Waitara River catchments. Trustpower draws water from behind a weir on the Manganui River
near Tariki and diverts this water through a race to Lake Ratapiko and then through penstocks to the
Motukawa Power Station. The power station discharges into the Makara Stream, a tributary of the Waitara
River. Consents for the Motukawa HEP scheme allow Trustpower to maintain structures, to take, divert and
discharge water, and to disturb the bed of Lake Ratapiko. This report for the period July 2017-June
Species
Regional: Key Native Ecosystem
Regional
Ecosystem Loss:
Chronically threatened 10-20%
left
Catchment: Waitara (395)
General Description
Watsons Hill Bush is located on privately owned land on Toe Toe Road, 3.5Km north-west of Tarata. The
site is a 2.9 ha remnant of lowland tawa, kohekohe, rewarewa, hinau, podocarp forest, on short steep
slopes descending to the Waitara River. The forest provides good
shoulders' photo (less than two years old) you can
help us by posting it to: Total Mobility, Taranaki
Regional Council, Private Bag 713, Stratford 4352
or email it to: transport@trc.govt.nz.
Please include your name with your photograph.
We have been meeting members at venues in New
Plymouth, Hawera, Waitara and Stratford to take
their photos – it's lovely to see in person some of the
people we usually only speak to on
the phone. And we've got some
cracking good smiles in those
photos –
of the Council’s flood defences
for Waitara township was completed in 2021 with the
installation and testing of a temporary flood barrier for the
Town Bridge.
The barrier is stored nearby in lightweight kitset form, ready
to be quickly deployed if, and when, floodwaters threaten to
overtop the bridge deck.
How can it keep so much water back
when it looks almost low enough to
step over?
Looks are deceiving. The barrier may not look high but it matches
the height
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If you live and/or work in Waitara, The Valley in New Plymouth, Ōkato, Opunake or
Waitōtara, your property/workplace is within one of the Taranaki Regional Council’s
flood control schemes. This leaflet explains what’s involved in these schemes, what
they’re designed to withstand, and what flood risks may remain.
Waitara
Part of Waitara's current flood defences.
Long-term Waitara residents will recall floods
in the township, the
April all
previous
years
Years of
record
Records
Began
Waitara at
Bertrand Rd 143.08 915.73 6.78 4.59 14.79 48.81 42 1980
Manganui at
Everett Park 147.11 634.90 3.74 2.82 6.61 16.77 30 1992
Waiwhakaiho at
SH3 123.81 354.56 1.97 1.36 3.50 7.43 42 1980
Waiongana at
SH3a 4.09 134.51 0.52 0.28 0.76 2.45 42 1980
Kapoaiaia at
Lighthouse 33.06 50.10 0.09 0.20 0.29 1.06 36 1986
Waingongoro at
Eltham Rd 29.29 87.04 0.52 0.30 0.98 2.07 47 1975
Punehu at
Pihama*
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operates a petrochemical production station and
adjacent power plant located on Otaraoa Road near Tikorangi, bridging the Waitara and
Onaero catchments. The McKee Production Station processes oil and gas from the Company’s
McKee and Mangahewa groups of wellsites and includes electricity generation and LPG
production facilities. Located to the south of the production station, the McKee Power Plant
was completed and commissioned during the 2012-2014 period. This 100 MW electricity
generating
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