public do? While NPDC works on bringing the dam up to regulation, it is recommended that residents in affected properties prepare a flood response plan for their family or staff members if a flood alert is raised, so that they know what to do in an emergency. Helpful information is available online here: getready.govt.nz/prepared(external link). All members of the public should also not approach the dam during periods of heavy rain and be careful downstream of the dam.
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consent. The site has not been used in recent years. The discharge site is approximately 120m long and 25m wide, and is shown in Figure 1. Pātea Beach is an elevated site which for most of the year is dry. Rain that does fall on the site drains away at a very rapid rate. The site does not suffer from flooding from rain or tidal action, due to its elevation. 1 The Council has used these compliance grading criteria for more
page Provisional data onlyRegional Council Taranaki Total rainfall (mm)to date xxx yy% KEY % of average ‘year to date’ rainfall xxx yy % NEW PLYMOUTH H WERAĀ ELTHAM Kaka Rd P teaā K tareō Motunui Brooklands Inglewood Pohokura SaddleNorth Egmont Stratford Huinga Cape Egmont Dawson Falls Upper Glenn Rd Whareroa Rimunui Jan-Dec 2220 Rainfall 11 %22,409 1 %242,747 1 %271,999 1 %221,931 1 %222,846 1 72 %2,504 1
owns the venue through the Taranaki Stadium Trust, said contractors had pulled out all the stops to get the roof done and dusted but the winter weather has meant the construction crew had been unable to complete this part of the project safely. “The team has worked very hard to get the roof installed in time for this season’s games but unfortunately the weather has not played ball. The project team had allowed for 25 rain days in the programme and the number of rain delay days to the project has
page Doc. No: 2835178 TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL MONTHLY RAINFALL AND RIVER REPORT FOR July 2021 Provisional Data Only Note: some sites record a number of parameters Table 1: Rainfall at 27 sites throughout the region Station Sub-region Monthly Year to Date Records Began Number of rain days (>0.5mm) Total Monthly Rainfall (mm) % of Monthly Normal (%) Total to date (mm) % of Normal for year to date % of average full calendar year Nth Egmont
amend the current consent. The site has not been used in recent years. The discharge site is approximately 120m long and 25m wide, and is shown in Figure 1. Pātea Beach is an elevated site which for most of the year is dry. Rain that does fall on the site drains away at a very rapid rate. The site does not suffer from flooding from rain or tidal action, due to its elevation. 1 The Council has used these compliance grading
2015 with 15.192m recorded as stage height at Riminui station, in the middle of the Waitotara catchment. This compared with 13.5m at the same site recorded in 2004 and 10.8 in July 2006.This was the highest water level recorded since the site was installed in 1993. Riminui recorded a total rainfall of 307.5mm (226% of normal) for the month of June, with 174 mm of that total falling over the 19-20 June period. Despite the high levels of rain and river flow, the peak flood levels in the
Autumn arrived in Taranaki in March with an average air tempeature of 14.5°C - 1.7°C cooler than normal. The highest temperature was 25.7°C at Inglewood at Oxidation Ponds. There was an average of 95.9mm rainfall – 14% less than usual – although there were some big downpours on te Maunga with 374.5mm at the North Egmont Visitors Centre and 351mm at Dawson Falls. There was 41% less rain at Brooklands Zoo at New Plymouth and 33% more at Kotare at OSullivans. Mean river flows for March were 38.7%
flank, causing fires in the native bush which swept 3km northwards across the western slopes of the Pouakai Range (Druce, 1970, cited in Neall, 2003). 150 years later a pumice lapilli fall and pyroclastic flows covered Maori villages, inferred from the discovery of Maori ovens (umu) beneath the deposits. In 1755 A.D. small hot avalanches occurred from eruptions at Taranaki. Recent evidence from Platz (2007) suggests that the most recent eruption was between 1839 and 1866 A.D., and potentially in