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 –
page
Tuesday 16 September 2025, 10.30am
Ordinary Council 16 September 2025 - Cover
1
page
Ordinary Council 16 September 2025
16 September 2025 10:30 AM
Agenda Topic Page
1. Health and Safety Message 4
2. Opening Karakia 5
3. Apologies
4. Deputations
5. Taranaki VTM Project Written Comment 6
6. Confirmation of Ordinary Minutes -5 August 2025 121
7. Receipt of Minutes - Regional Transport Committee 127
8. Receipt of Minutes - Operations and
coastal zone and adjacent to a waahi taonga
site as identified under the New Plymouth Operative (ODP), Proposed District Plan (PDP) and the Regional Coastal
Plan for Taranaki (CPT).
1.2 Proposal
The site is located at the end of both Ahu Ahu road and Lower Weld Road and adjacent to Weld Road Reserve.
Weld Road Reserve forms a small section of approximately 160m within a broader walking network that includes both
formed and informal sections along this coastline.
It connects to a
the RMA stipulates that no person may discharge any contaminant
into water, unless the activity is expressly allowed for by a resource consent or a rule in
a regional plan, or by national regulations.
The Company holds water discharge permit 7595-1 to discharge treated stormwater
and production water from hydrocarbon exploration and production operations at the
Sidewinder wellsite into the Piakau Stream. This permit was issued by the Council on
11 February 2010 under Section 87(e) of the
page
7Front Cover
Taranaki Regional Council
2024/2025 Annual Report
September 2025
page
Inside front cover
Mission Statement
page
Mission Values and purpose
page
Ngā rārangi take
Table of contents
Table of
page
TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL NEWSLETTER September 2017 No. 106
Regional Council
Taranaki
Continued Page 2
Whoever wins power in the September 23
general elections needs to focus on eight key
issues of importance to Taranaki, the region’s
civic leaders say.
Tourism and communications are big themes in
the list drawn up by the Taranaki Mayoral
Forum comprising New Plymouth Mayor Neil
Holdom, Stratford Mayor Neil Volzke, South
Taranaki Mayor Ross
Policy
#BER-RS-13A
NZ Soils Classification, V4, information available from
http://soils.landcareresearch.co.nz/contents/SoilNames_NZSoilClassification_About.aspx
Ministry for the Environment (19990, Guidelines for Assessing and Managing Petroleum
Hydrocarbon contaminated sites in New Zealand, Module 4 Tier 1 soil acceptance criteria
Taranaki Regional Council Hydrological Data ( 2014) Uruti Site at Kaka Road
Taranaki Regional Council Regional Explorer Website (2014) accessed from
page
Annual Report
Pūrongo ā-Tau
Including Financial Statements
For the period ending 30 June 2024
page
Annual Report - Pūrongo ā-Tau Regional Software Holdings Limited Page 1 of 41
Contents
2 Directors Report | Te Pūrongo a ngā Kaiwhakahaere Matua
4 Statement of Responsibility | Tauākī o
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