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TARANAKI
Term 3 JULY 2018
Regional Council
Taranaki
Taranaki Enviroschools is proudly supported by
Kia ora koutou
Nau mai haere mai ki te Makariri. It's been a quick change
into the thermals and jackets with frosts, rain and slightly
chillier nights. Those lovely sunny days really do give us a
beau�ful view of our majes�c mounga. I know I enjoy the
nights in front of the fire knowing that our gardens are
bedding down ready to spring up and surprise us all in a
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Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of the
Taranaki Regional Council, held
Taranaki Regional Council Chambers, 47
Cloten Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 15
May 2018 at 10.30am.
Present Councillors D N MacLeod (Chairperson)
M J Cloke
M G Davey
M P Joyce
D L Lean (Deputy Chairperson)
C L Littlewood
M J McDonald
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
N W Walker
C S Williamson
Attending
Environmental hotline 0800 736 222
Regional gardens regional.gardens@trc.govt.nz
Greg Rine Phone: (06) 765 7127
Mobile: 027 240 2470
Andrew Brooker Phone: (06) 765 7127
or Phone (06) 752 4141
Mobile 0210 264 4060
TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL www.trc.govt.nz
www.pukeiti.org.nz
is worth a look!
Please mark
these dates on
your calendar 2018
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M E E T I N G S
SAT U R DAY M A RC H 0 3
Autumn Members’ Day
Pukeiti, Rata Room in the Rain Forest
Pavilion for the meeting
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a worrying time for many right now as case
numbers grow. Please, take care of each
other and reach out for help if you need it.
I’m confident the Council is well-prepared
and has plans in place to ensure the
continuation of essential services, while
keeping our staff and the community safe.
Finally, I’d like to acknowledge those
affected by the recent heavy rain and
Cyclone Dovi
identified for total phosphorus are presented in Figure 3. For four lakes (Lake Rotokawau
(NHC), Barret Lagoon (VRP), Lake Kaikura (CT) and Lake Herengawe (CT)), band C applies, while two lakes
(Lake Rotokare (SHC) and Lake Waikare (SHC)) fall within band D.
Figure 3: Draft baseline states identified for total phosphorus at six regionally representative Taranaki lakes
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Technical Memorandum | Draft Baseline State for Taranaki Lakes (Trophic State)
values are not readily obtainable are not recognised. For an asset to be sold, the asset is impaired if the market price for an equivalent asset falls below its carrying amount. For an asset to be used by the Trust, the asset is impaired if the value to the Trust in using the asset falls below the carrying amount of the asset.
Work in progress is recorded at cost. Cost includes expenditure which is directly attributable to the acquisition of an asset. Capital work in progress is not
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CONCEPT SHEET 6
Water quantity and allocation
Taranaki gets a lot of rain and it’s difficult to imagine the
region ever running out of water.
However, there is growing demand for water from large-scale
petrochemical, dairy and meat processing operations, as well
as from agriculture for pasture irrigation. So we must pay
careful attention to how water is allocated, particularly during
drier periods and droughts, when water
upstream and downstream of the WWTP
discharge, which was also sampled.
The Esk Road septic wastes unloading facility was also inspected. This area was found to be in a satisfactory
condition with no odour or unauthorised waste disposal issues noted.
28 November 2016
An inspection was conducted in overcast, showery weather with a westerly wind. The monthly rainfall was
287 mm rain as recorded at the Stratford TRC weather station.
The step screen was operating and wastes were fully
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establishment of vegetation, were stripped in heavy weather
in September 2015 (Figure 5).
Since this date, numerous attempts had been undertaken to re-establish the vegetation, however wind and
rain erosion had hindered the progress.
Figures 6 and 7 denote the follow up re-sown grass which was undertaken in May 2016. The re-sown grass
was blown out through wind and rain erosion throughout the 2016 winter. In February of 2017, the site was
revisited. The site management had undertaken additional