page Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Services 47 Cloten Road, Stratford Ph: 06 765 7127, www.trc.govt.nz Working with people | caring for Taranaki DESCRIPTION Pingao is a grass-like plant that grows on active sand-dune systems throughout New Zealand. It is a member of the sedge family, and is often called golden sand sedge. The stiff, curled leaves vary in colour from brilliant green (when young) to golden yellow, eventually turning
page Taranaki Regional Council Land Management Section 47 Cloten Road, Stratford Email: hillcountry@trc.govt.nz Ph: 06 765 7127, www.trc.govt.nz Working with people | caring for Taranaki Introduction In Taranaki's eastern hill country, farms include very unstable steep faces where pasture growth and stock numbers are repeatedly depleted by erosion. Even in the ash-mantled frontal hill country, many farms have pockets of steep land, for
deforestation and hydro-electric development in stretches of river that support blue duck. Set traps on your property to control predators where blue duck are present. Retire and plant river and streamside riparian vegetation to enhance and maintain water quality. Report sightings to the Taranaki Regional Council or the Ornithological Society NZ Regional Representative Barry Hartley (barry_hartley@xtra.co.nz). CONSERVATION The blue duck is an endemic New
AKEAKE IN TARANAKI The natural range for akeake extends around the coastline from Tongaporutu in the north to Waitotara at the southern end of the region. Its range also extends inland to the back of Inglewood and Eltham. The New Plymouth District Council planting opposite Airport Drive, Bell Block, provides some good examples of akeake that were planted about 25 years ago. The Taranaki Regional Council recommends planting akeake in sheltered, drier sites within the
page This information sheet explains the requirements of a Notice of Direction issued under section 122 of the Biosecurity Act 1993. What is a Notice of Direction? A Notice of Direction is a formal legal document which requires you to destroy certain pest plants on your property. A Notice of Direction is the first step to ensure pest plants are controlled on all properties within the region. The Taranaki Regional Council
page BACKGROUND You have received a Notice of Direction issued under section 122 of the Biosecurity Act 1993. This notice requires to you control possums on your property to 10% or less (sample mean) Residual Trap Catch by the date stipulated on the notice. STRATEGY RULE Under the Boisecurity Act 1993, the Taranaki Regional Council has prepared the Pest Management Strategy for Taranaki: Animals . Within this strategy there is a rule which is specific to
page Taranaki Regional Council Land Management Section 47 Cloten Road, Stratford Email: hillcountry@trc.govt.nz Ph: 06 765 7127, www.trc.govt.nz Working with people | caring for Taranaki Introduction In Taranaki's eastern hill country, farms include very unstable steep faces where pasture growth and stock numbers are repeatedly depleted by erosion. Even in the ash-mantled frontal hill country, many farms have pockets of steep land, for
page 237 CO AS TAL P L AN F O R TARANAK I S chedu le 7 – S ign i f i c an t s u r f b re aks Schedule 7 – Significant surf breaks and Significant Surfing Area This schedule identifies nationally, regionally and locally significant surf breaks and the Significant Surfing Area. Site locations are approximate only and are not intended to provide a definitive location or extent of a site. Schedule 7A – Nationally, regionally and locally significant surf
Land Environment Priority 2 – Sand Dunes and Wetlands Priority 4 – Threatened Species Regional: Key Native Ecosystem Representative ecosystem type Regional Ecosystem Loss: Reduced 30-50% left Protection Status: Local Government NZNFR Trust Deed Catchment: Waitara (395) General Description The Messenger's Bush forest remnants are located at the end of Norfolk Road near Egmont
page Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Services 47 Cloten Road, Stratford Ph: 06 765 7127, www.trc.govt.nz Working with people | caring for Taranaki DESCRIPTION Tawhirikaro is most often found growing as an epiphyte in established older- growth forest. It forms a small shrub about two metres high and a metre wide, with an open form. The spindly growth often hangs down below its point of attachment in nest epiphytes. The pointed, leathery