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
The Taranaki Regional Council’s current Fresh Water and Soil Plans are being merged into a Regional Freshwater and Land Management Plan for Taranaki. Options for minimum flows & water allocation
The Council commissioned this scientific report analysing environmental impacts of different limits on freshwater flows and allowable water takes. It draws on long-term monitoring data to model the impacts of various flow and allocation limits on fish and invertebrate populations, and on the reliability
The Regional Soil Plan addresses soil loss and soil health issues largely by non-regulatory methods, though there are limited rules. The Plan is currently under review. Regional Soil Plan Download the full Plan here. Amendments have been made to the Plan to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 3.3 and 5 of the Plan or email the
The Regional Soil Plan addresses soil loss and soil health issues largely by non-regulatory methods, though there are limited rules. The Plan is currently under review. Regional Soil Plan Download the full Plan here. Amendments have been made to the Plan to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 3.3 and 5 of the Plan or email the
The Regional Soil Plan addresses soil loss and soil health issues largely by non-regulatory methods, though there are limited rules. The Plan is currently under review. Regional Soil Plan Download the full Plan here. Amendments have been made to the Plan to include advisory notes for the National Environmental Standards for Plantation Forestry 2018 and the National Environmental Standards for Freshwater 2020. For further information please see sections 3.3 and 5 of the Plan or email the
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‘Since 1995, the Council has monitored the soil
quality of different soils used for different
purposes in the Taranaki region.’
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Soil health
Taranaki has very few long-term issues with soil health. Soil quality monitoring aims to track
any changes in the region’s soils, allowing land users to make well-informed decisions to
prevent or minimise the effect of their land use on soil health.
Since 1995, the Council has monitored the quality of
Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research has produced maps showing background levels of heavy metals in Taranaki soils. These maps show total soil concentrations (background levels) of chromium, copper, lead, nickel, vanadium and zinc in the Taranaki region. Download the complete Landcare Research report, or view and download individual map/s. Maps of total soil concentrations (background levels) of chromium, copper, lead, nickel, vanadium and zinc in Taranaki. Individual maps Note: These maps do not
Work to understand the characteristics of Taranaki’s soil will get underway next month with a detailed survey. Over the next three years (2022-2025), the national soil survey, S-Map, is headed to Taranaki and will focus on the Waingongoro and Waitara lowlands, the southern and south-western ring plain and Waitara hill country. “Soil mapping gives farmers data to make informed land management decisions that optimise their agricultural practices,” says Don Shearman, Taranaki Regional Council Land
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The Plan would replace a number of existing statutory documents the Council uses for managing natural resources including the Regional Policy Statement(external link), the Regional Freshwater Plan(external link), the Regional Air Plan(external link) and the Regional Soil Plan(external link). These are all being reviewed as part of the process to introduce the Plan. The Council is currently in the early engagement and drafting stages of the Plan. See below for a timeline for the process. For