finds no fundamental areas for concern about the new regulations but identifies practical issues that may arise in their implementation, and raise some questions about enforcement. It also says that continuing engagement with regional councils and port companies will be important. And it expresses concern that the draft regulations make no reference to cultural impacts or recognition of the cultural and spiritual significance of the marine environment. It says cultural impact assessments have proven
update on Health and Safety.
3.2 Councillor SW Hughes requested data be presented to the Executive Audit and Risk
Committee pertaining to how many staff currently have three or more weeks annual
leave.
Resolved
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) received the March 2023 health and safety report.
Walker/Hughes
Quarterly Operational Report – March 2023
4.1 Mr M J Nield, Director – Corporate Services, spoke to the memorandum to provide
the members with an update
Woodleigh Ltd - for environmental stewardship and the protection of wetlands and other important native habitat. The presence of matuku, or Australasian bittern, and other endangered species convinced Bruce Middleton to make the environment a priority when he converted his 227-hectare Waverley farm from drystock to dairying. The family has protected an extensive wetland on the property with 15 kilometres of fencing and 5,400 native plants, with more plants to come. The wetlands are transforming before
water quality and soil erosion bring proven land-management benefits and allow the best long-term use to be made of the land Fencing and planting waterways, for example, reduces stock losses by drowning or to water-borne disease, as well as improving a property’s aesthetic and biodiversity values. And actively managing a hill country property to prevent soil erosion means making the best and most productive use of its soil types, thus increasing profitability and sustainability. Then there is the
