an emerging ‘Great
Walk’ set to boost the region’s burgeoning reputation as a visitor destination.
The Council is also confident about its plans to build on recent gains in freshwater quality; to develop its
education programme; and to broaden and deepen its relationship with iwi and hapū.
Financially, the impact of our proposals is relatively minor. The Council is proposing an increase of 3.5 percent in
its general rates take for 2018/2019. In the last three years, the average
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Regional context (questions 3-7, 10-12) ........................................................................................................ 18
Working with iwi (Questions 8 and 9) ............................................................................................................ 22
CME operations (Questions 16-17, 20-21, 28-40) ...................................................................................... 22
Making decisions on priorities (Questions 16,
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Taranaki Regional Council Monthly Rainfall and Environmental
Data Report for August 2024
Note: The data presented here are provisional data only and may change as a result of quality control at a later date.
1. Rainfall
Map 1: August total rainfall (mm) and percentage of long-term mean (colour key).
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Map 1a. Total rainfall 1 January to end August (mm) and percentage of long-term mean (colour key).
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Table 1: Rainfall
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
D H McIntyre
E D Van Der Leden
D N MacLeod ex officio
Representative Mr K Holswich Iwi Representative
Members Ms E Bailey Iwi Representative via Zoom
Attending Messrs M J Nield Director – Corporate Services
G K Bedford Director - Environment Quality
A D McLay Director – Resource Management
D N Harrison Director - Operations
Ms A Matthews Director – Environment Quality
Messrs C McLellan Consents Manager
J Glasgow Senior
communicated via usual channels.
A documentary examining the impact of oil and gas exploration on the region “A
Fracking Tour of Taranaki” was launched in mid-September. Former Director-
Environment Quality Gary Bedford was interviewed.
TRC responded to an interview request regarding reported concerns that iwi are
being improperly consulted regarding resource consent applications.
Talking Taranaki newsletter was published to subscribers and in community papers.
Freshwater-related
Corporate Services
Mr A D McLay Director – Resource Management
Ms A J Matthews Director – Environment Quality
Mr D R Harrison Director – Operations
Mr S Tamarapa Iwi Communications Officer
Miss R S Sweeney Governance Administrator
Mrs J Reader Communications Manager
Mrs R Johnson Finance Manager
Ms K Holland Team Leader Communications
Ms S Preston Communications Advisor
Mr A Cronin Wild for Taranaki
Ms J Larkin
pattern.
On page 22 of the RPTP, Figure 5
[Potential route changes in New
Plymouth] should be replaced with
updated maps showing do-
minimum and preferred route
network options, which identify
locations of transfer hubs.
At the start of the RPTP ‘Strategic
case for change’ chapter (page 20)
a new section should be added to
clearly describe how the network
has evolved away from primarily
coverage to more frequent and
direct services.
Further
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Date 29 August 2023, 9.00am
Venue: Taranaki Regional Council Boardroom, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford
Document: 3201181
Present S W Hughes Chairperson
D M Cram Deputy Chairperson
M J Cloke
M G Davey
D H McIntyre
D L Lean (zoom)
N W Walker ex officio
C L Littlewood ex officio
D Luke Iwi Representative
Attending Mr S J Ruru Chief Executive
Ms A J Matthews Director - Environment
cultural values
regardless of whether or not adverse effects on water quality/ecology can be adequately
mitigated.
Ngāti Mutunga submission and evidence
83. A number of submitters spoke to the impact that this activity has had on the Haehanga Stream
and Mimitangiatua River18.
84. In evidence, Ngāti Mutunga also provided results of some monitoring through the
development of a ‘Mauri Compass’ report19 and reference to certain provisions within the Iwi
Environmental Management Plan.