Upcoming meetings

The Banks Peninsula Zone Committee meeting schedule. The Committee meets on the third Tuesday of each month.

Date	Time & location	Agenda
Tuesday 15 May 2012	4pm Akaroa Sports Complex 28 Rue Jolie Akaroa	Read the agenda (1.5 MB) Includes minutes from meeting on 17 April 2012

Media releases

11 May 2012: Banks Peninsula Zone Committee meeting
17 February 2012: Banks Peninsula Zone Committee meeting
13 December 2011: Strong interest in Banks Peninsula water issues

Activities and actions

The Banks Peninsula Zone Committee was launched in September 2011.

Over the coming months the zone committee will receive briefings from technical experts, go on a number of field trips around the district, and attend meetings with a wide range of stakeholders to gauge the range of views on water management issues.

The goal of the zone committee is to engage with the community to develop a programme of water management recommendations to councils.

At its November 2011 meeting, the committee reviewed its work programme for the coming months, and received presentations on climate and biodiversity strategies. It also discussed priority areas for year one Immediate Steps biodiversity funding.

At the committee's December meeting, the final one for 2011, it considered opportunities for Immediate Steps biodiversity funding and discussed feedback from the recent community engagement meetings.

In late November and early December 2011, the committee held three community meetings to introduce itself to the community and get its feedback on water issues in the zone. Further community meetings will be held in the coming months.

In 2012 the committee has been focussing on issues concerning Te Roto o Wairewa / Lake Forsyth, cultural values and the rights and interests of iwi and the crown, and the aquatic health of streams in the zone.

At its monthly meeting in May the committee focussed on community drinking water and tourism. It also discussed a framework for developing its draft Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for water management, which it expects to have ready for public feedback by late 2012.

The committee features five community members as well as four Rūnanga representatives and two from council.

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