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
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M J McDonald
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N W Walker
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Attending Messrs S J Ruru Chief Executive
M J Nield Director – Corporate Services
D R Harrison Director – Operations
G K Bedford Director – Environment Quality
A D McLay Director – Resource Management
S Tamarapa Iwi Communications Officer
C Spurdle Planning Manager
P Ledingham Communications Adviser
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Issue: Recognising and providing for the relationship of Tangata Whenua
and iwi and hapu of Taranaki and their culture tapu and traditions with
their water, sites, wāhi tapu and other taonga
high value regional
projects
Review of existing information
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2016 Regional Biodiversity Forum
‘Taranaki Biodiversity Priority
Forum Discussion Report’ -
University of Waikato
Workshop to create shortlist
Priority 6. Collect baseline data
• Naturally & by members
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What we would do differently?
• Begin earlier
• Journey
• Co-ordinator
• Securing funding
• Involve iwi
What have we achieved?
• On the ground – we are the
high value regional
projects
Review of existing information
Map
2016 Regional Biodiversity Forum
‘Taranaki Biodiversity Priority
Forum Discussion Report’ -
University of Waikato
Workshop to create shortlist
Priority 6. Collect baseline data
• Naturally & by members
page
What we would do differently?
• Begin earlier
• Journey
• Co-ordinator
• Securing funding
• Involve iwi
What have we achieved?
• On the ground – we are the
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CO AS TAL P L AN F O R TARANAK I S chedu le 5 – H i s t o r i c he r i t age
Schedule 5B – Sites of significance to Māori and associated values
This schedule identifies known sites with special cultural, spiritual, historical and traditional associations located within the CMA. The Taranaki Regional Council is committed to working
with iwi o Taranaki to identify all culturally significant sites that are located within the CMA. Site locations are
Report January 2024 rainfall maps What you should know: The site maps show data from a selection of the sites we monitor, but not all of them. The distribution maps are based on mathematical modelling and may not accurately represent actual rainfall in some unmonitored areas. Click on each map for larger version. MONITORED SITES RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION Related links Monthly rainfall norms Current monitoring data
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
to property boundaries.
Describe the site, including aquatic ecology, species present, streambed
substrate, wildlife habitats (wetland), etc. Please include photos.
You can use the mapping system on our website (www.trc.govt.nz keywords
‘local maps’). The maps include property boundary and contour layers. You can
search by property, view and print topographic maps and aerial photographs.
Natural Inland Wetland – is there a wetland present?
(state where
Twitter page is also under way, as well as other potential channels.
Top Facebook posts – 5 December 2022 to 26 January 2023 Reach Engagement
1 We think this project is so cool! High-tech aerial laser surveys
of the whole region have now been completed so exact 3-D
maps of the surface can be created. This will help keep a
check on natural hazards, manage the environment and track
changes to our coastline and rivers and much more…
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