consists of a large bowl shaped valley, which makes it well
suited to use as a landfill site. The proposed landfill foot print is in the shape of a horseshoe and contains
the headwaters of two unnamed tributaries that eventually feed into the Waingongoro River, approximately
two kilometres northwest of the site. The northern landfill tributary is permanently flowing and has some
established riparian planting. The southern tributary is currently ephemeral and the sediment ponds serving
the stage …
Contact Energy Ltd (the Company) operates the Stratford Power Station (SPS) located on State Highway 43
near Stratford in the Patea catchment. This report for the period July 2021 to June 2022 describes the
monitoring programme implemented by the Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess the
Company’s environmental and consent compliance performance during the period under review. The report
also details the results of the monitoring undertaken and assesses the environmental effects of the
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Taranaki Regional Council
Email: info@trc.govt.nz
Phone: 06 765 7127
www.trc.govt.nz Working with people | caring for Taranaki
Developing a programme to make Taranaki predator-free
The Taranaki Regional Council wants to initiate an innovative
change in managing predators to benefit our native plants
and wildlife, and the economy.
Introduced predators are a major threat to our native species
and economic well-being, but Taranaki is
1991. Staff time is recovered at the
charge appropriate to the task which they are undertaking. The charges are calculated as per the IPENZ method
with a multiplier of 2.1. All collection costs incurred in the recovery of a debt will be added to the amount due.
Overdue invoices will incur an interest charge at 12% per annum. All charges exclude GST. Effective from 1 July
2023.
SCHEDULE 2: FIXED MINIMUM CHARGES FOR THE PREPARATION OR CHANGE OF POLICY
STATEMENT OR PLANS AND THE
Executive summary
Methanex New Zealand Ltd (Methanex) operates methanol production facilities located at Motunui and
Waitara Valley, in the Manu, Waihi and Waitara River catchments.
This report for the period July 2022 to June 2023 describes the monitoring programme implemented by the
Taranaki Regional Council (the Council) to assess Methanex’s environmental and consent compliance
performance during the period under review. The report also details the results of the monitoring
undertaken and
the year under review included four inspections and four water
samples collected for physicochemical analysis. Water abstraction data required by consent conditions is
telemetered to Council.
Stormwater system inspections showed that discharges from the site complied with consent conditions at
the time. Receiving water inspections and sampling showed that the discharges were not causing any
adverse effects on the Mangahewa Stream at the time of monitoring.
For reference, in the
lactose manufacturing factory plant located on Manaia Road at
Kapuni, in the Kaupokonui catchment. The plant processes milk and whey permeate from dairy product
manufacture around the North Island. There is also an inhalation grade lactose (IGL) plant on the site
operated by another entity, with stormwater discharges from the areas around this activity combined with
those of the lactose plant under consents held by the Company. Wastewater from the factory site is
disposed of by irrigation onto
from undertaking activities
that have an environmental effect.
Regional Plans include:
What are Regional Plans?
What is a Regional Policy Statement?
identifying significant resource management issues for the region
cultural and historic heritage
healthy and clean waterways
protecting ecosystems and indigenous biodiversity
reducing impacts from natural hazards and climate change
urban form and development
sustainable use
good air quality
ensuring clean and productive land.
The
number of the largest catchments in the region are included in the network, it
provides a relatively representative indication of the state of surface water in the
region.
The sites were specifically selected to be representative of major/significant
waterways and positioned in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of catchments.
Both ringplain and eastern hill country catchments were represented with a mixture
of land uses including waterways under industrial discharge pressures.
The
After falling in love with the lathe he bought for his wife more than 40 years ago, Stratford woodworker Tony Waterson has never looked back. Waterson joins New Zealand’s finest woodcrafters taking part in this weekend’s Taranaki Woodcraft Festival at Pukeiti. The competition organised by the Stratford Woodturners Club & Taranaki Woodworkers Guild is the only one of its kind in New Zealand this year. Waterson has been chipping away at his sculptures for this year's competition and says coming