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Raw sewage leaks at popular North Taranaki holiday spots are a step closer to being solved after land has been bought for a wastewater treatment plant.

The Waiwhakaiho River, near New Plymouth, has safe swimming areas in the middle sections of the river. A Taranaki Regional Council committee member has called for more warning signs near bathing areas to discourage feeding wild birds after freshwater samples showed high bacteria levels from avian droppings. Wild ducks, pukeko and seagulls continue to befoul river mouths near popular bathing spots in New Plymouth, causing high levels of E.coli bacteria, a Taranaki Regional Council (TRC) annual report on bathing water quality showed. While 85 per cent of samples taken from 16 recreational riv...

For many years it has suffered leaks into the stormwater system during heavy rainfall. For two years the district council has warned against collecting shellfish and using the popular Urenui River mudflats after testing detected high levels of E coli bacteria. This summer Ngāti Mutunga escalated those warnings with a rāhui on swimming, fishing and shellfish collecting in the river and estuary. Ngāti Mutunga rūnanga kaitiaki Rodney Baker said replacing the current system was essential. "When will it be fixed? When will the sewerage be fixed?" NPDC infrastructure manager David Langfor...

Gareth Carter: Why the pohutukawa brings out the Kiwi in us all 8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read Pohutukawa trees give a real 'Kiwiana' feel of barbecues, going to the beach and general relaxation. Photo / Supplied I associate summer in New Zealand with the flowering of pohutukawa trees. To me it gives a real 'Kiwiana' feel of barbecues, going to the beach and general relaxation. I am always on the look out for them flowering and can't help but continually point out good flowering specimens whenever I am driving, to whomever is in the car with me to hear it! There are ...