The Canterbury Water Banks Peninsula Zone Committee will meet for the first time in 2012 on 21 February at Wairewa Marae.
At the meeting a priority for the committee will be to appoint a chair, deputy chair and a Regional Committee representative.
The zone committee will also focus on the science, proposals and catchment issues concerning Te Roto o Wairewa / Lake Forsyth. Following this the committee will look at cultural values and the rights and interests of Iwi and the crown.
The committee will then look at the aquatic health of streams in the zone and discuss biodiversity strategies and priority funding areas for Immediate Steps biodiversity funding.
The committee meets on the third Tuesday of each month to gather information about the region and its water resource with the goal of developing a Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP) for the management of the region's water.
Zone committee meetings are open to the public and the community will be asked to comment on priorities for water management in the zone and they will also have a chance to provide feedback on the draft ZIP before it is presented to councils.
A number of field trips are also planned so members can visit areas of significance and meet with community members. In addition, the committee will hold public engagement meetings to hear the community’s feedback on water issues in the zone.
The first public engagement meetings were held in late November and early December around the zone. The meetings were well-attended and participants represented a wide range of interests ensuring a diverse range of feedback was gathered.
The Banks Peninsula Zone Committee consists of five community members, four Rūnanga representatives, and appointees from Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council.
Meeting details
Banks Peninsula Zone Committee meeting
- Pōwhiri to commence at 3 pm at Wairewa Marae, Little River
- Zone committee meeting begins at 4 pm
- Read the agenda
- Note - All members of the public attending the meeting, need to arrive by 2:45 pm for the Pōwhiri, the welcome, onto the Marae.