page 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
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
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
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
page You are welcome to fly your drone on the River Flat at Tūpare. You must understand and comply with all NZ Civil Aviation Authority regulations. Please be courteous to other garden visitors – let anyone nearby know what you’re doing and don’t fly close to or directly over others. See the CAA drone website www.flyyourdrone.nz Drones at Tūpare You are welcome to fly your drone on the Main Lawn at Hollard Gardens. You must understand and comply with all NZ
page You are welcome to fly your drone on the River Flat at Tūpare. You must understand and comply with all NZ Civil Aviation Authority regulations. Please be courteous to other garden visitors – let anyone nearby know what you’re doing and don’t fly close to or directly over others. See the CAA drone website www.flyyourdrone.nz Drones at Tūpare You are welcome to fly your drone on the Main Lawn at Hollard Gardens. You must understand and comply with all NZ
page You are welcome to fly your drone on the River Flat at Tūpare. You must understand and comply with all NZ Civil Aviation Authority regulations. Please be courteous to other garden visitors – let anyone nearby know what you’re doing and don’t fly close to or directly over others. See the CAA drone website www.flyyourdrone.nz Drones at Tūpare You are welcome to fly your drone on the Main Lawn at Hollard Gardens. You must understand and comply with all NZ
KA-9 wellsite, 83 Lower Duthie Road, Kapuni Application Purpose: Replace To discharge contaminants to air from hydrocarbon exploration at the KA-9 wellsite, including combustion involving flaring or incineration of petroleum recovered from natural deposits, in association with well development or redevelopment and testing or enhancement of well production flows R2/10383-1.0 Commencement Date: 22 Nov 2017 Todd Petroleum Mining Company Limited Expiry
are listed and when the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) has approved the introduction, the species are imported to containment facilities where they are tested on the weed, related plants, similar unrelated plants, native plants and economically important plants, before a final decision to release or not, is made. Some biological control agents are self introduced to New Zealand. For example, blackberry rust is thought to
and contain kainga (villages), pā (fortified villages), pūkawa (reefs) for the gathering of mātaitai (seafood), tauranga waka or awa waka (boat channels), tauranga ika (fishing grounds) and mouri kōhatu (stone imbued with spiritual significance). The importance of these areas reinforces the Taranaki Iwi tribal identity and provides a continuous connection between those Taranaki Iwi ancestors that occupied and utilised these areas. Prior to the proclamation and enforcement of