Taranaki Regional Council is now livestreaming all of its meetings, giving the public more opportunities to get involved in local democracy. The public can already attend meetings but will now be able to watch decisions being made by the elected members from their home or office. Chair Charlotte Littlewood urged members of the public to go online and find out more about the work being done around Taranaki by the Council. “Our region is a special place and your elected members are making some
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SEPTEMBER 2019
QUARTERLY
OPERATIONAL
REPORT
TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL
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QUARTERLY OPERATIONAL REPORT – SEPTEMBER 2019 I
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QUARTERLY OPERATIONAL REPORT – SEPTEMBER 2019 II
Table of contents
Executive
Performance Future Performance
On target
Target may not be achieved
Target will not be achieved
Delayed
Overdue
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Resource management
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Resource investigations and projects
Providing relevant research information for resource management purposes.
Commentary/Highlights
Various activities continuing during 2018/2019 include exploring research and funding opportunities relevant to regional
community’s
involvement, eg replanting a cleared hillside, dune planting.
Taranaki Regional Council Coastal Unit 3
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Making Sense of the Material World
Level 1
• explore simple physical properties and use them to describe and group everyday materials, eg
shape, texture, colour, size, smell.
Level 2
• investigate and describe everyday changes to common substances, eg evaporation,
condensation, dissolving, melting.
Level 3
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The redevelopment of Yarrow Stadium has hit another significant milestone with the appointment of local contractor Clelands Construction to complete the $42m East Stand build. Below ground civil works for the East Stand are now complete and with this milestone finished, the next stage of construction is commencing, says Taranaki Regional Council Chair, Charlotte Littlewood. “While pausing to celebrate these progress milestones, we also need to acknowledge the impact of inflation and rising
Record high water temperatures and low river levels likely contributed to the deaths of more than 80 fish in two South Taranaki waterways earlier this year, says Taranaki Regional Council. A report to the Council’s Operations and Regulatory Committee revealed 27 fish died in the Waingongoro River and a further 55 fish were found dead in the Kaūpokonui River in January. An investigation was launched after members of the public alerted Taranaki Fish and Game to the deaths. The affected species
Beach-goers heading to cool off in the sea this summer are being warned to act quickly if they are nipped by sea lice and other miniscule ocean critters. Taranaki swimmers have reported being stung and bitten, leaving them with a painful skin rash or severe itching, with the culprits likely to be sea lice, jellyfish and other marine creatures too tiny to see. Abby Matthews, Taranaki Regional Council’s Director-Environment Quality, says the creatures are more prevalent and active in the summer
been made and grow awareness of the job left ahead and how everyone can contribute.” The exhibition includes a variety of mediums, with artists drawing on their personal connection to the environment and nature. Taranaki Kiwi Trust has commissioned a piece by Geoff Noble, with profits from the sale going towards protecting kiwi in Taranaki. Geoff has created a reproduction of a Western Brown Kiwi and the complex colours of their feathers and native Taranaki bush. Taranaki Regional Council Regional
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