regional plan requirements. The non-
compliance rate for failure to meet resource consent
conditions was 6.6% for dairy farms, a small change from the
previous year. The Council will continue to monitor farm
dairy effluent systems closely to ensure compliance with the
Council’s requirements.
Complementing the agricultural monitoring programme, the
Council inspected 221 minor industrial operations in
2013/2014. Minor industries include agricultural services,
light engineering, panel beaters,
the Meeting of Waters. The results suggest an impact from the increased rate of
take allowed by the variation of consent 2053 since 2016.
The Company has struggled to provide regular and timely updates on progress made towards monitoring
sedimentation within the lake in this monitoring period. Due to the late submission of a lake sedimentation
report during the writing of this report, a compliance assessment on the work undertaken by the Company
to date has not yet been made in this
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by the total irrigation area. The sampling data was grouped into seasons ie Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring
and the seasonal results were averaged to calculate a seasonal Nitrogen concentration average.
Summer Autumn Winter Spring
Nitrogen concentration
g/m3
341.8 305.8 159.8 126.0
Vol
pumped N concentration Total N Application rate
m3 g/m3 Kg
production bore, abstraction pipework monitoring
equipment and associated infrastructure; and
obtaining manual measurements of groundwater levels in the production and
observation bores and retrieving electronic data.
To monitor the exercising of consent 7470-1.1 abstraction volume and rate data are recorded
electronically at the site by a data logging system and transferred to the Council via telemetry,
so the data can be viewed in real time. Three groundwater monitoring bores were also
monitor the exercising of consent 7470-1.1 abstraction volume and rate data is recorded
electronically at the site by a datalogging system and is transferred to the Council via
telemetry, so the data can be viewed in real time. Three groundwater monitoring bores were
also installed within the vicinity of the production bore to monitor the effects of the abstraction
on local groundwater levels. Groundwater levels within two of the monitoring bores
(GND2102 and GND2103) are monitored electronically
remain high
for the Mt Messenger and Awakino projects.
STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION
The Council finished the 2015/2016 year with a surplus
of $963,000 (total comprehensive income). Expenditure
was $373,000 over budget, in large part due to the
Council providing unbudgeted emergency funding to
assist those in need following the severe winter storm
damage. Overall it was a good result, noting that
general rates increases have been at or below the rate
of inflation
lifestyles
Regional Council
Taranaki
Taking Taranaki
Regional Council
Taranaki
Yarrow Stadium
reduction in targeted Yarrow Stadium
rate following $20m COVID recovery
infrastructure investment by the Govt.
Public bus services and transport
26,775
55,220
Citylink passenger
trips up 7.6%
subsidised trips up by 1924
Total Mobility cardholders
passenger trips on the Connector
-New Plymouth service up 6.8%Hāwera
548,870
Connecting with
the community
engagements
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1 Introduction
Currently, the minor taking and use of surface and groundwater in the Taranaki region is
a Permitted Activity within the Taranaki Regional Council’s Regional Freshwater Plan
[“Plan”], subject to various conditions relating in the main to abstraction flow rates and
daily volumes (refer Appendix One).
utilisation of additional pasture production is likely include the following:
Increase in stocking rate to utilise additional production during the summer and
autumn for increased milk solids production per hectare. Typically this would mean
an increase in stocking rate by approximately 0.4 to 0.6 cows per hectare
Reduction in supplementary feeding, such as silage and maize silage during the late
summer and autumn
Fewer cows are likely to dry off early due to higher pasture production in