Upcoming meetings

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

Date	Time & location	Agenda
Tuesday 21 February 2012	4 pm, Wairewa Marae, Little River Note - All members of the public attending the meeting, need to arrive by 2:45 pm for the Pōwhiri, the welcome, onto the Marae.	Read the agenda (pdf 707 kB)

Media releases

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.

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

Zone map

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