from each
of the subcommittees and a representative from the
TRC, all with a three-year term.
2 pm: Gordon Bailey is the speaker and will address
the meeting on re-establishing the overseas connections.
Please note the Rainforest Eatery will be open Wednesday
to Sunday, from 10am to 4pm: Ph 067524143
Members’ Garden Visits
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Please bring the usual personal items such as rain
jacket, umbrella etc, a picnic lunch, nibbles to share
and drink of
climate, with abundant rainfall and high sunshine hours, makes the region lush, green
and fertile.
Rainfall
Annual rainfall varies throughout the region. Some coastal areas receive less than 1,400 mm annually, while
the summit of Mount Taranaki receives around 7,500 mm.
Heavy rainfall events do occur and there can be extremes. In 2012 heavy rain caused a number of slips on
the coastal road around Mount Taranaki, including a large slip at Oākura that covered the road, burying a
Taranaki Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Plan 2018-2023
Operations and Regulatory Committee Agenda April 2025
Remediation New Zealand Ltd Uruti Composting Facility Annual Report 2022-2023
natural form and character, mahinga kai, fishing,
irrigation and food production, animal drinking water, wāhi tapu, water supply, commercial and
industrial use, hydro-electric power generation, transport and tauranga waka. Attributes for these
values are categorised into four states, A, B, C or D, reflecting different levels from A-excellent to D-
unacceptable. D is the attribute that falls below the national bottom line and the NPS-FM requires
that the freshwater management unit is
one inspection, a review of water
abstraction data and water level monitoring data, three water samples collected for physicochemical
analysis, two biomonitoring surveys of receiving waters and various stream gaugings.
The monitoring indicated that the operation of the sluicing of the weir has improved, with flows not falling
below 151L/s at any point in the 2023/24 year.
For reference, in the 2023/24 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council, held in the
Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47
Cloten Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 1
October 2019 at 10.30am
Present Councillors D N MacLeod (Chairperson)
D L Lean (Deputy Chairperson)
M J Cloke
M G Davey
M P Joyce
C L Littlewood
M J McDonald
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Attending Messrs B G Chamberlain (Chief Executive)
M J Nield (Director -
sampled on 3 May 2017 31
Table 7 Chemical analysis of the Puremu Stream, sampled on 23 May 2017 33
Table 8 Results of metal analysis undertaken on 3 May 2017 34
Table 9 Results of metal analysis undertaken on 23 May 2017 35
Table 10 Results of rain event monitoring – discharge and Puremu Stream samples, 23 August 2016 37
Table 11 Results of rain event monitoring - Manganaha Stream, 23 August 2016 38
Table 12 Biomonitoring sites in the Puremu and Manganaha Streams related to the
of the production station and the wellsites were undertaken on the same day and were found to
be in full compliance with the consent conditions. The production stormwater system was noted to be
managing the stormwater well in light of heavy rain the night before. No hydrocarbon sheens were
observed on the skimmer pits, and there was no smoke or odour from the pilot flare. The well sites were
observed to be tidy and in good order. Stormwater discharges were well managed at the time and there