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Navigation & safety in Port area

International Rules for the Prevention of Collision at Sea apply. Area D – Berths presents specific hazards for ship manoeuvring and cargo operations. Access to this area by recreational craft and swimmers is prohibited. Area E – Inshore includes Ngamotu Beach, which is very popular in the summer as a swimming spot and for recreational maritime activity. It includes a boat access lane at its western end. A 5 knot restriction applies to all vessels in this area. Port Taranaki & its approaches - Areas A to E

Navigation & safety in Port area

International Rules for the Prevention of Collision at Sea apply. Area D – Berths presents specific hazards for ship manoeuvring and cargo operations. Access to this area by recreational craft and swimmers is prohibited. Area E – Inshore includes Ngamotu Beach, which is very popular in the summer as a swimming spot and for recreational maritime activity. It includes a boat access lane at its western end. A 5 knot restriction applies to all vessels in this area. Port Taranaki & its approaches - Areas A to E

Tāngata whenua

After applicants have checked the Taranaki Regional Council’s plans and policy statements for an overview of the rules and resource management issues they need to find out which tāngata whenua groups might be affected by their proposed activity. When the relevant tāngata whenua groups have been identified it’s important to check whether those groups have a hapū and iwi management plan in place, and if so read it. These planning documents describe the resource management issues of most

Mustelids added to Taranaki pest plan

Stoats, ferrets and weasels have officially been declared ‘pests’ in Taranaki and a new rule introduced to control them, in a move to protect the region’s investment in restoring native biodiversity. At a Taranaki Regional Council meeting today, councillors voted to amend the Regional Pest Management Plan for Taranaki (the ‘Plan’) to add mustelids (stoats, ferrets and weasels) as pests and a new rule to control them. The decision followed public consultation on the proposal, which attracted

Taranaki farmer fined $95,750

The vast majority of Taranaki farmers follow the rules and want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. That’s according to Taranaki Regional Council Director-Resource Management Fred McLay, who says the actions of one should not detract from the thousands of landowners who support Council programmes and work hard to protect and enhance the land, waterways and biodiversity on their properties. In the New Plymouth District Court today Colin David Boyd was ordered to pay a total

Public urged to look out for alligator weed

Alligator weed has been discovered at a second Taranaki site, but so far, both infestations appear to be well contained. The invasive pest plant was found in a Waitara lagoon last month, the first confirmed sighting in the region. Taranaki Regional Council Environment Services Manager Steve Ellis says initial surveys indicate it is confined to the lagoon system. However, it is too early to rule out the possibility of further spread. Another survey of the area is planned for November when the

TRC Bulletin - July 2021

statistical analysis for 2020-2021 is yet to be completed but the Committee was told that increasingly, most investigations find no breaches of environmental rules or resource consent conditions. The Committee also heard that the annual round of dairy effluent inspections continues to show more than 90% compliance, though the latest inspections found non-compliance at 8.6%, compared with 5.2% the previous year. Significant non-compliance increased from 1.6% to 2.7%. None warranted prosecution, however.