Taranaki soils are generally in excellent condition with very few long-term issues. The Council works with farmers and other land users to provide the information they need to use land productively without impacting soil health. The Council also monitors soil health in the region. Monitoring programme
Every five years, the Council conducts State of the Environment monitoring at 20 sites across Taranaki. We relate the quality of soil samples to the way land is used at each site, identifying if
Items of interest from this week's meeting of two key Council committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: The Consents & Regulatory Committee and Policy & Planning Committee generally meet every six weeks, on the same day. They are made up of Regional Councillors and external members. Meetings calendar Committee memberships Good progress on improvementsThe Council’s monitoring shows a clear pattern of improving trends in the region’s freshwater quality, albeit with variations from
of high rainfall the flow can come directly from the skimmer pits rather than flushing out
the sediment settling pond.
Sampling of the discharge from the Kaimiro Production Station was undertaken twice during the 2022-2023
monitoring period.
Photo 4 An additional unlined settling pond has been added in series with the existing two lined pits to
further settle out suspended sediment prior to discharge
Table 3 presents the results along with the limits stipulated by consent
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their local environment. They’re actively involved in
projects to protect and improve the environment
throughout their popular but sensitive coastal home
turf. And they’re enriching their cultural understanding
as well as their knowledge of science and nature.
They’re monitoring water quality at the Mimitangiauta
estuary, protecting koror (little blue penguins) andā
shorebirds by trapping predators and erecting signs,
planting dunes at Onaero Beach, replanting a stream
Winter Grazing Update 25
5. SEM Periphyton Monitoring Programme Report for 2018-2020 73
6. Regional Freshwater Recreational Bathing Water Quality Report for 2019-2020 88
7. Bathing Beach Recreational Water Quality SEM Report 2019-2020 106
8. Regional LiDAR PGF/LINZ Project 116
Closing Karakia and Karakia for kai 120
Policy and Planning Committee Copy - Agenda
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Purpose of Policy and Planning Committee meeting
This committee attends to all matters of
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 initiatives of organisations.
Membership of Policy and Planning Committee
Councillor C L Littlewood
school are involved with Towards Predator-Free Taranaki, a BioBlitz can be incorporated into your project as a powerful monitoring tool. Set up predator monitoring as part of your BioBlitz using tracking tunnels, chew cards and wax tags. Which predators are present within the BioBlitz area? What traps can be used to safely remove these pest species? We can provide monitoring equipment and help you and your students to set up traps Now it's your turn!With all of these examples it’s worthwhile running
Items of interest from this week’s meetings of the Council’s two key committees, Consents & Regulatory, and Policy & Planning: The air remains clearThe latest four years of monitoring confirms that Taranaki has good to excellent air quality, with the major inhalable contaminant being wind-blown sea salt. A report to the Policy and Planning Committee set out findings of a more stringent monitoring programme that began in 2016, with detection equipment calibrated for PM2.5 (airborne particles
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Regional Quarry Compliance Monitoring
Combined Biennial Report
Southern Quarries
2018-2020
Technical Report 2020-05
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 2413576 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2588874 (Pdf) October 2020
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Executive summary
This report for the period July 2018 to June 2020
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Methanex Motunui and Waitara Valley
Combined Monitoring Programme
Annual Report
2018-2019
Technical Report 2019-30
Taranaki Regional Council
ISSN: 1178-1467 (Online) Private Bag 713
Document: 2297765 (Word) STRATFORD
Document: 2402662 (Pdf) February 2020
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Executive summary
Methanex New Zealand