delivers high quality dairy ingredients and a portfolio of respected consumer brands to customers and
consumers around the world.
2.3. Fonterra has four dairy manufacturing sites in Taranaki at Whareroa near Hawera, Kapuni,
Collingwood Street and Fonterra Brands New Zealand Bridge Street in Eltham. Taranaki is the home
of more than 1,800 Fonterra shareholders and dairy farmers.
2.4. The key site affected by the provisions of the Proposed Plan is the Whareroa dairy manufacturing site.
from homes, streets and farms or overflows from town and residential sewerage systems. To decide where and when it’s safe to swim, you should check the Taranaki Regional Council website (www.trc.govt.nz) and use common sense based on what you can see from the riverbank. As a precautionary approach, people should generally avoid swimming in rivers and lakes for three days after heavy rainfall. Waitara River The Waitara River is a popular spot for locals wanting to cool down during the hot summer
erosion along the lower reaches Whenuakura River, near Patea. .............. 39
Figure 51 Severe streambank erosion along the lower reaches Whenuakura River, near Patea. .............. 40
Figure 52 Lake Rotorangi on the Patea River, upstream of the Patea Dam, discoloured by
sediment. .................................................................................................................................... 41
Figure 53 The Patea Dam, and an ancient deep seated landslide to the centre
C Boyd drilling waste stockpiling landfarm/landspreading consent monitoring report - Taranaki Regional Council.
in Table 2. As a result of vandalism during
the previous monitoring period, the Rimu Street site was decommissioned and replaced with the Vickers
Road Site, approximately 2.5 km downstream. Due to a significant weather event the sensor at Vickers Road
was washed away, resulting in a lack of data at this site for the monitoring period under review.
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Table 2 Water temperature monitoring sites in the Waiwhakaiho River
Site Location GPS Location Site code
<0.003
Ethylene g/m3 <0.003 <0.003 <0.004
Dissolved iron g/m3 0.19 5.1 7.7
Formaldehyde g/m3 <0.02 <0.02 <0.02
Ethylene glycol g/m3 <4 <4 <4
Total hydrocarbons g/m3 <0.7 <0.7 <0.7
Bicarbonate g/m3 HCO3 100.0 108.6 91
Total hardness g/m3 CaCO3 40 53 44
Dissolved mercury g/m3 <0.00008 <0.00008 <0.00008
Potassium g/m3 8.5 5.9 6.1
Methanol g/m3 <2 <2 <2
Methane g/m3 3.7 3.6 5.7
Magnesium g/m3 3.9 4.6 4.6
Dissolved manganese g/m3 0.22 0.39 0.29
id WKH000524 upstream
Duration (year) - Baseline (2017/18) Current year (2023/24) All years (2017-2024)
Sample type Unit High flow Low flow High flow Low flow Minimum Maximum
pH pH 7.2 7.5 7.4 7.4 6.9 7.7
Total alkalinity g/m3 CaCO3 36 76 49 44 29 76
Carbonate g/m3 CO3 < 1.0 < 1.0 < 1.0 < 1.0 <1.0 <1.0
Bicarbonate g/m3 HCO3 44 92 59 53 35 92
Total hardness g/m3 CaCO3 43 74 52 50 33 74
Electrical conductivity mS/m 14 21.5 15.9 15 11.3 21.5
Total suspended solids
making huge extensions to facilities. This is having major
effects on roading including moving the main entrance. Traffic will be
coming off SH45/Devon Street up Lorna Street to the new main entrance.
NPDC are looking at putting traffic signals in at the Lorna
Street/SH45/Devon Street intersection to ease traffic congestion. This
will remove the need for the pedestrian signals outside Devon
intermediate and these will then be able to be utilised elsewhere. These
extensions also have effect on
Waiwhakaiho River 40
3.2.5.1 National Park site (WKH000100) 40
3.2.5.2 Egmont Village site (WKH000500) 43
3.2.5.3 Constance Street site (WKH000920) 46
3.2.5.4 Site adjacent to Lake Rotomanu (WKH000950) 49
3.2.5.5 Discussion 52
3.2.6 Mangorei Stream 53
3.2.6.1 SH3 site (MGE000970) 53
3.2.6.2 Discussion 56
3.2.7 Manganui River 57
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3.2.7.1 State Highway 3 site (MGN000195) 57
3.2.7.2 Bristol Road site (MGN000427) 60
3.2.7.3 Discussion 62
3.2.8
SH45 site (TMR000375) 26
3.2.2.3 Discussion 29
3.2.3 Mangaoraka Stream 30
3.2.3.1 Corbett Road site (MRK000420) 30
3.2.3.2 Discussion 33
3.2.4 Waiongana Stream 34
3.2.4.1 State Highway 3a site (WGA000260) 34
3.2.4.2 Devon Road site (WGA000450) 37
3.2.4.3 Discussion 40
3.2.5 Waiwhakaiho River 41
3.2.5.1 National Park site (WKH000100) 41
3.2.5.2 Egmont Village site (WKH000500) 44
3.2.5.3 Constance Street site (WKH000920) 47
3.2.5.4 Site adjacent to Lake Rotomanu