Please note the changes to Southlink services over the Christmas-New year fortnight: Ōpunake-Hāwera: No service on Thursday 26 December or Thursday 2 January, A one-off service runs on Tuesday 31 December (usual timetable). Waverley-Hāwera: No service on Thursday 26 December or Thursday 2 January. Normal services will run on Tuesday 24 December and Tuesday 31 December. Ōpunake-New Plymouth: No change to timetabled services. All regular timetabless resume from Tuesday 7 January 2020. Regular
of Taranaki Mounga Project, large-scale projects which are scaling up predator control. The work is also feeding into the region-wide biodiversity plan, Restore Taranaki, overseen by Wild for Taranaki. “It’s all working towards the same thing – having more native birds, wildlife and plants, intertwined within our daily lives. It’s pretty cool,” he says. It’s just a matter of time before more residents wake up to the beauty he experiences on a daily basis. To start or expand trapping in your
Visitors to Pukeiti wanting a light meal or a snack have a treat in store this season. Stop press: Café remaining open until 31 May
The Founders Café season has been extended and the cafe will remain open until the end of May, with a cosy new autumn menu. A new-look Founders Café opened early in September 2017, allowing patrons an early look at the Rainforest Centre that officially opened later in September. Colourful modern décor is a feature of the new eatery, which seats 60 inside and
planting, connecting our riparian corridors, so that we’re not only providing shelter belts for our stock as the planting grows but we’re also helping create safe and healthy habitats for native wildlife like lizards, skinks, wētā, and birdlife,” Donna says. “Private land owners have a part to play in restoring Taranaki but we also need to be profitable. I think we can do both. Maybe one day we will be able to claim carbon credits from a portion of the 10,000 or more plants we have planted. “Farmers are
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if not eliminated entirely – and then makes sure that this happens. So as the project proceeds, the number and severity of risks will reduce. “And importantly, the risk register also allows Councillors to closely monitor progress and to satisfy ourselves that all appropriate measures are or will be put in place.” The register covers risks ranging from the technical suitability and effectiveness of the detailed repair plans and the availability of the expertise and equipment needed to implement
Taranaki Regional Council which administers the Total Mobility scheme. The previous Hāwera operator, Energy City Cabs, was unable to offer a wheelchair option. South Taranaki Passenger Services Inc takes over in early February after Energy City Cabs withdraws from the town to focus on its operations in North Taranaki, where it will continue to offer the Total Mobility service. “Energy City Cabs has provided an excellent Total Mobility service in Hāwera since 2014 and we’ll continue working closely with
The dryer than normal year continued last month with an average of 41% less rain than usual in Taranaki. The average rainfall total for the month was 104.5mm and there was 62% less rain at Kotare at OSullivans, and 12% less at Kaupokonui at Glenn Rd. Year-to-date rainfall is lowest at Waitotara at Hawken Rd with 43% less rainfall than usual and on average there has been 19% less than normal across all rain gauges. Mean river flows for May were 40.8% lower than typical values, low flows were
Predator-Free Taranaki Project Manager Toby Shanley says. Taranaki Mounga Project have led an intensive rat trapping program in a 1000 hectare block on the north eastern side of Mount Taranaki below North Egmont, with 2160 self-resetting A24 gas powered traps, creating a safe environment for Robin to survive and breed. Almost 100 robin have now been released in this safe area through 2017 and 2018. “The sighting at Pukeiti, around 15 kilometres away, shows that with predator control robins are breeding and
To help protect our passengers and drivers and to slow the potential spread of COVID-19 the levels of cleaning and hygiene have been increased on our services. Passengers are asked to: avoid close contact with others as much as possible
cover coughs and sneezes with disposable tissues or cough/sneeze into your elbow
dispose of used tissues appropriately
use the hand sanitiser that is provided
avoid using public transport if you are feeling unwell.
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