2015 New Zealand River Prize Application
Protecting Lake Taupō Project
Section C.1: Reference List
Activity #1
Waikato Regional Council, 1998. Memorandum of Agreement between Waikato Regional Council
and Ngāti Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board. Waikato Regional Council document #37121. 7pp
Activity #2
Waikato Regional Council, 2000. Nutrient management in the Lake Taupō Catchment. In Waikato
Regional Council 9th February 2000 Council agenda. Waikato Regional Council document #583146.
Petch RA, 2015. Personal communication
Activity #3
Selection of research and monitoring reports Hawes, L, 2000. Alternative Horticultural Land Uses – Lake Taupō Catchment. Contract Report for
Environment Waikato. Document # 808973. 8pp.
Nicholas, I, 2000. Identification of Alternative Forestry Land Uses for the Lake Taupō Catchment.
Report prepared for Environment Waikato. Forest Research Institute, Rotorua. Waikato Regional
Council document # 808966. 19 pp.
Stewart, C., Johnston, D., Rosen, M., Boyce, W., 2000. Public involvement in environmental
management of Lake Taupō: preliminary results of the 1999 survey. Institute of Geological and
Nuclear Sciences Limited science report 2000/7. 16p.
Vant B, Huser B, 2000. Effects of intensifying catchment land use on the water quality of Lake Taupō.
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production 6: 261-264.
Elliott AH, Stroud MJ, 2001. Prediction of nutrient loads entering Lake Taupō under various landuse
scenarios. NIWA Client Report EVW01224. Hamilton, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric
Research Ltd
Thorrold B, Finlayson I, 2001. Estimating the costs of restrictions on nitrate emissions in the Taupō
Catchment. AgResearch Client Report for Environment Waikato. Waikato Regional Council document
# 1066897. 60 pp.
Hall JA, Payne GW, White E, 2002. Nutrient bioassays on phytoplankton from Lake Taupō. NIWA
client report EVW01229 Hamilton, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd.
Kaine G, Higson M 2004. A tradable permit program for nitrogen emissions to Lake Taupō. Social
Research Working Paper 08/04. AgResearch.
Morgenstern U, 2007. Lake Taupō streams—water age distribution, fraction of landuse impacted
water, and future nitrogen load. Waikato Regional Council Technical Report 2007/26. Hamilton,
Waikato Regional Council.
Spigel R, Howard-Williams C, Hawes I, James MR, 2003. Predictions of water quality changes in Lake
Taupō under different nitrogen loadings: further refinement and application of a coupled
hydrodynamic model. NIWA Client Report. Christchurch. National Institute of Water and
Atmospheric Research Ltd.
Activity #4
Waikato Regional Council, 2000. Pre-press release letter to land owners. Waikato Regional Council
document #608815.
Waikato Regional Council, 2000. Press release Protecting Water Quality in Lake Taupō. Waikato
Regional Council document #639037.
Young J, 2000. Issues and Options for managing Water Quality in Lake Taupō Catchment – Final.
Waikato Regional Council document #623859.
Waikato Regional Council, 2001. Memorandum of Understanding for Taupō Lake Care and
Environment Waikato Consultative Relationship. Waikato Regional Council document #679667. 2pp.
Activity #5
2020 Joint Management Group, 2005. Taupō-nui-a-Tia 2020 Action Plan – An Integrated Sustainable
Development Strategy for the Lake Taupō Catchment. Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board, Waikato
Regional Council. 100pp
Activity #6
Ngāti Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board, 2003. Ngāti Tūwharetoa Iwi Environmental Management Plan.
Ngāti Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board. 64pp.
Activity #7
Waikato Regional Council, 2004. Taupō Structure and Funding recommendations. Report to Waikato
Regional Council. Waikato Regional Council document # 948237.
Waikato Regional Council, 2005. Taupō Funding Model for the Council Controlled Organisation.
Waikato Regional Council document # 959208
Waikato Regional Council 2005. The Lake Taupō Protection Project – Project Agreement. Waikato
Regional Council document # 978094. 22pp.
Activity #8
Waikato Regional Council, 2005. Proposed Waikato Regional Plan Variation 5 – Lake Taupō
Catchment (Proposed). Waikato Regional Council Policy Series 2005/3. Waikato Regional Council
document #946073. 46pp.
Activity #9
Cabinet Policy Committee Minute, 2003. Advancing Negotiations to Protect Lake Taupō. Pol Minute
(03) 32/9. 10pp.
Stevens, VW, 2004. Protecting Lake Taupō – Funding Policy. Paper to Waikato Regional Council.
Waikato Regional Council document #885811. 27pp.
