Sections 15(1)(b) and (d) of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) stipulate that no
person may discharge any contaminant onto land if it may then enter water, or from
any industrial or trade premises onto land under any circumstances, unless the
activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent , a rule in a regional plan, or
by national regulations.
The discharge of contaminants to groundwater by deepwell injection or water
flooding falls under Rule 51 of the RFWP. The application may
Policy and Planning Agenda June 2025 Web v2
1 and Table 2, de Winton et al., 2022). Under the NPS-FM, Lake Kaikura achieved band B for
both the Native Condition Index and the Invasive Impact Index, reflecting the lake’s moderate level of
native plant cover and low level of invasive plant impact. Both lakes Mangawhio and Rotokare fell within
band C for both NOF attributes.
Lake Kaikura had a LakeSPI Index of 66%, falling into the ‘High’ category for lake ecological condition.
This result reflected the dominance of
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STRATFORD
WAITARA
Provisional data only
PATEA
NEW PLYMOUTH
OPUNAKE
ELTHAM
MANAIA
HAWERA
EGMONT
NATIONAL
PARK
Total monthly rainfall (mm)
KEY
xxx yy%
INGLEWOOD
Pohokura
Saddle
Dawson Falls
Cape Egmont
Stratford
Whareroa
Patea
North Egmont
Inglewood
Motunui
Brooklands
Kaka Rd
Kotare
Rimunui
Glenn Rd
Huinga
19%
55%
78%
97%
57%
84%53%
97%
87%
84%
48%
93%
27
24
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The Council’s expectation is that the consent holder ensures there is a safe access during heavy rain for Council staff
to sample each discharge at all reasonable times
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Hamilton Gardens. A trained horticulturist,
she has a good knowledge of and abounding
interest in plants and their display, along
with practical garden experience.
Her main role at Pukeiti will be to look
after not only the Vireya House but the
gardens in Zone 1, i.e. the Lodge, Lawn,
Founders’ Gardens and the Rainforest
Centre environs.
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R. rugosumR. phaeochitum R. himatodes
From the Members’ Committee,
T H E 2 016 E N D
O F Y E A R B B Q
Rain stopped the day
including
forests, river banks and open places and is
abundant near swamps. Early Maori used it as
a food source where other crops wouldn’t grow.
It was also used to make anchor poles, fishing
lines, baskets, rain capes, cloaks and sandals.
S ITE APRIL 20 5 ISSUE NO.731
The Year 7 and 8 class at Manaia Primary spent
an hour sorting a week’s waste at the school in
March. Following the audit, the results were
analysed and an ‘action plan’ to reduce waste
was developed
Water abstraction permits
Section 14 of the RMA stipulates that no person may take, use, dam or divert any water, unless the activity is
expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or it falls within some particular
categories set out in Section 14. Permits authorising the abstraction of water are issued by the Council
under Section 87(d) of the RMA.
Water discharge permits
Section 15(1)(a) of the RMA stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant
explains, in brief, how to find out whether or not an activity is
regulated by the plan, and if so, the steps to be taken in applying for a coastal permit.
Step One: Find out where the activity is located. Section 4.2 of the plan contains planning maps
which divide the coastal marine area into four types of management areas. Use the
maps to find out which type of area the activity falls in.
Step Two: Break the activity down into parts. Does the activity involve:
(a) (i) a discharge
whanau as well as to our traditional kaimoana reefs.
We would set the net for whitebait, hinaki for eels and
net for flounder, kahawai, mullet and herrings.ln fact
when I was 11 my nan woke me up in the middle of the
night, as rain was forecasted ,which meant we could
potentially lose our net too flood, we trekked over the
paddocks with one torch between us, for me to swim
across the Mimitangiatua to release the net. We
caught 136 fish of those species forementioned and
fed our whanau for