Fresh water New Zealand: problems, processes and priorities

Proceedings of a conference organised by the Royal Society of New Zealand, at the University of Auckland, 13 and 14 November 2003

All in PDF.

• Introduction (193KB)
• Session 1: Overview (19MB)
• Session 2: The state we’re in (10MB)
• Session 3: Why we’re in it (6MB)
• Session 4: Necessary steps (3MB)

Proceedings

Session 1: Overview

• Opening address
• Issues and initiatives—fresh water
  The Hon Marian Hobbs, Minister for the Environment
• Fresh water: the national capital account we must keep in credit
  Dr Morgan Williams, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
• New Zealand’s freshwater environments: science issues, limits and progress
  Dr Clive Howard-Williams, General Manager Fresh Water and Education, NIWA

Session 2: The state we’re in

• Water in the future: is the past a good guide?
  Dr David Wratt, Senior Scientist, NIWA
  Convenor of the Royal Society of New Zealand Climate Committee
• Demands for water: issues and tensions
  Susan Edwards, Senior Policy Analyst, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
• Water quality in New Zealand
  Rhonda Mitchell, Advisor, Ministry for the Environment
• Problems with process: limits on decision-making
  Mr Graeme Martin, Chief Executive, Otago Regional Council
• Flood risks—who decides, who pays?
  Mr John Norton, Director, Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management

Session 3: Why we’re in it

• Water law: risks, values and environmental decision-making
  Dr Royden Somerville QC, Dunedin
• Water in impoverished communities
  Associate Professor Paul Henriques, Head of School of Applied Sciences,
  Auckland University of Technology
• 4 B2B2B: bio-science to bio-enterprise to bio-business
  Key drivers of water resources management and science in Australia
  Professor Gary Jones, Chief Executive, Cooperative Centre for Freshwater Ecology,
  Canberra
• Tensions and priorities—a user’s view
  Dr Keith Turner, CEO, Meridian Energy
• Sustainable water supplies—worth fighting for?
  Professor Paul Jowitt, Director, Scottish Institute of Sustainable Technology
• Dealing with Maori cultural and spiritual imperatives in water resources
  in the 21st Century
  Mr Morris Love, Te Atiawa

Session 4: Necessary steps

• Bench-marking New Zealand governance: decision-making and values
  Associate Professor Basil Sharp, Dept of Economics, University of Auckland
• Adequate clean fresh water for all?
  Mr Barry Carbon, Chief Executive, Ministry for the Environment
• The RMA—problems, processes and possibilities
  Professor David Elms, University of Canterbury