commenced and will accelerate over the next twelve months. To date the project spend is $19.0m. Funding is in place
for the work to be completed.
The delivery of the repair and recovery programme will require the Trust to borrow from the Taranaki Regional
Council. The servicing of this debt will come from rates sourced Taranaki Regional Council funding.
Looking Ahead
Yarrow Stadium and the Trust faces some challenging times ahead as the goal of returning the Stadium to full
Covid-19. The project was put on hold to allow a review of options to be completed.
Through this review, the Council successfully applied for “shovel-ready” funding ($20m) from Crown Infrastructure
Partners.
With the shovel-ready funding secured and the review of options complete the project has recommenced. As well as
bringing a cut of 45% in the Yarrow Stadium targeted rates from 1 July 2021, the funding injection has made it easier to
ensure this iconic venue can continue
relating to:
• Increasing mana whenua participation in decision-making
• Collaboration with waste service providers
• Greater advocacy to central government
• Planning for Building Act changes
• Preparing for product stewardship schemes
• Reviewing bylaws, and
• Continuing behaviour change programmes
From these categories, submitters were asked to rate their support for two proposed actions:
1. Investigating options with mana whenua for increased participation in
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these.
For reference, in the 2022-2023 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 878 (87%) of a total of 1007 consents monitored through the Taranaki
tailored monitoring programmes, while for another 96 (10%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 27 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of
monitoring programmes, while for another 96 (10%) of the consents a good level of environmental
performance and compliance was achieved. A further 27 (3%) of consents monitored required improvement
in their performance, while the remaining one (<1%) achieved a rating of poor.
In terms of overall environmental and compliance performance by the consent holder over the last several
years, this report shows that the consent holder’s performance remains at a high level.
This report includes
the patterns and frequency of water takes.
Water use and allocation in the Taranaki region
Current regional policy setting
The Regional Freshwater Plan for Taranaki (RFWP) sets the current policies and limits on how much water can
be taken from rivers, streams and lakes, and the rate at which it can be abstracted. The RFWP has been in
place since 2001.
The RFWP permits the use of small amounts of freshwater for domestic purposes or stock or dairy farm use
in Taranaki.
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contributed a further $4.9 million to the region’s GDP and supports an
additional 101 FTEs.
The total GDP impact in Taranaki was $21.2 million, while total employment supported was 216 FTEs.
Lastly, the GDP to output rate of the total expenditure in the region was 63.82 percent.
Table 1 Payments to suppliers, employees, and sponsorships expenditure
Direct Indirect Induced Total
Expenditure ($m) 23.1 6.1 4.0 33.3
GDP ($m) 16.3 1.5 3.4 21.2
Employment (FTEs) 115 69 32 216