The forest is of a type that is classified as 'At Risk' in Taranaki and falls within 'Acutely
Threatened' Land Environment (LENZ) F5.2a. Remnants such as this provide important habitat for rare
and threatened species. The site also offers good connectivity to other nearby habitats, covenants and
Key Native Ecosystems in the area such as Mudfish 3 and the Ngaere Swamp Forest KNEs.
Ecological Features
Flora
The forest remnant canopy is dominated by tawa with
as
significant enough to move to option 2. Government support for the increased costs
was requested. The Council will continue to explore avenues for additional funding
of these costs, but ultimately they fall on the general ratepayer.
A number of submitters wanted the Council to go further and quicker with
particularly heavier involvement of Māori in decision-making and implementation of
the changes. This latter issue is being addressed through the Ensuring Māori
Fonterra Kapuni Annual Report 2022-2023
STDC Opunake WWTP Annual Report 2023 2024
Location:
Your details
Name Simon Raine
Address 147D Wills Road
Bell Block
New Plymouth , Taranaki 4312
Email thesimonraine@gmail.com
I wish to appear in person at a hearing
scheduled for 6 April in Stratford
No
Your submission
Do you support the establishment of a
Maori constituency for Taranaki
Regional Council? (choose one)
Yes (This is the Council's preferred option)
page
Form Name: Maori constituency submission form
Submission Time: March 3, 2021 8:38 pm
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.
Ballance holds three permits to abstract water.
1.3.1.1 Waingongoro River
Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Kapuni) Ltd holds water permit 0596-3 to take water from
the Waingongoro River for operation of an ammonia/urea plant. This consent was
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issued
a regional plan, or it falls within some particular categories set
out in Section 14.
Section 15(1)(a) of the Resource Management Act stipulates that no person may
discharge any contaminant into water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by
a resource consent or a rule in a regional plan, or by national regulations.
Section 13(1)(a) of the Resource Management Act stipulates that no person may use,
erect, reconstruct, place, alter, extend, remove or demolish any structure or
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STRATFORD
WAITARA
Provisional data only
P TEAĀ
NEW PLYMOUTH
ŌPUNAKE
ELTHAM
MANAIA
H WERAĀ
Tota (mm)l rainfall to date
KEY
xxx yy%
INGLEWOOD
Pohokura
Saddle
Dawson Falls
Cape Egmont
Stratford
Whareroa
P teaā
North Egmont
Inglewood
Motunui
Brooklands
Kaka Rd
K tareō
Rimunui
Glenn Rd
Huinga
9 %4
101%
106%
10 %5
104%
117%125%
112%
125%
100%
122%
109%
1677
2024
2225
2468
was well managed
and that good wastewater dilution ratios had been maintained by discharging when the stream flow was
above 5 m³/s (special condition 16 of consent 0715-4.1).
The Waiongana Stream hydrology displays a natural rapid rise and fall (typical of Taranaki ring plain
streams), which allows for a limited window of opportunity when treated wastewater can be discharged
above the minimum consent limit. The consent holder has access to the Taranaki Regional Council web site,
which
fertilizer bags which were stored away from the stream and were
to be removed when site access was safe. The area was slippery as a result of recent
rain and was steep, limiting access.
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3.38 A number of containment points were established below the discharge point with
the primary containment point being at the culvert about 400 m below the
discharge point (Figure 2). Photographs were taken.
Figure 2 Rimu A pipeline leak response and contingency plan details