Even if the activity you're involved is permitted under the TRC's Plans, you may also need to consider restricted fire seasons or fire bans, or whether a fire permit is needed. See the Fire and Emergency New Zealand website www.checkitsalright.nz(external link) or call 0800 658 628 for information on fire seasons, fire bans, and to obtain a permit if required. Other informationBackyard burning On-farm rubbish disposal Vegetation clearance Solid waste disposal
Even if the activity you're involved is permitted under the TRC's Plans, you may also need to consider restricted fire seasons or fire bans, or whether a fire permit is needed. See the Fire and Emergency New Zealand website www.checkitsalright.nz(external link) or call 0800 658 628 for information on fire seasons, fire bans, and to obtain a permit if required. Other informationBackyard burning On-farm rubbish disposal Vegetation clearance Solid waste disposal
Some of South Taranaki’s Southlink bus services will change next month but coverage will remain the same. A new return service on Thursdays will link Opunake, Kaponga and Manaia with Hāwera. This will replace current services linking Manaia with Hāwera (Tuesdays) and Opunake with Hāwera (Fridays). “The key point for these townships is that from early December onwards, their weekly bus service to Hāwera will run on Thursdays instead of Tuesdays or Fridays,” says Chris Clarke, Transport Services
You are welcome to fly your drone on the Main Lawn at Hollard Gardens. You must understand and comply with all NZ Civil Aviation Authority regulations. Please be courteous to other garden visitors – let anyone nearby know what you’re doing and don’t fly close to or directly over others. See the CAA drone website
You are welcome to fly your drone on the River Flat at Tūpare. You must understand and comply with all NZ Civil Aviation Authority regulations. Please be courteous to other garden visitors – let anyone nearby know what you’re doing and don’t fly close to or directly over others. See the CAA drone website
You are welcome to fly your drone on the Main Lawn at Pukeiti. You must understand and comply with all NZ Civil Aviation Authority regulations. Please be courteous to other garden visitors – let anyone nearby know what you’re doing and don’t fly close to or directly over others. See the CAA drone website.
Free bus services on Saturday (28 November) will allow families to get to New Plymouth’s Christmas parade minus traffic and parking hassles. The free Citylink buses will operate on 10 routes. Go to www.taranakibus.info for timetable details and route maps. “The services cover all New Plymouth suburbs, plus Bell Block, Waitara, Oākura and Omata,” says Chris Clarke, Transport Services Manager for the Taranaki Regional Council which provides Citylink services through its contractor Tranzit
the Waitara and Lower Waiwhakaiho flood control schemes. Central Government regulation includes measures such as the emissions trading regime. The Committee was also told that like others in the MfE’s series of ‘environmental domain reports’, this latest document sets out problems and issues without any reference to whether or how they are being addressed. Thus it may give a misleading impression of what is actually happening in the natural environment. Changes in the windPotentially significant
will soon have a new pest management blueprint after the Policy and Planning Committee today approved the adoption of a Regional Pest Management Plan and a Biosecurity Strategy. The Plan includes enforceable rules covering climbing spindleberry, giant reed, madeira or mignonette vine, moth plant and Senegal tea (eradication species), and brushtail possums, giant buttercup, giant gunnera, gorse, nodding, plumeless and variegated thistle, old man’s beard, wild broom, wild ginger and yellow ragwort
Special bus services on Saturday (1 December) will allow families to get to New Plymouth’s Christmas parade minus traffic and parking hassles. Citylink buses will operate on 10 routes, with gold-coin fares accepted. Go to www.taranakibus.info for timetable details and route maps. “The services cover all New Plymouth suburbs, plus Bell Block, Waitara, Oākura and Omata,” says Chris Clarke, Transport Services Manager for the Taranaki Regional Council which provides Citylink services through its