Businesses and homes in The Valley in New Plymouth will get improved protection from flooding with an upgrade to the lower Waiwhakaiho River Flood Control Scheme. The upgrades by Taranaki Regional Council will raise two sections of the existing defences including along the stopbank and a flood wall which protect shops and houses near Constance Street and Rifle Range Road. Council Rivers Manager Chris Vicars says revised flood modelling after a large flood event in 2017 identified two sections
Around 550 people have attended Taranaki Regional Council’s freshwater drop-in sessions at the 16 events held around the region over the past two weeks. The drop-in sessions, which ran from 17 June to 1 July and covered the main urban centres as well as smaller rural locations, were a chance for communities to chat with Council staff about the future of freshwater. The focus now shifts to online community conversations with a Zoom meeting on 3 July and surveys around key freshwater issues
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looking at the numbers of bookings I have
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Lakes and beaches generally have the best water quality for swimming in Taranaki, a new report has confirmed. Taranaki Regional Council this week released its report for the “Can I Swim Here?” monitoring programme for the 2023/24 season. From November to March each year the Council tests water quality at least weekly at 41 popular swimming spots, with the results available online. The annual report highlights that beaches were usually safe to swim while the region’s lakes and rivers were more
Taranaki Regional Council wants the public’s help to ‘back the bittern’ and has launched a new interactive map to make it easier to report sightings of the elusive wetland bird. Following on from the Council’s support of the matuku-hūrepo/Australasian bittern for the Forest & Bird Bird of the Year, conservation efforts are continuing with the call for people around the region to record whenever they see the nationally threatened bird. The webpage – haveyoursay.trc.govt.nz/bittern-sightings –
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Regional Cleanfill
Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2022-2023
Technical Report 2023-23
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Resource management
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Resource investigations and projects
Providing relevant research information for resource management purposes.
Commentary/Highlights
Activities included exploring research and funding opportunities relevant to regional council activities in conjunction with
Crown Research Institutes, taking into account the MBIE research 2018 and 2019
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Non-notified authorisations issued by the Taranaki Regional Council
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To install a culvert in the
Craig Williamson is the new chair of Taranaki Regional Council. At today’s Ordinary Council meeting councillors unanimously elected Mr Williamson to replace Charlotte Littlewood, who recently announced her resignation as chair. He took over with immediate effect. Mr Williamson has been a councillor for almost 15 years and represents the New Plymouth Constituency. He says it is a privilege to take on the role of chair. “I look forward to leading the Council as we build on the progress of the
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Taranaki Galvanizers Ltd
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Annual Report
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