
prey on, or compete with, native species, or degrade
their habitat
hunting – hunting, fishing and gathering.
Certain types of ecosystems such as wetlands,
dunelands and
gauges are showing rain below normal, while
most other locations are close to or above normal. Cape Egmont remains at over 200% of
normal to date and has already received 80% of a typical years rain in 5 months. Note: In
last months rain total maps the values for Taungatara were incorrectly displayed at Glen
Rd. The values for April at Glenn Road were 46/46% and 487/171%.
Table 1: Rainfall for May and the year to date at 27 rain gauge sites in Taranaki.
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Monthly Year to Date