functions, duties, and powers of a regional council under the Local
Government Act 1974, the Council has the power to undertake, implement, encourage, or
maintain, any services, works, projects, or facilities that are—
(a) for the recreation or cultural well-being of the residents and ratepayers of the Taranaki
Region; or
(b) for preserving, or encouraging the reasonable enjoyment of, the physical and cultural
heritage of the Taranaki Region.
(2) To avoid any doubt, the Council may, in
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Discussion
4. Attached are the Monthly Financial Reports for July, August, September and October
2022.
5. In the "Financial Indicators Section", for revenue, expenditure and operating
surplus/deficit, for the whole of the Council the actual year to date (YTD) performance
is compared against the YTD budget. A green variance indicates that the variance is
within plus or minus 5% and less
June bucked the trend for more than average monthly rainfall since the start of 2023 with an average of 74.9mm, or just 58% of the typical amount for the month. This ranged from 80% less rainfall at Waitotara at Ngutuwera, and 37% less rainfall at Brooklands Zoo at New Plymouth than a typical June. Year to date rainfall ranges from 5% less rainfall at Uruti at Kaka Rd, and 45% more rainfall at Whanganui at Mataimona Trig, with an average of 16% more than normal. Mean river flows for June were
issues at 10:25am.
7. Public Excluded – Executive, Audit & Risk Committee
In accordance with section 48(1) of the Local Government Official 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 28 March 2022 for the following reason/s:
Item 9 - Public Excluded Minutes – 28 March 2022
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the
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accordance with section 79 of the Act, determines that it does not require further
information, further assessment of options or further analysis of costs and
benefits, or advantages and disadvantages prior to making a decision on this
matter.
Hughes/Cram
5. The Minister for the Environment’s request for information on providing for
vegetable production through regional plans
5.1 Ms L Hawkins, Policy Manager, spoke to the Memorandum informing members of
the new requirement, under
Rat numbers in New Plymouth continue to trend downwards, with a slight year-on-year increase coming as no surprise to experts. Each April since 2018 Towards Predator-Free Taranaki has monitored rodents at 10 sites across New Plymouth city. At each site 10 tracking tunnels are baited with peanut butter and left out for one fine night. In the morning, prints in the ink reveal whether there were rats, mice or other creatures present. This year rats were detected at 17% of tracking tunnels, up
Government Official 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 28 March 2022 for the following reason/s:
Item 12 - Public Excluded Minutes – 14 February 2022
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting
would be likely to result in the disclosure of information where the withholding of the
information is
of the proceedings
of the Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Meeting on Monday 18 October 2021 for
the following reasons:
Item 7 – Public Excluded Minutes – 18 October 2021
That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the
meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information where the
withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making
available of the information would be likely unreasonably to
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Figure 1: Patterns of wind abatement in the vicinity
of shelterbelts of different density (after Carbon 1965)
Introduction
The primary purpose of farm shelter is to
protect livestock, pasture and crops from
the wind. Strong wind causes physiological
stress in plants and animals. Plants'
transpiration increases, desiccating pasture
or cropland and stunting its growth. A
greater proportion of animals' metabolism
is diverted into maintaining body
temperature instead of weight gain.