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
levels of concern apart from only a few localised problem sites, the Policy and Planning Committee was told. The Council’s latest monitoring report shows that the vast majority of regularly surveyed wells are well within national thresholds – for example, nitrates at 94% of the 35 monitored wells met the drinking water standards. Where levels are exceeded, they are generally not in wells used for water supply, and in some cases reflect poor well construction or protection methods. Exceedances are
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research has produced maps showing background levels of heavy metals in Taranaki soils. These maps show total soil concentrations (background levels) of chromium, copper, lead, nickel, vanadium and zinc in the Taranaki region. Download the complete Landcare Research report, or view and download individual map/s. Maps of total soil concentrations (background levels) of chromium, copper, lead, nickel, vanadium and zinc in Taranaki. Individual maps Note: These maps do not
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
The Regional Soil Plan addresses soil loss and soil health issues largely by non-regulatory methods, though there are limited rules. The Plan is currently under review. Regional Soil Plan Download the full Plan here. Amendments have been made to the Plan to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 3.3 and 5 of the Plan or email the
The Regional Soil Plan addresses soil loss and soil health issues largely by non-regulatory methods, though there are limited rules. The Plan is currently under review. Regional Soil Plan Download the full Plan here. Amendments have been made to the Plan to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 3.3 and 5 of the Plan or email the
and a 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,
Stand (TSB Stand) is demolished and its replacement is built.” For health and safety reasons, the site itself remains strictly off-limits to the public, even when gates are open to allow access by approved contractors and their vehicles. The East Stand and West Stand (Noel and Melva Yarrow Stand) were both declared earthquake prone in 2017 and 2018, and closed to the public. The West Stand is being repaired and the East Stand is being demolished, with its replacement being designed to allow a wider