almost
exactly, what was outlined for 2016/2017 in the
2015/2025 Long-Term Plan. There are no new issues,
plans or programmes or work. The Council views this
Annual Plan as “business as planned”.
This Plan sets out how we intend to maintain our status
as one of the lowest-rating Councils in New Zealand
while still maintaining a high standard of programmes
and services. The 2016/2017 year will see an increase of
1% in the general rates take (as forecast for
Recreational and fishery values: Moderate access for native fish. Presence of threatened
species. Important habitat for threatened native species. Very popular and highly valued
angling river. Very highly rated for recreational uses and values (some swimming).
Aesthetic and scenic values: Very highly rated for aesthetic and scenic values.
Comments: Median flow of 840L/s at SH3. Considerable water movement downstream from
Everett Park with some Grade 2 and 3 rapids. Water quantity and flows
Upper and middle reaches
very highly rated for
aesthetic and scenic values.
Median flow of 3500l/s at Mangatete Bridge. Steep gradients in upper and
mid reaches with significant water movement and many rapids. Water
quantity and movement contributes significantly to wild and scenic character.
39% total riparian cover, upper reaches mostly indigenous, middle reaches
mixed vegetation, exotic trees and pasture, lower reaches barren or
introduced grasses and weeds.
Apologies Councillor M P Joyce
Councillor D N MacLeod
Councillor N W Walker
Notification of Late Items
Item Page Subject
Item 1 4 Confirmation of Minutes
Item 2 11 Consents and Regulatory Committee Minutes
Item 3 16 Policy and Planning Committee Minutes
Item 4 22 Regional Transport Committee Minutes
Item 5 30 Executive, Audit and Risk Committee Minutes
Item 6 35 Joint Committee Minutes
Item 7 48 Setting of Rates 2017/2018
Item 8 54 Navigation contract and the
through the refinement of methods
and considered responsible resource utilisation, to move closer to achieving sustainable development of the
region’s resources.
1.1.4 Evaluation of environmental and administrative performance
Besides discussing the various details of the performance and extent of compliance by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high,
the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 88% of the
as the new Chief Executive. Steve will take
up the role in early October, having previously served
as Chief Executive of Southland District Council,
Kaipara District Council and Thames-Coromandel
District Council.
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The $20 million grant means that ratepayers can confidently expect a reduction of just over 40% in their Yarrow
Stadium targeted rates from July 2021. The grant also made it easier for us to decide on options for the project,
and we’re excited about the …
Recommendations from the 2018-2019 Annual Report 30
3.5 Alterations to monitoring programmes for 2020-2021 31
4 Recommendations 32
Glossary of common terms and abbreviations 33
Bibliography and references 35
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Appendix I Resource consents held by Silver Fern Farms Ltd (Waitotara)
List of tables
Table 1 Consents held by Silver Fern Farms in relation to their Waitotara site 7
Table 2 Monthly average and maximum instantaneous groundwater abstraction rates …
by the consent holders,
this report also assigns a rating as to each Company’s environmental and administrative performance during
the period under review. The rating categories are high, good, improvement required and poor for both
environmental and administrative performance. The interpretations for these ratings are found in
Appendix II.
For reference, in the 2021-2022 year, consent holders were found to achieve a high level of environmental
performance and compliance for 88% of the
abstraction rates/volumes, maintenance of minimum residual flows,
provision of abstraction records and all other general conditions of their consent(s).
The Council entered a total of 41 incidents over the course of the 2012-2013 period in relation
to irrigation consents. This included 18 incidents for breaches of authorised abstraction rates
and/or volumes over the course of the irrigation season. Fifteen of these received abatement
notices for their non-compliance, while the other three had