January/February 2021 including February 18 meeting cancelled due to Covid alert level change

General Business: N.B. LWAG TO RESCHEDULE PRESENTATION ON NIWA BUOY BY WRC’S THOMAS WILDING

LWAG archival project & website science pages progressing

Statutory Processes: Lake Taupō Protection Trust - The Review of the Trust stands for 30th June 2021. WRC & TDC LTP consultation on the future of the Trust is due March 2021. Joint hearings to be held by WRC & TDC on this matter.

Science Update: WRC 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. WRC update to LWAG February 18 (Ref; agenda - link below)

For more detail - see attached via link below

Download Full Report and Agenda

Download Statutory Processes/Communication

Jane Penton