landowners, consultants and territorial authorities.
The role encompasses effective engagement with iwi and hapū, the local community and a wide
range of internal and external stakeholders to provide sound technical advice on drainage,
flooding, river control and river-related erosion as well as river-related structures, to ensure
effective implementation of regional and national policies and regulations. Effectively
communicating river-related technical advice to a range of audiences is a key
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Date 23 November 2021, 9.30am
Venue: Taranaki Regional Council Boardroom, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford)
Document: 2920197
Members Councillors D L Lean Committee Chairperson
C S Williamson Zoom
M J Cloke Zoom
M G Davey
C L Littlewood
D H McIntyre
E D Van Der Leden
D N MacLeod ex officio
Representative Mr K Holswich Iwi Representative Zoom
Members Mr M Ritai Iwi Representative Zoom
Attending Mr S J Ruru Chief
reporting process differ year on year? 7
Data limitations 7
CME under the Resource Management Act New Zealand 7
PART 2 - ANALYSIS
Regional Context 8
Working with Iwi 9
CME Operations (managing the workload) 10
Registering notifications 10
Complaints received 11
Complaints responded to & attended 11
Confirmed breaches 14
Monitoring resource consents 15
Compliance gradings 17
Compliance assessment 17
Monitoring permitted activities 22
N W Walker ex officio
Ā White Iwi Representative
R Buttimore Iwi Representative
P Muir Federated Farmers
D H McIntyre (Joined meeting at 10.02am)
Attending: S J Ruru Chief Executive (joined meeting at 9.40am)
A J Matthews Director - Environment Quality
A D McLay Director – Resource Management
L Millar Manager – Resource Consents
T McElroy Manager – Science and Technology
A Collins Scientist – Water Quality
V McKay Manager – Environmental Assurance
that there may be other chances for Transport Choices funding and Public
Transport opportunities.
• Inflation has had a large impact, with cut backs in place to ensure rate payers are
not having to pay extra. Low cost low risk programmes have been deferred.
• The coastal walkway extension has had all Iwi informed with handover to follow
soon.
• An incident occurred involving a tree falling in Ōakura, resulted in NPDC being
found liable for the damage due to the tree’s position and
work
beginning immediately, including a review of the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater
(NES-F). The process is expected to take between 18 and 24 months and will include a full consultation
process with all stakeholders including iwi and the community. To date there has been limited detail
from the government indicating the level of change expected beyond such indications as ‘… is
committed to improving freshwater quality for the benefit of all New Zealanders by
Tamarongo and
the hapū of Ōpunakē. Diane passed away in the last week. She was a stalwart for Iwi and hapū issues
and a familiar face in local government engagement. Nō reira e te rangatira, haere, haere atū rā.
Applications
We refer to the Applications for Resource Consent received on 30 May 2018 and being: 1795-5.0;
1796-4.0; 1797-4.0; 5581-2.0; 4744-3.0; 4563-3.0; 5692-2.0; 10826-1.0 (“the Applications ”) by Ōpunakē
Power
Regulatory Committee 23 July 2024
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Date: 23 July 2024
Venue: Taranaki Regional Council Boardroom, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford
Document: 3292496
Present: S W Hughes Chair
M J Cloke
M G Davey
D H McIntyre (joined meeting at 9.04am)
C L Littlewood ex officio
N W Walker ex officio
B J Bigham (zoom)
D L Lean (zoom joined at 9.16am)
D Luke Iwi Representative
Ā White Iwi Representative
P Muir Federated Farmers
Attending:
Confirmation of Minutes
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Date 26 April 2022, 9.30am
Venue: Taranaki Regional Council Boardroom, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford
Document: 3041366
Members Councillor D L Lean Chair
Councillor M J Cloke zoom
Councillor M G Davey
Councillor C L Littlewood
Councillor M P Joyce
Councillor D H McIntyre
Councillor C S Williamson zoom
Councillor E D Van Der Leden
Representative
Members Mr K Holswich Iwi Representative zoom
Mr
Councillor M J McDonald
Councillor D H McIntyre
Councillor C S Williamson zoom
Councillor E D Van Der Leden
Councillor M P Joyce ex officio
Representative
Members Councillor S Hitchcock New Plymouth District Council
zoom first 15 minutes
Councillor C Young South Taranaki District Council
Ms B Bigham Iwi Representative zoom
Ms L Tester Iwi Representative
Attending Mr S J Ruru Chief Executive
Mr A D McLay Director - Resource Management
Ms A J Matthews