community conversation from September to October 2023 and produced a consultation document which contained options informed by feedback gathered from earlier conversations with iwi and the community. This document is below and provides a wealth of background information about the Waitara Catchment FMU. Waitara Catchment Consultation DocumentThe Council's next community consultation will be asking for your views on specific limits and targets across the six FMUs. This will be key as it will define the
Appendix 10C: Ngāti Tama (364 KB pdf) Appendix 10D: Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi (294 KB pdf) Appendix 10E: Ngāti Mutunga (421 KB pdf) Appendix 10F: Taranaki iwi (548 KB pdf) Referenced documents (119 KB pdf) Appendix 10G: Ngāruahine (440 KB pdf) Appendix 10H: Te Atiawa (189 KB pdf) Appendix 9: Smoke from burning vegitation (72 KB pdf) Rules of the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki Introduction and explanation of the regional rules updated Oct 2023 (512 KB pdf) See and download the Plan rules Introduction
Appendix 10C: Ngāti Tama (364 KB pdf) Appendix 10D: Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi (294 KB pdf) Appendix 10E: Ngāti Mutunga (421 KB pdf) Appendix 10F: Taranaki iwi (548 KB pdf) Referenced documents (119 KB pdf) Appendix 10G: Ngāruahine (440 KB pdf) Appendix 10H: Te Atiawa (189 KB pdf) Appendix 9: Smoke from burning vegitation (72 KB pdf) Rules of the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki Introduction and explanation of the regional rules updated Oct 2023 (512 KB pdf) See and download the Plan rules Introduction
Appendix 10C: Ngāti Tama (364 KB pdf) Appendix 10D: Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi (294 KB pdf) Appendix 10E: Ngāti Mutunga (421 KB pdf) Appendix 10F: Taranaki iwi (548 KB pdf) Referenced documents (119 KB pdf) Appendix 10G: Ngāruahine (440 KB pdf) Appendix 10H: Te Atiawa (189 KB pdf) Appendix 9: Smoke from burning vegitation (72 KB pdf) Rules of the Regional Air Quality Plan for Taranaki Introduction and explanation of the regional rules updated Oct 2023 (512 KB pdf) See and download the Plan rules Introduction
Items of interest from this week's meetings of the Council's two key committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: Iwi's new waterway assessments welcomedAn iwi assessment of two North Taranaki waterways gives the Council a useful opportunity to engage and learn more about the Māori environmental perspective, the Consents & Regulatory Committee was told. This is of vital importance because the Government’s new freshwater requirements oblige the Council to ‘consider and recognise’ Te
Regulatory Committee - Confirmation of Operations and Regulatory Minutes - 29 April 2025
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Date: 29 April 2025
Venue: Taranaki Regional Council Boardroom, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford
Document: TRCID-1492626864-638
Present: S W Hughes Chair
M J Cloke
D M Cram
B J Bigham
D M McIntyre
D L Lean (zoom)
C L Littlewood (zoom)
C S Williamson ex officio
N W Walker ex officio
R Buttimore Iwi Representative
D Luke Iwi Representative
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Items of interest from today's meeting of the Taranaki Regional Council Policy and Planning Committee: Iwi testing the waters
Council officers are providing a number of iwi and hapū in the region with training and advice to allow them to monitor the health of waterways using a ‘Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit’ (SHMAK) developed by NIWA, the Committee was told. An initial approach for assistance came from the region’s southernmost iwi, Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi, and others have since
records. Details of about 800 sites have been compiled and officers are now working with individual iwi and hapū on changes and modifications. They’re also working with the region’s three district councils. Tangata whenua participation is crucial to the project, the Committee was told, and this work will not be rushed. The Council will take a flexible and supportive approach, recognising that iwi and hapū may need to devote their time and resources to other issues as well. The exercise is part of the
Freshwater Plan has already included extensive consultation with stakeholders and the community, with further investigations under way. A proposed new Plan is yet to be finalised and formally notified. Iwi input soughtThe Council will consult iwi authorities over new Government requirements for freshwater monitoring to incorporate mātauranga Māori, or traditional Māori knowledge, the Policy and Planning Committee was told. An internal Council report has identified themes and indicators common to both
wide-ranging regional investigation into any such contamination. The two streams are relatively inaccessible. Iwi and local residents have been notified. The potential long-term effects of these chemicals on human health and the environment are unclear and the subject of ongoing research at central government and international levels. The chemicals are from a category known as PFAS, which have been used as constituents of firefighting foam. They are also widely used in or on everyday items such as