Overview Aotearoa Research Science
Research project

Taranaki

A long-horizon, systems-engineering analysis of Taranaki’s problems and the solution camps that address them. Written on a 10 / 50 / 100-year frame, presented neutrally, and generated from a typed entity graph so every claim is traceable to a source.

  • Climate adaptation

    Energy transition from oil and gas, volcanic risk (Taranaki Maunga), and adaptation.

  • Crime & safety

    Family violence, youth offending, methamphetamine harm, and policing across Taranaki.

  • Economy

    Oil and gas wind-down, dairy, the energy transition, and Māori land / Treaty (Parihaka).

  • Education

    WITT tertiary, school engagement, and post-oil education pathways.

  • Environment

    Taranaki Maunga, freshwater, native ecosystem, and the dairy intensity legacy.

  • Governance

    Taranaki Regional, the New Plymouth / Stratford / South Taranaki councils, and Treaty (Te Atiawa, Ngāruahine, Taranaki iwi).

  • Health

    Taranaki Base Hospital, primary care, mental health, and rural reach.

  • Housing

    New Plymouth affordability, rural housing, and post-oil town stability.

  • Inequality

    South Taranaki deprivation, post-oil employment shifts, and structural drivers.

  • Infrastructure

    Three waters, Port Taranaki, energy (post-Maui field), and digital connectivity.

  • Transport

    SH3 reliability, Port Taranaki freight, and the New Plymouth airport.