Young, Environment Canterbury;
• Kelvin Ferguson, Hawkes Bay Regional Council; and
• Andrew Curtis, Irrigation New Zealand Ltd.
OPEN CHANNEL WORKING PARTY:
• Dave Boraman, Boraman Consultants Ltd;
• John Young, Environment Canterbury;
• Graeme Elley, NIWA;
• Michael Ede, Marlborough District Council;
• Phil Downes, Environment Canterbury;
• Graeme Horrell, NIWA;
• Stephen McNally, Opus; and
• Andrew Curtis, Irrigation New Zealand Ltd.
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environmental
and educational organisations.
• We have a schools programme where we teach
children about gardening, including soil and
composting, native and exotic plants and animals,
and ecology. Taranaki Regional Council also supports
Enviroschools.
Enhancing biodiversity
• We propagate, distribute and plant endangered flora
from Aotearoa.
• We actively participate in pest control as part of the
‘Towards Predator-Free Taranaki’ initiative, aiming to
restore the
The National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity (NPS-UDC) was introduced by the
Ministry for the Environment (MfE) in 2016 and requires the Council to assess housing and business
demand and capacity across the district. They have newly defined New Plymouth District as medium-
high growth (i.e. projected to grow by more than 10 per cent from 2013 to 2023).
As a result, the NPS-UDC requires the New Plymouth District Council and Taranaki Regional Council to
provide
at any hearing. However, you
will still retain your right to appeal any decision made by the Council.
Request for independent commisioner/s
Pursuant to section 100A of the Resource Management Act
1991, I request that the Taranaki Regional Council delegates
its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide
the application to one or more hearing commissioners who
are not Taranaki Regional Councilors.
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Note: Such a request may be made (in writing) up to 5 working days after
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Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Fauna
Biological Monitoring Programme
Annual State of the Environment
Monitoring Report
2018-2019
Technical Report 2019-52
(and Report DS124)
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 2333422 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2560781 (Pdf) September 2020
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S c h o o l s i n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t n e w s l e t t e r
Regional Council
Taranaki
Tēnā koutou katoa
New Zealand’s Birds:
There are so many reasons for you and your
students to learn about birds! Aotearoa is a
land of birds, they are an integral part of our
identity and are intrinsic in kaitiakitanga. New
Zealand is home to 168 species of native birds,
and 93 of these are endemic (found in no
other country). Four out of every five are in
trouble
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AD-116551-1-96-V1
UNDER the Resource Mangement Act 1991 ("RMA")
IN THE MATTER of a resource consent application to the Taranaki Regional
Council for the application by Remediation (NZ) Limited
STATEMENT OF EVIDENCE OF ANDREW FERGUSON CURTIS ON
BEHALF OF REMEDIATION LIMITED
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 My full name is Andrew Ferguson Curtis. I am Technical Director Air
Quality at Pattle Delamore Partners (PDP). I am a Chemical Engineer
riparian management programme.
When its new riparian management rules are introduced in the upcoming Natural
Resources Plan they will trump the Government Regulations. This means if you have been
advised by the Council you need a riparian management plan you must comply with it.
I have a Taranaki Regional Council
riparian management plan. Do I still
have to comply with the Regulations?
Yes. However if you implemented your riparian plan
to the specifications advised
submission at any consent hearing.
If others make a similar submission, I/we will consider
presenting a joint case with them at the hearing.
Yes
Request for independent commisioner/s
Pursuant to section 100A of the Resource Management Act
1991, I request that the Taranaki Regional Council delegates
its functions, powers, and duties required to hear and decide
the application to one or more hearing commissioners who
are not Taranaki Regional Councilors.
NA
Note: Such a request may be made
apart from cost, is
purpose of the planting. Is it erosion
control, water quality improvement,
landscape enhancement, timber
production, or a mix of all four?
For guidance, refer to the Taranaki
Regional Council’s information sheet
Plants for riparian margins. This lists
indigenous and exotic species, suitable for
each of these purposes, which grow well in
the local climate.
Establishing seedlings
In coastal parts of the region, seedlings are
best planted in June, so that they