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NPDC's Draft 10 Year Plan 06 April - 09 May 2018 06 Apr - 09 May 2018 Fill in our 3-minute survey & go in the draw to have your rates paid by us for a year! T&C's apply What do you care about? Have your say on our draft 10 Year Plan. Fill in our 3-minute survey and go into the draw to have your rates paid by us for a year up to the value of $3,000 (T & C's apply). Head to www.newplymouthnz.com/10years for our survey link and more details on our draft 10 Year Plan!

Bin auditor helps push to improve region's recycling rate 24 April 2018 Beatrice Bjorn is hitting the streets to help keep the region’s recycling clean and green. Currently, our kerbside recycling in Taranaki has a high amount of non-recyclables in it – about 15 per cent from all the recycling from South Taranaki, Stratford and New Plymouth districts. Ms Bjorn’s role as a bin auditor is to educate residents on what can and can’t be recycled in the yellow-topped green bins. “As part of our vision to work towards Zero Waste we want to increase awareness among residents about what can and can’t be recycled at the kerbside, and ultimately cut right back on the amount of non-recyclables that we get,” says NPDC Chief Operating Officer Kelvin Wright. Every street on an urban recycling collection in Taranaki will be audited over the coming 12 months. A tag will be left on bins noting whether the recycling is excellent or if non-recyclable items were in there. Ms Bjorn will also collect recycling data suburb by suburb, which will enable the three councils to target education that is relevant to each area. The most common non-recyclable items that end up in recycling bins are plastics – including plastic bags, plastic film, plastic packaging and plastics that have no recycling number – polystyrene and fabric. To check whether an item is recyclable, check out your District Council’s website or download the NPDC Recycling app from Google Play or the App Store. Mayor calls for levy on inward flights to NZ to pay for Freedom Camping facilities 20 April 2018 The busy season for freedom camping is ending as autumn settles in but work on how New Plymouth District welcomes freedom campers continues. Mayor Neil Holdom attended a Local Government New Zealand symposium on freedom camping this week. He says it was clear from the symposium that there is no silver bullet for solving issues around freedom camping. “However, NPDC knows that non-self-contained vehicles are going to come so we have to manage the effects in ways that are specific to the issues in each district,” says the Mayor. “I like the idea of a levy on inward flights to New Zealand to ensure visitors help fund the infrastructure they use. We also need clarification around what self-containment means because putting a bucket in the boot and a sticker on the back window doesn’t cut it.” Meanwhile, data has been collected on how many freedom campers have been using 13 popular NPDC coastal sites during summer, which is now being analysed alongside other information. “We’ll be discussing all of this at a workshop at the end of May, as well as reviewing how the Freedom Camping Bylaw operated during its first summer and any fine-tuning that might be required,” says the Mayor. “If we do amend the bylaw, we’ll go out for public consultation on the changes. Any amended bylaw would be adopted around October this year before the next busy camping season begins.” Under the Government’s Freedom Camping Act 2011, councils may not prohibit freedom camping in their districts but may have a bylaw that manages it. As well as Mayor Holdom attending the LGNZ symposium, Deputy Mayor Richard Jordan has attended a national freedom camping forum which discussed how New Zealand can better manage freedom camping.

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