the length of costly hearings.
I wish to note here that although a very high proportion of
consent applications are processed as ‘non-notified’ this
does not mean that few or no people were involved in these
consent processes. In fact, as in previous years, there was
considerable public involvement in the non-notified processes
through consultation and/or written approvals with hundreds
of affected parties, including iwi and hapu.
There was considerable public
involvement in the
June 2024 by Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) on the
monitoring programme associated with resource consents held by Cheal Petroleum Ltd (the Company). The
Company operates a hydrocarbon production station on Mountain Road at Ngaere, in the Waingongoro
catchment and in the Ngāti Ruanui iwi rohe.
The report includes the results and findings of the monitoring programme implemented by the Council in
respect of the consents held by the Company that relate to abstractions and discharges of
non-notified processes through
consultation and/or written approvals with dozens of
affected parties, including iwi and hapu.
The key outcome of the pre-hearing process
was that eleven potential hearings were
avoided as a result of successful
pre-hearing meetings
Again the Council policy of holding pre-hearing meetings of
submitters to consent applications to reduce the amount of
time taken up with expensive and time consuming hearings
was successful with all eleven applications
The Chairman Mr D N MacLeod, moved a motion that a paper be prepared to go to
the Policy and Planning Committee regarding Māori wards where Iwi representatives
are present for feedback.
Resolved
That the Taranaki Regional Council:
a) prepares a paper to go to the Policy and Planning Committee regarding Māori
representation.
McIntyre/MacLeod
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7. Public Excluded
In accordance with section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act …
testing
monthly site visits from TRC.
6 monthly cultural health monitoring by local iwi with minimum
health requirements in consent as agreed on between Ngāti
Mutunga, TRC and Remediation (NZ) Ltd.
Complete riparian planting across entire site.
You can upload a document containing the conditions you
seek here
NA
Attendance and wish to be heard at consent hearing
I/we wish to be heard in support of my/our submission No
By answering no, you will not be advised of the date of any consent
Coastal Plan for Taranaki and the Proposed Regional Coastal Plan for
Taranaki.
PFOS
Mr G K Bedford, Director-Environment Quality, provided an update to Members on
the Council’s detection of elevated levels of chemicals associated with firefighting foam
(PFAS) found in eels in two South Taranaki streams (Oaonui and Ngapirau). Iwi and
local residents have been notified. The Council’s investigation into PFOS was
undertaken following the discovery (in 2017) of drinking water
Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Regional Coastal Plan for Taranaki (2002)
through maintenance checks. The land
below the soakage pit was to be retired and local iwi were going to plant this area out in trees.
Turangi-C: It was noted that the ends of pipes had been wrapped to prevent and eliminate discharges onto
the ground.
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Urenui-A: The skimmer pits had been emptied to fix a hole in the liner. The water level was below the
discharge pipe and it was unclear if a leak still existed, or whether the pits had not filled up following the
Plan-completed work
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Landscaping Plan
REMEDIATION NZ LTD Page 9
Document No:RU-650-0700-A
Revision No:1.3
Date:7-11-2019
Controller: D Gibson
Riparian planting has been completed in the marked areas. Further planting will be
undertaken to enhance areas that have already been planted.
Preferred Species to be planted
Extract from Ngati Mutunga Iwi Environmental Management Plan
3. Require that riparian restoration uses indigenous species that
schedule 10 of the Local Government Act
2002 requires the Council to set out in its long-term
plan any steps that the Council intends to take to foster
the development of Maori capacity to contribute to the
decision making processes of the Council over the
period covered by the Plan. There are eight recognised
iwi in the region.
To achieve these objectives the Council intends to
undertake the following:
FOUNDATIONS OF A RELATIONSHIP
Act cooperatively and in