Maintaining Taranaki’s native biodiversity ensures the continued survival of indigenous plants, animals and ecosystems important to all of New Zealand. Taranaki Taku Tūranga - Towards Predator-Free Taranaki
This new initiative aims to build on current pest-control and biodiversity programmes with the aim of making Taranaki the first predator-free region in New Zealand. Read more about Towards Predator-Free Taranaki What is biodiversity?Biodiversity, or biological diversity, describes the
partners and team about Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, how you are helping and the impact predator control is having on our region.
Buy urban backyard rat trap kits from us at $10 each and distribute to staff, clients or partners to use at home. The kit includes a pet and child-safe wooden trap box, an easy-to-use T-Rex trap, gloves, a letterbox sticker and instruction sheets.
Take responsibility for traps in an assigned space, usually a public park, reserve or walkway. We provide the equipment and
will move to a reduced timetable in coming weeks as drivers and staff become unwell or are required to self-isolate. Ms Hiestand says maintaining accessibility around the region, while keeping communities safe is a top priority for the Regional Council. “To minimise the impact of a reduced timetable as much as possible, we will prioritise services used by school children and frequencies will be reduced outside of peak times. “We are doing our best to maintain community access to essential bus
Here's where you can find out about biodiversity in Taranaki including how the Council helps landowners and the wider community to protect, maintain and restore the region's key native ecosystems.
routes and buses that run more frequently. Getting our fare zones right is an important first step towards that.” New route extensions will be announced over the coming months. The new fare zones will mean small fare decreases for some users, including adults on urban services and anyone travelling from Waitara, Oākura or Bell Block into New Plymouth. South Taranaki travellers are also set to benefit, with a Connector fare from Hāwera to New Plymouth dropping from $9.60 to $5 with a Bee Card. There
Land recontouring and stream diversion require careful management to avoid or mitigate impacts on the environment. Earthworks & control of stormwaterYou need to limit the likelihood of sediment run-off to streams. Minor earthworks are allowed without a resource consent. What you need to ensureYou won't need a resource consent for stormwater run-off from earthworks if: You are working in a small area (less than one hectare).
The volume of disturbed material is less than 3000 cubic metres.
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This page includes kaimoana survey guidelines with template spreadsheets and forms. Coastal structures maintenance - guidance regarding kororā/little blue penguins This leaflet offers guidance on what you should do avoid disturbing or harming little blue penguins, or kororā, when maintaining or altering a structure on the Taranaki coastline. Kororā are particularly vulnerable to disturbance. Coastal structure maintenance guidance for blue penguin (3.3 MB PDF) (single document only) Coastal