WRC’s Sustainable Agriculture Advisor, Bala Tikkisetty, outlines options.
Read MoreCOP26 is on. The Glasgow summit brings together thousands of people from more than 200 nations to accelerate action towards the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
This is where rubber must hit the road on the Paris Agreement — where nations including Aotearoa New Zealand committed to playing our part towards holding global temperature rises to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels this century, and to ‘pursue efforts’ to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Until now we have collectively failed to deliver.
Read MoreDebate over the reform which will see all 67 local and regional councils' drinking, waste and storm water assets absorbed by four large regional entities as solicited a strong response from TDC and other councils whose feedback is now due.
Read MoreGreenpeace says research released by ESR and co-funded by dairy giant Fonterra excludes the most at-risk rural communities in its investigation into bowel cancer risk from nitrate in drinking water. See more…
Read MoreDue to lockdown level 4 the annual TDC ‘3 Waters’ report was postponed. There is much happening in this core area of business with the proposed DIA reforms (see link below) TDC are currently running a survey which will form part of their feedback to the Government on the reform programme. The survey closes on Wednesday 15 September. See more here…
Read MoreThe Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has been working on the reform of the resource
management system for the past 3 years. It has established that the current law is not
providing sufficient protection for the environment … full Media release and link to response here:
Freshwater farm plans will be mandatory for all farms with 20 or more hectares of land in arable or pastoral use or five or more hectares of the farm in horticultural land use. Also - a cap on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is now in place.
Read MoreThe 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.
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