Information about using your ID card and using the Total Mobility scheme locally and around the country. Where can my ID swipe card be used? Your ID swipe card can be used for travel anywhere within the Taranaki region where an approved Total Mobility transport provider operates. There is a Stratford-based provider, a Hāwera-based operator, three taxi operators in New Plymouth (covering Waitara and Bell Block) and two New Plymouth-based companion driving services, Driving Miss Daisy and Freedom
New Plymouth businesses are doing their bit to bring birds back to the CBD – and it just might be working. Ask the team at RMY Legal, who have been trapping rats around their Powderham St office for about two years. “Whether now we’re trapping we’re more aware or if we really are encouraging more birds it’s hard to tell but it feels like we’re doing something good,” says associate Rachel Standring. It began when Rachel and registered legal executive colleague Lisa Steffensen heard about Towards
biodiversity losses. Pest Management Plan & Biosecurity StrategyThe Council's pest management activities are guided by the Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki and the TRC Biosecurity Strategy. The Plan is the Council's 'rulebook' that targets specific pests for eradication or sustained control in the region. The Strategy outlines our broader biosecurity goals and actions, covering all pests and harmful organisms, not just those in the Plan. Pest animalsThe Council’s main focus for pest animal
waste, earthworks, river crossings, forestry quarrying, harvesting, mechanical land preparation, replanting, slash traps, dust and fuel storage & refuelling. Form 230: Forestry activities (1.8 MB pdf) (single document only) Form 230: Forestry activities (1.8 MB pdf) Forms 100-120 Form 101: Poultry discharge to land/water/air (1.1 MB pdf) See more forms Form 101: Poultry discharge to land/water/air (1.1 MB pdf) Form 110: Discharge contaminants to water or land (including Coastal Marine Area) (1.1 MB
Oākura locals Clive Saleman and Libby Baker have seen first-hand what a predator-free environment looks like. They visited Ulva Island off Stewart Island to experience the abundant birdlife in 2016. “The forest floor was covered in seedlings and there were birds everywhere. Wood pigeons and New Zealand robins were happily feeding on the path around our feet. Saddlebacks hopped and flitted nearby, and countless bellbirds, kākā and tui were singing all around,” says Clive. “And what helped get it
Annual Plans set out the Council's yearly programmes and budgets, as foreshadowed in the Long-Term Plan immediately preceding them. Annual Plan 2023/2024 Download the full Plan, or see the rating information or the schedules of charges. Annual Plan 2023/2024 (5.2 MB pdf) Annual Plan 2023/2024 (5.2 MB pdf) Schedule of charges Annual Plan 2023 2024 (519 KB PDF) Annual Plan 2022/2023 Download the full Plan, or see the rating information or the schedules of charges. Annual Plan 2022/2023 (3.7 MB
and debris for their littlest residents, following advice given by Halema. She says it's important people don't try and catch or handle lizards. "It's best to create a safe place for them then leave them alone as much as possible." Halema says predator control in the area will play an important role in protecting the skinks, which are susceptible to rats and mice as well as cats. There is a network of traps along the nearby Mangaotuku Stream, a rat trap in the garden itself and several neighbours
secretary), Wild for Taranaki and are regular volunteers at Rotokare Scenic Reserve Trust. In fact, that’s where it all began about seven or eight years ago. “Anne came home and said she’d seen on the internet there were rats at Rotokare and all hands were needed. So she told me to take the motorhome and go down and help out.” The now-retired plumber, who admits he’s “got to be doing things”, did what he was told. That’s where he met Chauncy Ardell from Towards Predator-Free Taranaki who helped Tony set
and by industry and communities eliminating waste discharges to waterways, or significantly reducing their impact. We’re talking about millions of dollars and thousands of hours of work. And in the case of farmers, it’s been voluntary. But there’s more work ahead of us. The Government is taking a fresh approach to freshwater management, and new requirements have started to emerge. Those of you involved in activities that may affect rivers and streams should already be aware that new regulations