Warnings and Alerts

Active warnings and alerts for Taranaki region

• Freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea)

  11 NOV 2025 By TARANAKI REGIONAL COUNCIL

  Lake Rotomanu is currently closed to motorised watercraft, following the discovery of the freshwater gold clam (Corbicula fluminea). This is an interim measure, with further updates to come.  All recreational lake users are required to thoroughly Check, Clean and Dry anything that has been in c...
• Inglewood WWTP - consented discharge of treated wastewater

  28 OCT 2025 By ON BEHALF OF NPDC

  Please be informed that there has been a consented discharge of treated wastewater from the Inglewood Oxidation Ponds to the Kurapete Stream as a result of high rainfall that has the potential to affect public health. The discharge started on 28/10/2025 and is ongoing.  Warning signs to not swi...
• Rāhui - Urenui Estuary

  16 OCT 2023 By ON BEHALF OF TE RŪNANGA O NGĀTI MUTUNGA

  Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga has reviewed and updated the rāhui on the Urenui Awa (previously extending from Okoki Pā (Te Rangi Hiroa/Sir Peter Buck Memorial) to the river mouth). The Rūnanga has resolved to reduce the rāhui placed on the Urenui awa to align with the current Te Whatu Ora public health...
• Shellfish contamination risk (Waiwhakaiho - Bell Block)

  1 NOV 2022

  There is an ongoing risk of virus contamination in filter feeding shellfish (i.e. mussels, oysters, cockles, etc.) along the coast between Waiwhakaiho and Bell Block due to the New Plymouth Wastewater Treatment Plant sewage discharge. Shellfish should not be consumed from this part of the coast due...
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  Rāhui - Mimitangiatua Awa

  7 NOV 2020 By SHARED ON BEHALF OF TE RŪNANGA O NGĀTI MUTUNGA

  A rāhui has been placed over the Mimitangiatua Awa within the rohe of Ngāti Mutunga to take effect from Saturday 7th November 2020. The cultural health and mauri of the water in the awa has become degraded over recent years meaning Ngāti Mutunga consider that it is not safe to gather and eat kai fro...