Waikato Regional Council, 2005. Lake Taupō Protection Project – Funding deed. Waikato Regional
Council document #2267567. 18pp.
Waikato Regional Council, 2013. Lake Taupō Protection Project - Amended Project Funding Deed.
Waikato Regional Council document #2797414. 5pp.
Activity #10
Waikato Regional Council, 2005. Lake Taupō Protection Trust Deed. Waikato Regional Council
document #2768570. 38pp.
Cabinet Policy Committee Minute 2006. Protecting Lake Taupō: Joint Fund Administration. Policy
Minute Pol (06) 318. 8pp.
Activity #11
Hayward N, 2014. Taupō Catchment Implementation update. Report to the Lake Taupō Protection
Trust. Waikato Regional Council document #3077086. 3pp.
Activity #12
Decision of the Environment Court, 2008. Environment Court Interim decision 123/2008: R Gordon
Whiting, Environment Court Judge. 74pp.
Final Decision of the Environment Court, 2011. Lake Taupō – Regional Plan Variation 5 Appeals –
final decision of the Environment Court. Waikato Regional Council document #2011281. 48pp.
Activity #13
Lake Taupō Protection Trust, 2014. Six-monthly report on Trust operations from 01 July 2013 to 31
December 2013. Report to the Lake Taupō Protection Project Joint Committee, Waikato Regional
Council.
www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/PageFiles/19537/Agenda%20LTPPJC%2020%20March%202014%20OPE
N.pdf
Activity #14
Beef + lamb New Zealand, 2013. Farming with nutrient limit
http://beeflambnz.com/news-events/News/2013/july/farming-with-nutrient-limits/
Waikato Regional Council, 2011. Beef gets environmental ‘tick’ for restaurant trial. Waikato Regional
Council Media Release. Waikato Regional Council document #1983371.
Activity #15
RMLA award held by Waikato Regional Council
Michael Barton QSM award http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1290
Activity #16
Selected references
Petch RA, Young J, Thorrold B, Vant B, 2003. Protecting an icon – managing sources of diffuse
nutrient inflow to Lake Taupō, New Zealand. Paper presented to the International Conference on
Diffuse Sources, Dublin, Ireland.
Petch RA, 2005. Protecting Lake Taupō – a partnership approach. Lecture presented to Earth Science
Students, Earth Science Department, University of Waikato. Waikato Regional Council document #
1178574
Yerex S, 2009. Protecting Lake Taupō – The Strategy and the Lessons. Dissertation prepared for the
Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme 2008. 81pp.
http://www.laketaupoprotectiontrust.org.nz/page/lake_53.php
Arunachalan M, 2010. A Communitarian Approach to Accountability for the Common Good: A Case
Study of Community Participation in Planning and Policy Making for Lake Taupō. Unpublished D. Phil
thesis. University of Waikato. 494pp. http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/3999
Land and Water Forum, 2010. Report of the land and Water Forum: A fresh Start For Fresh Water.
68pp. http://www.landandwater.org.nz/
de Jong J,2011. Lake Taupō. A Multi-Sector Collaborative Partnership towards Sustainable
Development. Unpublished Masters of management Studies thesis. University of Waikato. 156 pp.
http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/5292
Duhon M, Young J, Kerr S, 2011. Nitrogen trading in Lake Taupō: An analysis and evaluation of an
innovative water management strategy. Paper presented at the 2001 NZARES conference, Nelson,
New Zealand, 25-26 August 2011.
Shortle J, 2012. Water quality trading in agriculture. OECD.
http://www.oecd.org/officialdocuments/publicdisplaydocumentpdf/?cote=COM/TAD/CA/ENV/EPOC
(2010)19/FINAL&docLanguage=En
Kerr S, 2013. Managing risks and tradeoffs using water markets. Motu Working Paper 13-13. Motu
Economic and Public Policy Research.
Global Research Alliance/World Farmers Organisation Inaugural International Farmers Study Tour of
New Zealand, 2015. Email of thanks. Copy held by Waikato Regional Council.
Barns S, Mackay S, Fleming G (forthcoming). The Lake Taupō cap-and-trade programme in New
Zealand. Report to the Environment Policy Committee working party on Integrating Environmental
and Economic Policies. OECD. Waikato Regional Council document #2382377.
Activity #17
Vant B, 2013. Recent changes in the water quality of Lake Taupō and its inflowing streams. NZ
Journal of Forestry, 58(2): pp27-30.
Waikato Regional Council, 2014. Monitoring Deed for the long-term monitoring of Lake Taupō.
Waikato Regional Council document #3080365.