Operations and Regulatory Committee Agenda February 2024
Operations and Regulatory Agenda 13 February 2024
Operations and Regulatory Agenda 13 February 2024
Positive The site is in good vegetative condition. Other Management Issues Weeds - Medium There are many weeds impinging on the values of this site including climbing asparagus, wandering willy, wild ginger, Japanese honeysuckle, African clubmoss, brush wattle and wild cherry. Predators - Medium Predators such as rats, mustelids, possums, hedgehogs and feral cats will be having an impact on the site. Possum Self-help The site falls outside the rural Possum Self
Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Award for Environmental Action in Education… TRC, 23 December 2022 2.3K 77 8 Year 6 tamariki from Coastal Taranaki School have been busy building wētā motels! … TRC, 16 December 2022 2K 41 9 The rain stayed away from Taranaki Maunga in December with just 60% of the long-term average recorded at North Egmont. It was a different story in the Eastern Hill Country with 194% at Mangaehu at Bridge… TRC, 10 January 2023 1.7K 12
compliance monitoring. The inspection was undertaken with sampling of surface waters and soil. At the time of inspection approximately 11 mm of rain had fallen at the site overnight. This had resulted in the surface being damp and the Haehanga Stream and associated unnamed tributaries being turbid and slightly elevated. Weather conditions were still, warm with total cloud cover. Rain was falling intermittently throughout the sampling run. The inspection found that the paunch pond had approximately
fall over a small waterfall. At the base of the waterfall the discharged water runs down a natural cobbled channel beneath native riparian vegetation for approximately 10 metres before entering the Patea River, downstream of the intake weir. 1.2.2 Midhirst water supply The Midhirst community WTP, which supplies to 92 properties, originally supplied the former Midhirst dairy factory. Water is pumped from the Te Popo Stream (through a small filter attached to a flexible hose within the
Taranaki Regional Council meeting agenda May 2020
fishing expeditions, and no surprises all the aunts had their special fishing places too - the pear tree, the quince, the apple tree, the wire, the papa, to name a few. 4 As children my siblings and I had very strict instructions not to make noise or let our shadow fall on the water, where the net was. What was caught was shared among whanau as this was a welcome customary practice. It doesn't seem that long ago. Back then the mud wasn't smelly and we could freely mould and shape objects,
climber, the longfin eel can climb steep falls and is found in almost all of New Zealand’s waterways from sea level to 1150m altitude and up to 314km inland. Habitats include streams, rivers, wetlands and lakes. Juveniles prefer shallow fast-flowing water with coarse substratum, while adults are more common under the cover of river banks or large debris in slower flowing water. Longfin eel only breed once in their life. Adult males mature at around 25 years
CDEM Joint Committee Agenda September 2024
DISTRIBUTION, BREEDING AND FEEDING Banded kokopu are primarily a lowland species but can penetrate up to 180km inland, and to elevations of 550m. This has allowed them to establish some landlocked populations in lakes in central New Zealand. They are exceptional climbers and can scale steep falls to reach higher catchments. Preferred habitats for adult banded kokopu are small tributaries with plenty of forest cover. Unlike other kokopu, they don’t seem