2026 AGM Announcement

Join us for the Taupō Lakes and Waterways (TLAW) AGM on 20 May from 5:15-7:00pm!

For in-person attendance, please join us at Waiora House (100 Kaimanawa Street, Taupo 3330).

For online attendance, please register here and you will be provided with a MS Teams link.

  • Meet the current Board of Trustees

  • Hear about what we've been up to over the past year

  • Learn about the plan for the upcoming year

  • Presentation about RMA Reform by TLAW Chairman and Earth Sciences NZ Scientist Paul White

Presentation Title: “Government’s environment-related reforms and the Lake Taupō Protection Project“

Presentation Abstract: The Government has been busy with environment-related reforms over the last year. The RMA will be replaced with two new laws: a Planning Bill and a Natural Environment Bill. The Ministry for the Environment will be folded into a new Ministry and reorganisation of regional and district government has a mid-2026 timetable for submission of restructuring and service-delivery plans.

Much of this legislation will impact on the organisations (e.g., Waikato Regional Council, Taupō District Council and Ministry for the Environment) that provided funding and services to the successful development of the Lake Taupō Protection Project. Therefore, reforms are of vital interest to our communities (e.g., ratepayers, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and landowners) in the Lake Taupō catchment.

What could these reforms mean for the Project and its aim to protect lake water quality in perpetuity? You are invited to a discussion of the reforms, particularly in regards of the Project, and to the development of an action plan to ensure that lake water quality protection continues into the future.

Full Meeting Agenda TBA

Taupō Lakes and WaterwaysAGM, RMA Reform