• Buses & Transport
• Routes & timetables
• Route 21 - Waitara to Spotswood

(cash or Smart Card). Showing the required identification if claiming a discounted fare when boarding. Reporting any mistreatment or damage to property. Following the instructions of any bus driver, Regional Council Officer, security or police officer. Understanding and respecting the rights of other people using or waiting for a bus at a designated area. You must not: Threaten, bully, harass or cause physical or verbal harm to others (this includes other passengers and pedestrians or people in

• Buses & Transport
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• Route 91 - NPGHS to Ariki St (afternoon only)

waiting or travelling. You are responsible for: Your belongings and personal effects. Your own behaviour. Paying the correct fare when boarding (cash or Smart Card). Showing the required identification if claiming a discounted fare when boarding. Reporting any mistreatment or damage to property. Following the instructions of any bus driver, Regional Council Officer, security or police officer. Understanding and respecting the rights of other people using or waiting for a bus at a designated area. You

• Buses & Transport
• Routes & timetables
• Orbiter 55

waiting or travelling. You are responsible for: Your belongings and personal effects. Your own behaviour. Paying the correct fare when boarding (cash or Smart Card). Showing the required identification if claiming a discounted fare when boarding. Reporting any mistreatment or damage to property. Following the instructions of any bus driver, Regional Council Officer, security or police officer. Understanding and respecting the rights of other people using or waiting for a bus at a designated area. You

• Buses & Transport
• Routes & timetables
• Route 35 - Bell Block to NP schools

(cash or Smart Card). Showing the required identification if claiming a discounted fare when boarding. Reporting any mistreatment or damage to property. Following the instructions of any bus driver, Regional Council Officer, security or police officer. Understanding and respecting the rights of other people using or waiting for a bus at a designated area. You must not: Threaten, bully, harass or cause physical or verbal harm to others (this includes other passengers and pedestrians or people in

• Environment
• Land & farm hub
• Biodiversity in Taranaki
• Key Native Ecosystems

One of the priorities of the Council's Biodiversity Strategy is to work with landowners, mana whenua and the community to protect, maintain and restore those sites which have significant biodiversity values—our Key Native Ecosystems (KNEs). Our goal is to protect and maintain the full suite of indigenous ecosystems within the region. What is a KNE? While all remnant bush areas, wetlands, coastal turfs and dunelands in the region are important, since 2006 the Council has identified the ‘jewels

• Council
• News & events
• Council news
• Spotlight on moth plant

Is there an annoying vine in your garden with large green pods containing a milky sap? If so, it could be moth plant – a pest plant that Taranaki Regional Council wants to destroy. The Council's biosecurity team is on a moth plant mission, for a couple of reasons. Firstly, we recently discovered a few large plants in the New Plymouth ‘hot spots’ of Fitzroy, Waiwhakaiho, Glen Avon, Westown and the central city. Moth plant is a prolific seeder, with each pod containing thousands of seeds easily

• Environment
• Maps & data
• Monthly climate summary
• February 2025 climate summary

flows were 8.1% lower, and high flows 82.6% lower than typical values while mean river (non-mountain) water temperatures were 19°C, an average of 0.9°C warmer than long-term values. The average air temperature for the region (excluding Te Maunga sites) was 18°C, which is 0.5°C warmer than long-term February averages. The maximum air temperature recorded was 28.8°C at Inglewood at Oxidation Ponds on 7 February. February average wind speeds were 11.2km/hr, with average gust strength of 35.4km/hr,

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• Council news
• New Expo launched to mark Conservation Week

A new expo focusing on the Taranaki environment is being launched as green groups around the region celebrate Conservation Week/Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Tūroa. The Taranaki Conservation Week Expo brings together a whole host of environmental groups and aims to help the public find new ways to go green, learn about sustainability and understand what’s being done to care and protect the region. The Expo features Taranaki Regional Council's Enviroschools, Education and Towards Predator-Free Taranaki teams