to visit backyards looking for other food. “If you hear, see or suspect there may be a possum in your backyard or somewhere in urban Oākura then please call 0800 736 222 and report it,” says Max. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki is a region-wide community project, supported by $11.7 million from Predator Free 2050 Ltd. See the video A possum a day in Oākura
Taranaki Regional Council and Dialog Fitzroy have joined forces to launch a bus service for workers travelling between some of the region’s biggest industrial sites. From Monday two new Your Connector coaches will transport Dialog Fitzroy and other industry staff from Bell Block to Kapuni or Fonterra’s Whareroa site each weekday morning, stopping in New Plymouth and other towns along the way. They will return again in the late afternoon. Dialog Fitzroy is financially supporting the service, so
to check them all and until recently she was doing it weekly. She’s just cut back to every two to three weeks, as the catch rate has dropped. Becky hopes that’s a sign the traps are starting to make an impact on predator numbers in the town. “Hopefully it’s helping.” Asked why she does it, the answer is simple: “They are not supposed to be here.” “I don’t like killing things but it’s just one of those things that we have to do,” she says. “If either natives or predators have to die I would rather
network in New Plymouth. We’re initially focusing on two of the biggest predators in urban New Plymouth – rats and possums. And to stop predators killing urban wildlife, one in five households needs a rat trap. New Plymouth residents interested in trapping can sign up to get a trap or attend the urban trapping workshops held regularly around the district. The Taranaki Regional Council can support you with a range of traps and devices, offering subsidised box-tunnel rat traps that are safe around pets
bibliography, are presented at the end of the report. 1.1.3 The Resource Management Act 1991 and monitoring The RMA primarily addresses environmental ‘effects’ which are defined as positive or adverse, temporary or permanent, past, present or future, or cumulative. Effects may arise in relation to: a. the neighbourhood or the wider community around an activity, and may include cultural and social- economic effects; b. physical effects on the locality, including landscape, amenity and visual
Meet the 17 winners of the 2020 Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. Education Business Community Land management Dairy farming Environmental action in education Category sponsor: Contact Ōpunake High School and Ōpunake Loop Trail Trust - for incredible effort and enthusiasm for protecting and improving the local environment and inspiring others to take positive action The High School and the Trust are leading players in a massive environmental restoration project encircling Ōpunake
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Committee meeting standard start time. Resolved That the Taranaki Regional Council: a) received the memorandum Proposed change to Committee meeting time b) agreed to undertake a poll with the following options: 9am, 9.30 or remain at 10am. Cloke/Hughes Executive Audit and Risk - Confirmation of Executive Audit and Risk Committee Minutes - 31 July 2023 6 page Port Taranaki Limited: Statement of Corporate Intent 1 July 2023 – 30 June 2026