Upcoming meetings

The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee meeting schedule.

Date	Time & location	Agenda
Monday 21 May 2012	2.00PM In the Hurunui District Council Chambers, 66 Carters Road, Amberley	Read the agenda (665 kB)
18 June 2012	Waipara	TBC
16 July 2012	Hawarden	TBC
20 August 2012	Rotherham	TBC
17 September 2012	Amberley	TBC
15 October 2012	Waiau	TBC
12 November 2012	Hanmer Springs	TBC
17 December 2012	Amberley	TBC

Latest media releases

• 30 March 2012: Water and land management – good progress in Hurunui-Waiau
• 16 February 2012: Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee meeting

Activities and actions

The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee was the first of the 10 zone committees established throughout Canterbury.

The focus of the Hurunui–Waiau Zone Committee has been on developing its Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) following numerous meetings with groups, community organisations and the public.

In August 2011, the final ZIP was received by Environment Canterbury and the Hurunui District Council. It includes 66 recommendations to councils and other parties and is designed to provide an integrated approach to water management in the zone while achieving the desired social, environment, cultural and economic outcomes.

Environment Canterbury Commissioners endorsed the ZIP as "the basis for the design and realignment of work programmes, for drafting regional plan provisions, and for preparation of a draft Long Term Plan".

At its meeting in February, the first for this year, the zone committee met with members of the Waitohi Selection Panel to discuss its recommendations for water storage.

The committee also received a summary of submissions on the proposed Hurunui Waiau Regional Plan as well as an update from Meridian Energy on its Amuri Integrated Water Project and a presentation on the Hurunui Water Project.

In March and April the committee received updates on the Hurunui Water Project, Land Use and Water Quality implementation and the Waipara River Management Strategy.



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