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
striking features within the landscape which remain strong in the memory
Limited discordant elements disrupt the distinctive pattern of boulders along the river bed channel
Transient values Hangatahua (Stony) River catchment is exposed to some of the heaviest rain in New Zealand with rocks rolling down the river in accelerated river flows
frequently changing its course
At other times the river is recognised for having waters so clear that it appears that it isn’t there, however
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that there may be other chances for Transport Choices funding and Public
Transport opportunities.
• Inflation has had a large impact, with cut backs in place to ensure rate payers are
not having to pay extra. Low cost low risk programmes have been deferred.
• The coastal walkway extension has had all Iwi informed with handover to follow
soon.
• An incident occurred involving a tree falling in Ōakura, resulted in NPDC being
found liable for the damage due to the tree’s position and
the signed resource consent
please contact the TRC Consents department)
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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
observations made on each of the
sampling occasions during the period under review are presented in Table 5.
Table 5 Observations at Lake Rotorangi monitoring sites on sampling occasions during 2020-2021
Date Lake level
(m asl) Weather
Wind Lake appearance
L2 L3 L2 L3
16 Oct 2020 76.78 Fine, rain 3
days prior
Light NE
breeze No wind
Turbid, brown-
green; surfaced
rippled
Turbid, green-
brown; surface
rippled
25 Feb 2021 76.65
Fine, dry
weather
preceding
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
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