The scientific panel cited “overarching structural problems” with the tool, which has been used to help manage water quality in some of New Zealand’s most troubled catchments.
Read More‘Dogs potentially at risk from lake algae’ - 4 Jun 2021,
Our recent low lake levels have led to an algae called Nostoc presenting a potential threat to our beloved canine companions. Read more…
Also: ‘A wastewater overflow has unfortunately occurred on Ferry Rd’ - 5 Jun 2021
Read MoreAfter the May council meetings of both TDC & WRC this media release was circulated regarding the decision to retain the Lake Taupo Protection Trust after public consultation on their LTP’s. Full press release here:
Read MoreOxygen levels in lakes worldwide are in rapid decline, with potentially dire consequences for biodiversity.
Almost four hundred lakes have been tested by the US Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, including lakes Taupo, Tarawera, and Brunner in Aotearoa. Read more…
Read MoreLWAG alerted at their May meeting to Farmers Weekly article on WRC study revealing worsening nitrate concentration levels among some of the region’s water sources. Read more here…
Read MoreWill be held at the REAP Centre (73 Titiraupenga St). There will be a brief AGM at 6 pm then Dr Monica Peters will present on citizen science opportunities. F&B would love to have more people join the committee!
Read MoreIssue 4 of the TDC LTP relates to The delivery for the Lake Taupō Protection Project. Submissions close Friday 16th April & the WRC LTP includes Proposal 3: Lake Taupō Protection Project & submissions close Friday April 30th.
LWAG members heard from Lake Taupo Protection Trust Chair Clayton Stent at their November 2020 meeting. We have consistently supported the Project and believe that the continuation of the Trust will ensure the integrity of the project. See links here:
Read More6:00 pm, Taupō Events Centre function room.
RSVP to Simon Stewart (simon.stewart@cawthron.org.nz)
Read MoreThe Climate Change Commission are consulting with on thefirst package of advice to government to help Aotearoa transition to a thriving, climate-resilient and low emissions future. Have your say here
Read MoreAs a precaution we are cancelling this month’s meeting and will reschedule WRC’s Thomas Wilding’s presentation on the NIWA buoy at a future date.
Read MoreThe three new acts were last year recommended by a top-level panel, which found the 30-year-old RMA was failing to protect the environment and lacked national direction, enforcement and input from iwi. In its place is coming a core Natural and Built Environments Act (NBA), focused on land use and environmental regulation; the Strategic Planning Act (SPA) pulling together laws around development; and the Climate Change Adaptation Act (CAA) focused on managed retreat and its funding.
Read MoreThe just-released report sets three new targets: an average reduction of 2 percent each year between 2022 and 2025, 17 percent each year between 2025 and 2030 and 36 percent each year between 2030 and 2035.
Commission chair Dr Rod Carr said the advice is ambitious but realistic and makes a clear case to government for taking immediate and decisive action on climate change.
Read More"Waikato Regional Council have contracted Dr Piet Verburg from NIWA to undertake a study using the monitoring buoy data from Lake Taupo. This study will focus on evaporation from the lake, and how this changes over the time the buoy has been in place.
Read MoreThis means New Zealand joins 32 other nations in formally acknowledging the global crisis and includes commitment to 2025 targets.
Read MoreA new interactive map has been launched to show which rivers, lakes and estuaries are under pressure from agriculture.
Read MoreFailing to respond to its own alarm systems has earned Contact Energy Limited a fine of $162,500 in the Environment Court.
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A health warning issued late last month for the south-eastern bays of Lake Taupō, from Hatepe to Motuoapa, has been lifted by the medical officer of health.
Read MoreWRC’s Climate Action Roadmap to guide internal activities, budget planning and opportunities to work with iwi partners and key stakeholders for a climate-resilient Waikato has been approved by Council. Read on…
Read MoreLWAG update their members and also submit on government policy related to the environment including in the areas of; Water Quality, RMA changes and Climate. We are also members of the Environmental Defence Society and note with interest their comments on the latest cabinet appointments. See their recent press release here…
Read MoreConsultation options in WRC & TDC’s Long Term Plans will allow the community to have input into the future of the Lake Taupo Protection Trust (LTPT) in regard to the ongoing Governance and Management of the Lake Taupō Protection Project. Read on for an overview of the process, LWAG’s position, a brief summary of LTPT Chair Clayton Stent’s presentation and a Waikato Times article by Taupo Times journalist Chris Marshall.
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