taking Taranaki forward. Proposals over the coming six years are:
To complete the existing upgrade programme at Pukeiti, including the replacement Lodge, carpark
extension, landscaping, new features for children’s activities.
To complete a trail within Pukeiti to link to the Kaitake Trail being developed by the New Plymouth District
Council on a paper road down the coast, as an integral part of the Taranaki Crossing. This link would include
a treetop canopy walk across a rain forested
a treetop canopy walk across a rain forested valley.
To also invest directly in the Kaitake Trail proper.
To complete outer tracks and a lookout at Pukeiti to complement the Taranaki Crossing.
To establish a family tramping hut within Pukeiti, as well as a new link to nearby commercial
accommodation.
WHAT IT MEANS FOR RATEPAYERS
The proposed direct contribution of $3.5 million to the Kaitake Trail is in the form of a grant. The Council will not
use rates to recover
volcano and associated peaks and surrounding ring-plain of volcanic
debris slopes gently seaward to the north and west and abuts the sedimentary hill country to the
east. Approximately 8 m of rain falls annually on Mt Taranaki and more than 365 fast-flowing
rivers emanate from the mountain in a radial pattern across the ring-plain. Taranaki Region is
dissected by more than 20,000 kilometres (km) of rivers and streams which are a particular
feature of the landscape. This includes the 39 km
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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 27
June 2017 at 10.30am.
Present Councillors D L Lean (Deputy Chairperson)
M J Cloke
M G Davey
C L Littlewood
M J McDonald
D H McIntyre
B K Raine
C S Williamson
Attending Messrs B G Chamberlain (Chief Executive)
A D McLay
have included better ease of stock
management. “Everything’s obviously 100% fenced now, so
there’s no stock wandering around, being places they shouldn’t
be, and aesthetically … it’s a lot nicer to look at now, and it’s got
to be better for the health of the stream,” he says.
“Certainly with the winter rains when the erosion comes through
– the big floods – the stabilisation of the creek-banks is way
better than it used to be. There’s not the erosion once it’s been
Oil Services Ltd. Water samples were collected for
physicochemical analysis on selected inspections.
During the period under review, Port Taranaki Ltd obtained a ‘good’ rating for environmental and ‘high
rating’ for administrative performance and compliance with the resource consents.
Suspended solids in two samples marginally exceeded the consent limits during first flush. This was due to
heavy rain conditions at times when log loading onsite was in full operation. There were no
staying at Konini Lodge at Dawson Falls. The
Kaupokonui Stream has its source close to
Dawson Falls with several sites nearby suitable
for study. At a later date, many school groups
study the same river at several other sites
along its course. Data collected at each study
is then presented in various ways showing the
health of the river at its different points. Other
rivers such as the Waiaua River (west Taranaki)
and the Waiwhakaiho River (north Taranaki)
have suitable
Ordinary Council Agenda February 2025
reflect that rainfall at the coast is richer in chloride and
sodium, compared to rainfall that falls inland. Nearly two thirds of GQMP sites plot
below the SWDL, suggesting that much of the region’s groundwater is enriched with
sodium from rock/water interactions with sodium rich source rocks.
26. An analysis of nitrate concentrations over the entire GQMP network suggests that there
has been little change in groundwater nitrate levels over the last five years. There is
weak statistical