The Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes Strategy Group is the overarching management group made up of representatives from Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Te Arawa Lakes Trust and Rotorua Lakes Council.
It coordinates policy and actions to improve the Rotorua lakes. The committee is now established in law, as part of the Te Arawa Lakes Settlement, for coordinated management of the Rotorua lakes.
A Memorandum of Understanding has been developed between the Crown, Rotorua Lakes Strategy Group consisting of Te Arawa Lakes Trust, Rotorua Lakes Council and Bay of Plenty Regional Council to assist the four partners in addressing the future of the Rotorua Lakes - in relation to the objective of maintaining or improving the water quality of the Rotorua Lakes through the Rotorua Lakes Protection and Restoration Action Programme.
Committee membership
- Arapeta Tahana - Poū Tākiwaiora (Independent Chairperson)
| Organisation |
Representative(s) |
Alternate |
| Te Arawa Lakes Trust |
- Nuki Nicholson
- Nicki Douglas
|
- Annette Sykes
- Karen Vercoe
- Kereama Wright
- Rangitihi Pene
- Te Ururoa Flavell
|
| Rotorua Lakes Council |
- Mayor Tania Tapsell
- Cr Gregg Brown
|
Phill Thomass - Lakes Community Board |
| Bay of Plenty Regional Council |
- Chairman Doug Leeder
- Cr Kevin Winters (Deputy Chairperson)
|
Cr Te Taru White
|
| Ministry for the Environment |
- Lorena Stephen, Director of Sustainable Land Use Delivery (Observer)
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