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
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Your own behaviour.
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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
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
(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
Table 7 Groundwater monitoring results from bore GND2294, Waikaikai
Landfarm during the 2013-2014 monitoring period 18
Table 8 Summary of performance for Consent 5956-1 to discharge drilling wastes
from hydrocarbon exploration and production activities, and oily wastes
from wellsites, onto and into land via landfarming 22
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Figure 1 Aerial photograph showing the layout of Waikaikai Landfarm and
approximate regional location (inset) 7
Figure 2 WRS
committee attends to all matters of resource management, biosecurity and related
environment policy.
Responsibilities
Prepare and review regional policy statements, plans and strategies and convene as a
Hearing Committee as and when required for the hearing of submissions.
Monitor plan and policy implementation.
Develop biosecurity policy.
Advocate, as appropriate, for the Taranaki region.
Other policy initiatives.
Endorse submissions prepared in response to the policy
wastes to land
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 from any industrial or trade
premises onto land under any circumstances, unless the activity is expressly allowed
for by a resource consent, a rule in a regional plan, or by national regulations.
The Company holds discharge consent 7613-1, to discharge drilling wastes (consisting
of drilling cuttings and fluids) from hydrocarbon exploration
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
Nominations are now open for the 30th Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards, which feature revamped categories that better reflect what matters to people across the region. The annual awards aim to honour super-powered initiatives within our region that contribute significantly to protecting and enhancing the Taranaki environment. Changes include the addition of new categories such as Youth Environmental Leader, Environmental Action in Water Quality Improvement and Environmental Action
million to extend the Zero Possum area to the Hangatahua (Stony) River – the next defendable boundary. That will bring about 5,000ha and 120 extra farms into scope, including Ōkato township. Up to 13 full time equivalent staff and contractors will be hired as a result. Towards Predator-Free Taranaki is a Taranaki Regional Council-led programme. The Zero Possum project is a collaborative effort with Taranaki Mounga Project, which carries out predator control on Taranaki Maunga itself. Council