Nutrient management key focuses at Committee Meeting

Nutrient management key focuses at Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee Meeting

The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee will meet on Monday 20 April in Hawarden for its monthly water management meeting.

The meeting will begin with an update from the Regional Committee and this will be followed by an update on a recent meeting regarding Periphyton, Phosphorus loads and concentrations in the Hurunui River.

The committee will then focus on how it continues to address the unintended consequences to dryland farmers of the Hurunui Waiau Rivers Regional Plan. The committee will decide whether to form a small working group or whether the full committee will address the issue.

Next, the committee will receive a report from Environment Canterbury on how it plans to resource and support the ongoing delivery of the community’s water management expectations as outlined in its Zone Implementation Programme (ZIP).

Environment Canterbury is moving towards zone-focused staff teams. The first of these teams has been set up in Amberley to cover the Hurunui-Waiau and Kaikoura zones and other zone based teams will follow around the region.

The focus of the team will be on preparing and implementing a locally based work programme to deliver the on-the-ground work outlined in the committee’s ZIP to deliver regional priorities.

The committee will finish the meeting with a discussion on its community engagement activities for the next few years and reflect on how it has worked with the community on developing its ZIP, the Hurunui and Waiau River Regional Plan, as well as nutrient allocations and minimum flows.

The Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee is a joint committee of Environment Canterbury and Hurunui District Council. It includes five community members, two Rūnanga representatives, and one each from Hurunui District Council and Environment Canterbury.

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