Waitara’s weekly ‘taxi day’ is proving popular with townsfolk, particularly those who are unable to use buses and have no other way to go shopping or get to medical appointments. New Plymouth Taxis has a car in the town from 9am to 3pm on Thursdays, under a trial coordinated by the Taranaki Regional Council. The trial’s been running 30 weeks, with more than 400 trips made so far and patronage growing by 60%. Regular passenger Pauline Hunt is grateful for the service and praises the New Plymouth
worth protecting. The club has been trapping possums for years as part of the Taranaki Regional Council’s Self-Help Possum Programme, catching just a couple in that time. Then in July 2019 they started targeting rats and stoats, putting out 10 traps initially, which has now grown to 20. They’ve caught 163 rats (five this week alone!) and seven stoats. Six months ago trapping stepped up a gear with the establishment of a five-man trapping roster. Responding to a call in the club’s newsletter, the
settling their respective historic
claims with the Crown. Ngā iwi o Taranaki
are currently negotiating a cultural redress
arrangement over Taranaki Mounga with the
Crown which is of significance to NPDC.
Amend wording throughout the Proposed District Plan to
reflect the Mounga negotiations being undertaken.
Mana Whakahono a Rohe
Agreement
Support in Part TKOTAT acknowledges that six iwi o
Taranaki are continuing to work alongside
the Taranaki territorial and regional
authorities
View information about Taranaki on our LocalMaps, which replaces the former mapping portal, Regional Xplorer. LocalMaps show various categories of property information, land use and natural features on photograph-based or topographical maps. The TRC also has environmental data maps showing real-time feeds of monitoring data including rainfall, wind, air temperature, river levels and soil moisture. LocalMapsUse LocalMaps to find information on various categories including property information,
The number of tūī recorded in Taranaki has risen by 24% in the past five years – a greater increase than any other region in the North Island. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research this week released the results of its 2020 Garden Bird Survey. The news was good for Taranaki, with tūī increasing by 41% from 2010 to 2020 and 24% in the last five years. Counts of other native birds were also up over the past five years, with kererū up 52%, pīwakawaka (fantails) 33% and tauhou (silvereye) 25%. The
A family of copper skinks have set up home in a New Plymouth community garden – with a little help from their human friends. New Zealand’s smallest native lizard used to be common in New Plymouth but is becoming increasingly rare in the city. So when Taranaki Regional Council ecologist Halema Jamieson got a call to say at least four skinks had been spotted at the Marfell Community Garden, she was keen to check them out. The copper skink looks very similar to the Australian plague skink, but
surveyed at each site with the mean number and abundance of species reflecting the ecological diversity at the site. We also compare the biological community at sites near coastal discharges with control sites, to check that the discharges are complying with consent conditions. We use the results of all our ecological monitoring to analyse regional trends in marine water quality for overall state of the environment reporting. Monitoring shellfish
Some species of shellfish, such as mussels, feed by
(TrustPower) owns and operates the Motukawa Hydroelectric Power Scheme
(Motukawa HEPS, or “MTK”) which is located mid-catchment in the Waitara catchment, between the
main stems of the Manganui and Waitara Rivers.
The majority of the current resource consents for the operation of the Scheme were originally
granted by Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) on 19 September 2001. Further consents were granted
on 27 July 2004 to enable the diversion and use of water for hydroelectric power generation
purposes along
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Greymouth Petroleum Limited
Ngatoro-E Hydraulic Fracturing
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2014-2015
Technical Report 2015-31
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 1558482 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 1560609 (Pdf)
October 2015
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Executive summary
Greymouth Petroleum Limited (GPL) operates the Ngatoro-E
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Policy and Planning Committee
Tuesday 28 August 2018
10.30am
Taranaki Regional Council, Stratford
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Agenda for the meeting of the Policy and Planning Committee to be held in the
Taranaki Regional Council chambers, 47 Cloten Road, Stratford, on Tuesday 28
August 2018 commencing at 10.30am.
Members Councillor N W Walker (Committee Chairperson)
Councillor M P Joyce
Councillor C L Littlewood
Councillor D H McIntyre