participants indicated that they were from outside the region. This is comparable
to the 2018 statistics NZ results which show that for residents in Taranaki, 67% are in the
New Plymouth District, 8% in Stratford, and 23% in South Taranaki. While there is a slight
over, representation in New Plymouth, the spread across the different districts is generally
good.
The district demographic question was a required field and so there was a 100% response
rate from the survey group.
Figure 2
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 Company, 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
Table 1 Summary of performance for consent 7078-1 29
Table 2 Summary of performance for consent 6558-1 30
Table 3 Summary of performance for consent 2299-3 31
List of figures
Figure 1 Location and key features of the Normanby Power Ltd hydro-electric
scheme 5
Figure 2 Flow data recorded at Eltham Rd and State Highway 45, compared with
data provided by the Company, 10 May 2016 to 15 May 2016. 13
Figure 3 Residual flow data and abstraction rate data, provided by the Company. 14
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, good, improvement required and poor for both
expired consents
(including the consents for the dam structures themselves), while also seeking to
increase the rate of take / diversion from the Manganui River from 5.2m3/s to 7.5m3/s.
3. You have asked for our advice on what constitutes the “existing environment” when
considering the application to replace the expired consents. In particular, you have
asked:
a. Where structures impede desired fish passage, but have been in place for
over 90 years, can the Council require (and
site.
Inspection visits typically comprised of:
• a visual inspection of the abstraction bore, production pipework monitoring equipment and
associated infrastructure; and
• obtaining manual measurements of groundwater levels in the abstraction and monitoring bores and
retrieving electronic data.
To monitor the exercising of consent 7470-1.2, abstraction volume and rate data are recorded electronically
at the site by a data logging system and transferred to the Council via telemetry,
environmental
performance and a good level of administrative performance. There were seven incidents
logged in regards to exceedance of abstraction rates by STDC plants, however these all were
found to be caused by operational events, such pump starts, air in the flow meters, and data
handling errors rather than actual non-compliances and/or sustained abstraction exceedances.
During the monitoring period, OWSL demonstrated an overall high level of environmental
performance and high level of
continually refined and enhanced.
THE BOTTOM LINE
The Council finished the 2017/2018 year with a surplus
of $962,000 (total comprehensive income). Total
expenditure was $26.6m. Overall it was a good result,
noting that the general rates increases have been at or
below the rate of inflation for the past few years (a 1%
general rates increase in 2017/2018). The Council’s
balance sheet remains very strong, with no public debt.
All of the achievements outlined here
Overall it was
a good result, noting that the general rates increases
have been at or below the rate of inflation for the past
few years. The Council’s balance sheet remains very
strong, with no public debt.
We gratefully acknowledge the efforts and
achievements of council staff during the year, ably
governed by a team of Councillors providing clear
direction, consistent with our mission.
David MacLeod Basil Chamberlain
Chairman Chief
inspection visits to the site.
Inspection visits typically comprised of:
• a visual inspection of the abstraction bore, production pipework monitoring equipment and
associated infrastructure; and
• obtaining manual measurements of groundwater levels in the abstraction and monitoring bores and
retrieving electronic data.
To monitor the exercising of consent 7470-1.2, abstraction volume and rate data are recorded electronically
at the site by a data logging system and transferred to the