Land and Water

Forum

The Land and Water Forum comprises a range of primary industry groups, environmental and recreational NGOs, iwi and other organisations with an interest in fresh water and land management.

The Minister for the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry have asked the Land and Water Forum to advise on how water should be managed in New Zealand. The Forum has been joined for that task by active observers from central and local government.

The Forum’s task is to:

· conduct a stakeholder-led collaborative governance process to recommend reform of New Zealand’s fresh water management;

· through a consensus process, identify shared outcomes and goals for fresh water and related land management;

· identify options to achieve these outcomes and goals;

· produce a written report which recommends shared outcomes, goals and long-term strategies for fresh water in New Zealand.

The Forum will report to the Ministers by 31 August 2010.