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Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes Strategy Group

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

  • Te Ururoa Flavell - Poū Tākiwaiora (Independent Chairperson)
Organisation Representative(s) Alternate
Te Arawa Lakes Trust
  • Nuki Nicholson
  • Nicki Douglas (Deputy Chair)
  • Annette Sykes
  • Karen Vercoe
  • Kereama Wright
  • Rangitihi Pene
Rotorua Lakes Council
  • Mayor Tania Tapsell
  • Cr Te Rika Temara-Benfell
  • Cr Gregg Brown
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
  • Chair Matemoana McDonald
  • Cr Anna Grayling
  • Cr Iwi Te Whau 
Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions & Transport (MCERT)
  • Lorena Stephen, Director of Sustainable Land Use Delivery (Observer)  
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Meetings, agendas, and minutes

Only the most recent agendas and minutes are available on our website. Please contact us if you would like copies of older documents.

Note: all minutes are draft until confirmed at a subsequent meeting of this group.

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima

Location/Wahi

Agenda and Minutes

Friday 13 February
09.30am – 1.30pm 

Committee Room 1, Rotorua Lakes Council, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

CANCELLED
Thursday 9 July 

 

 

Tuesday 18 August
09.30am – 1.30pm 

Bay of Plenty Regional Council Office, Waiariki Room, Corner Fenton & Pukaki Street

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Tuesday 27 October
09.30am – 2.00pm 

Committee Room 1, Rotorua Lakes Council, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 4 December
09.30am – 1.30pm 

Rotorua Venue to be advised 

Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Location/Wahi Agenda and Minutes

Friday 4 April
09.30am – 1.30pm

Te Takinga Marae, 402 State Highway 33 Mourea, Rotorua

 Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

CANCELLED:

Friday 13 June
09.30am – 1.30pm

 Waiariki Room
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Cnr Fenton and Pukaki Streets
Rotorua		 Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Monday 30 June
10am

 Committee Room 1, Rotorua Lakes Council, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 22 August
09.30am – 1.30pm

Committee Room 1, Rotorua Lakes Council, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua

 Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes Strategy Group Workshop
Friday 22 March
09.30am – 12.30pm

 Waiariki Room
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Cnr Fenton and Pukaki Streets
Rotorua		  

Friday 22 March
12.30pm – 1.30pm*

Start time will be: 12.30pm or at conclusion of workshop.

 Waiariki Room
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Cnr Fenton and Pukaki Streets
Rotorua		 Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 14 June

Public workshp
9.30am-11.00am

Meeting
11.30am – 1.30pm or at the conclusion of the public workshop

 Waiariki Room
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Cnr Fenton and Pukaki Streets
Rotorua		 Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 20 September

Public workshop
09.30am – 10.30am

Meeting
10.30am - 1.30pm

 Waiariki Room
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Cnr Fenton and Pukaki Streets
Rotorua		 Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 6 December
09.30am – 1.30pm

Waiariki Room
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Cnr Fenton and Pukaki Streets
Rotorua

 Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.
Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Location/Wahi Agenda and Minutes

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Location/Wahi Agenda and Minutes

Friday 24 March
09.30am – 1.30pm

 GHA Centre, 1108 Fenton Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 23 June
09.30am – 1.30pm

 Rotorua Lakes Council, Council Chambers, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 22 September
09.30am – 1.30pm

 TBC Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

CANCELLED
Friday 8 December
09.30am – 1.30pm

    

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Location/Wahi Agenda and Minutes

Wednesday 20 April

9:30am - 1:30pm

(Rescheduled from 8 April)

 Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Waiariki Room, Corner Fenton & Pukaki Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 10 June

9.30am – 1.30pm

 Rotorua Lakes Council, Council Chambers, Civic Centre, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 30 September

9.30am – 1.30pm

 Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Waiariki Room, Corner Fenton & Pukaki Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Location/Wahi Agenda and Minutes

Friday 12 February

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

 Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Waiariki Room, Corner Fenton & Pukaki Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 14 May

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

 Nukuteapiapi Room, Te Arawa Lakes Trust, 1194 Haupapa Street, Rotorua Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 22 October

9:30 am – 1:30 pm

 Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Waiariki Room, Corner Fenton & Pukaki Street, Rotorua. Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Meetings August to December 2020

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Location/Wahi Agenda and Minutes

Wednesday 5 August

9:30am - 11:30am

 Council Chambers, Rotorua Lakes Council, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua. Obtain agenda, minutes and relevant documents here.

Friday 11 September

Cancelled

    

Tuesday 27 October

9:30am – 12:30 m

Nukuteapiapi Room, Te Arawa Lakes Trust, 1194 Haupapa Street, Rotorua

  

Friday 11 December

Cancelled

  

 

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Meetings January to July 2020

Friday 13 March

9:30am - 11:30am

Taheke (Opatia) Marae, 119 Okere Road, Okere Falls, Rotorua.

 

Agenda 

Minutes 

Tabled Items

Presentations
Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Agendas Minutes

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Location/Wahi Agendas Minutes

Friday 5 April

9:30am

Rotorua Lakes Council, Council Chambers, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua

Agenda

Minutes

Friday 14 June

9:30am

Rotorua Lakes Council, Council Chambers, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua

 Agenda Minutes

Friday 27 September

9:30am

Rotorua Lakes Council, Council Chambers, 1061 Haupapa Street, Rotorua

 Agenda Minutes

Note: Meeting date or venues may change - please check this page regularly.

Date/Te ra
Time/Taima		 Agendas Minutes
Friday 9 March  Agenda Minutes
Friday 15 June 

Agenda

 Minutes
Friday 2 November Agenda Minutes

Friday 14 December 

 Cancelled  

For minutes and agendas from before 2018, please contact our Governance Team.

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