General guidelines regarding consents for discharges to air are as follows: Poultry farms Small intensive poultry farms (of less than 30,000 poultry) generally do not require consent under the Regional Air Plan for Taranaki.
All poultry operations must ensure discharge does not result in objectionable odour, or dust at or beyond the boundary of the property.
Operations larger than 30,000 poultry kept at one time require resource consent to discharge contaminants to air. Piggeries
Pig farms of
Taranaki public transport users are in for a treat, with free bus travel on 21 and 22 September to mark World Car-Free Day. “It’s an ideal opportunity to reward our regular passengers and to encourage more people to give the buses a go,” says Chris Clarke, Passenger Services Manager for the Taranaki Regional Council which organises and funds the region’s Citylink, Connector and Southlink services. Car-Free Day is celebrated every September 22, when people are encouraged to get around by public
Taranaki Regional Council which administers the Total Mobility scheme. The previous Hāwera operator, Energy City Cabs, was unable to offer a wheelchair option. South Taranaki Passenger Services Inc takes over in early February after Energy City Cabs withdraws from the town to focus on its operations in North Taranaki, where it will continue to offer the Total Mobility service. “Energy City Cabs has provided an excellent Total Mobility service in Hāwera since 2014 and we’ll continue working closely with
throughout New Zealand and increase demand for low emission vehicles. Greg Rine, Taranaki Regional Council Gardens Manager, is excited that Pukeiti is now part of this growing network. “EVs have traditionally been used for the daily ‘run-around’ town.” “By extending the network outside of the CBD to locations such as Pukeiti, we are making it easier to use EVs for weekend leisure or holiday making.” More than 1100 EV chargers have been approved for co-funding through the fund to date, with 700 already
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8. Port Taranaki Limited: Half Year Report to 31 December 2024 50
9. Regional Software Holdings Ltd: Draft Statement of Intent for 2026 76
10. Regional Software Holdings Ltd Six Month Report to Shareholders to 31 December 2024 120
11. Taranaki Stadium Trust: Statement of Intent for the Year Ended 30 June 2025 164
12. Taranaki Stadium Trust: Half Year Report to 31 December 2024 177
13. Regional Public Transport Plan 2025 198
14. Public Transport Private Share Fare
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
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,
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