Taranaki’s iconic surf breaks are now legally protected with the signing off of Taranaki Regional Council’s Coastal Plan. The signing of the Plan by Minister of Conservation Willow-Jean Prime means it is now operative and brings an end to a four-year review process where public feedback has helped shape the rules around using and protecting the region’s coastal marine area. The Plan sets out legally enforceable rules for structures, disturbances, discharges, and the taking of natural resources.
Do you know an environmental superhero? Someone who goes above and beyond to make and keep our place special? It’s now time to recognise their mahi and thank them for making a positive contribution to enhancing and protecting the region with the launch of the 31st Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards. A wide range of categories enable the public to nominate everyone from all walks of life including young environmental leaders, those making a difference in communities, farmers
Changes are coming to how farmers, industry, businesses and communities use freshwater and Taranaki Regional Council wants the public’s help to shape the new rules. The Council has organised 16 drop-in sessions from 17 June to 1 July where staff will be on hand to answer questions about proposed freshwater targets aimed at improving water quality in Taranaki’s rivers and streams in the short, medium and long term. Chair Charlotte Littlewood says the drop-in events are being held across the
Taranaki Regional Council wants the public’s views on six key focus areas as it looks at how to meet the challenges the region faces over the next decade. Feedback on the draft 2024/2034 Long-Term Plan (LTP) will run from 10 March to 12 April with the views set to shape the Council’s strategic direction and funding. Decisions have to be made on six areas which are crucial to many of the work programmes the Council delivers including how it continues to care for freshwater, protect biodiversity,
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Greymouth Petroleum Limited
Deep Well Injection
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2016-2017
Technical Report 2017-22
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 1855942 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 1976734 (Pdf) January 2018
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Executive summary
Greymouth Petroleum Limited (the Company) operates a number of wellsites across the Taranaki
schematic representation of injection wells for both waste discharge
and enhanced oil recovery is presented in Figure 1.
Further details regarding hydrocarbon exploration and production in
Taranaki, the DWI process and its history within region can be found
in previous compliance reports published by the Council (see
Bibliography).
1.3 Resource consents
Sections 15(1)(b) and (d) of the RMA stipulate that no person may
discharge any contaminant onto land if it may then enter water, or
It all started with one native plant. It was 1996 and Taranaki Regional Council had just launched its ground-breaking Riparian Management Programme as a way to help protect the region’s waterways. That first plant left the depot and was planted on one of Taranaki’s hundreds of rivers and streams. This marked the beginning of one of New Zealand’s most successful collaboration programmes between farmers, the community and the Council to improve the quality of freshwater and ecosystems. Some 28
Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020 (NES-FW) as part of the Government’s Essential Freshwater reforms and came into effect on 3 September 2020. As of 1 January 2025, these regulations were revoked and no longer apply. This means that resource consent is no longer required under the NES-FW for the conversion of non-dairy land to dairy farmland, however a consent may still be required under our Regional Freshwater Plan. If you are unsure or require clarification, please seek advice from Council on
emissions into the air arising from flaring associated with
hydrocarbon exploration and production testing operations and
miscellaneous emissions at the Tariki-A wellsite Discharge Permit Tariki-A wellsite, 150 Mana Road, Ratapiko Waitara
24-11253-1.0 R2/11254-1.0 NZEC Tariki Limited 31-May-24 New consent
To take groundwater, including the incidental take of heat and energy,
that may be encountered as produced water during hydrocarbon
exploration and production activities at the Tariki-A
there is any change in soil health, and if so, the direction of that change in relation to previously assessed samples. Sixteen of our consent monitoring programmes also have a soil health or soil quality monitoring component to ensure the consented activity does not adversely affect soil health. Regional results
Results from the most recent survey, October to November 2012, showed that 81% of soil samples met target ranges for soil productivity and health. Biological functioning was consistent