The vision of the JMG and the 2020 Taupo-nui-a-Tia project is:

The community values are achieved or maintained through the completion of the actions in the 2020 TAP.

So, how are we doing on the actions?

Nearly 70 percent of the actions are in different stages of implementation. Good progress is being made in a number of areas, including:

Work to reduce nitrogen inputs to the Lake

• Environment Waikato has introduced new rules to cap the amount of nitrogen entering the Lake from rural and urban land
• The Lake Taupo Protection Trust has been established to manage a public fund to reduce manageable nitrogen inputs to the Lake
• Significant funding allocated to the Clean Streams programme to help protect water quality and riparian margins in the catchment

Raising awareness of the impact of boat sewage on water quality

• Environment Waikato’s campaign to raise boat owners’ awareness of the impact of boat sewage on lake health. To find out more, click here
• New pump-out facilities at the Taupo Boat Harbour make it easier and faster for boat owners to discharge their wastewater safely

Tuwharetoa environmental initiatives

• The Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board’s Asset Management Unit (TAMU) is providing environmental information to hapu through hui, the environmental panui Te Kotuku, the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board website and the new Tuwharetoa environmental roopu

Multiple initiatives to tackle pest plants and fish in waterways, including

• Agencies and stakeholders working together to raise awareness of pest fish, and didymo
• Environment Waikato’s Regional Pest Management Strategy sets out how plant and animal pests in the region will be controlled over the next five years

Actions to preserve recreational opportunities and foreshore reserves around the Lake, such as:

• The Lake Taupo Foreshore Risk Management Strategy will focus on lakeshore erosion and the effect of flooding on the Lake Taupo foreshore and tributaries
• The “Boating on Lake Taupo” brochure sets out boating, parking and launching rules for boat owners. Get your copy from the Harbour Masters office at the Taupo Boat Harbour, Redoubt Street, Taupo, ph: 07 378 7176

Agencies using various tools to protect the catchment’s unique wilderness areas, scenery, and geology, including

• Taupo District Council’s natural values variation to the district plan will identify all significant natural areas in the district
• Information about wetland restoration
• Regional rules to protect wetlands
• Weed control works

JMG reporting

• Inaugural Annual Report on progress towards implementing the 2020 TAP
• 2006-07 Annual Report due in November 2007
• 2020 Taupo-nui-aTia Monitoring and Reporting Plan due in November 2007