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
relationship
with tangata whenua.
While inflation has been trending down and is now
falling close to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s
target consumer inflation rate of between 1 and 3
per cent, the economy has remained sluggish with
gross domestic product rising by just 0.2% in the
March 2024 quarter. That followed a 0.1% fall in the
previous quarter.
We’ve had to factor these economic headwinds as
we work and adapt as many people in our region
have too. Prices are only just starting
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
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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
68%
61%
57%
77%
51%
55%73%
58%
28%
65%
48%
36%
59
105
109
page
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
98%
113%
77%
101%
61%
69%60%
77%
38%
108%
56%
64%
85
114
146
113
in
Taranaki include 27 pest animals, 22 pest
plants, and 4 pest fish. The control of all of
them falls into three categories.
1. Eradication – This is the complete removal
of the pest from Taranaki. An example is the
rook, a crow-like bird that causes
considerable damage to pasture. To the best
of our knowledge we believe there are no
longer any rooks living in Taranaki.
2. Containment – Where we feel that total
eradication of a pest is not possible, we
STDC landfills consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
with a blustery SW wind, following heavy rain
two to three days before. The storm ponds and discharge to Herekawe Stream were
sampled. The High Temperature Incinerator was down for annual maintenance, over
about a week. The Commodity Herbicides Plant had been manufacturing 2,4-D ester
for several weeks; the air scrubber record was satisfactory; the caustic solution had
recently been changed. The Herbicides Plant large and small pack lines were
operating. The Insecticides Plant was repacking