Find out more about the winner of the award, Malcolm and Lorraine Campbell, and the highly commended, Nigel and Raewyn Chapman – NRGE Farms Ltd and Kieren and Ngaire Faull. This award is proudly sponsored by Fonterra Winner
Malcom and Lorraine Campbell - Araheke Farm
For leadership and excellence in environmental stewardship, sustainable farming and land use practices Malcolm and Lorraine Campbell have been at the forefront of stream restoration and creating habitat for biodiversity for the
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Here are the details about the seven winners and five highly commended awardees in the 2024 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Environmental action in educationCategory sponsor: Contact Matapu Preschool - for empowering tamariki to take action to protect and restore the environment. Tamariki at Matapu Preschool in South Taranaki learn about kaitiakitanga (guardianship) through a ngahere (forest) bush corridor they have created and care for. The ngahere helps them understand
anyone sees or hears signs of a possum in urban or rural Oākura, they should report it, helping the trial to wipe-out possums in the area: 0800 736 222 or report online: https://bit.ly/2oPGKvr “I’ve heard of some pretty unusual bait flavours being tried by residents – avocado, parmesan cheese, pineapple lumps and macadamia butter, but the trick is to mix it up and find out what rats at your place like best, everyone is different.” Samuel ran the investigation at Oākura school’s Environment Centre
Find out more about the winner of the award, Uruti School, and the highly commended, Stratford Primary School and Tree Machine. This award is proudly sponsored by Contact Energy Winner
Uruti School
For empowering tamariki to take action to protect and restore the environment Uruti School has been instrumental in providing environmental learning opportunities for its tamariki including predator trapping, planting trees, caring for the Uruti awa, investigating freshwater quality and implementing
through the township. However, Toby Shanley, ecologist and Towards Predator-Free Taranaki Project Manager, says even if rats are abundant, traps needs to be in the right spot to catch them. “Rats like to stay under cover and may be hanging around food or water sources. Good places for your rat trap are against a wall where rats might run along, next to your woodpile, compost, recycling, or under vegetation," Mr Shanely says. “Coming into spring we are likely to see more rats so try shifting your trap
species are currently threatened or at risk of extinction. However, Towards Predator-Free Taranaki is helping the region’s community remove introduced predators from urban, rural and conservation land to help restore biodiversity. “In the long run our effort will be good for my grandkids and their kids but we all have to do our bit because if we all do nothing – and it's easy to do nothing – nothing will get done, ” says Steve. Steve has been a member of the Mangorei Rd club for more than 30 years and
Monitored consent holders include Taranaki's major industries, as well as smaller operations. The latter are typically grouped by activity class or by location. Ample Group Ltd The Ample Group Ltd (formerly Gold International Meat Processors and Taranaki Abattoirs Ltd) abattoir and rendering plant on Mountain Rd, Stratford, has six resource consents allowing the company to take and use water, discharge effluent and stormwater into the Kahouri Stream, discharge wastewater and degenerating
A willingness to help his Pā has seen Ngā Māhanga hapū member take on a fun role of Pā pest protector. For the last four months Ray MacDonald (Rangitane, Taranaki Iwi and Te Atiawa) and his daughter Waimirirangi have been regularly monitoring eight rat traps along Matanehunehu Stream next to Puniho Pā in Warea on Highway 45. “We love spending time at the Pā and thought why not help the Towards Predator-Free Taranaki cause while we’re out there,” says Ray. “We went to our Trustees Hui to see if
View information about Taranaki on our LocalMaps, which replaces the former mapping portal, Regional Xplorer. LocalMaps show various categories of property information, land use and natural features on photograph-based or topographical maps. The TRC also has environmental data maps showing real-time feeds of monitoring data including rainfall, wind, air temperature, river levels and soil moisture. LocalMapsUse LocalMaps to find information on various categories including property information,