Annual Report 2003/2004

1 Overview

2 Statement of Service Performance for the Year Ended 30 June 2004

3 Financial Statements for the Ministry for the Environment

4 Financial Statements and Schedules: Non-Departmental

5 Triple Bottom Line Progress

6 Management of the Ministry

7 Contact Information

Vote Environment: Output Class: Waitaki Decision-Making Body

This output class covers the Ministry's responsibility for the management of a process to develop a water allocation framework for the Waitaki River. The River and catchment is subject to intense competition from different people, companies and organisations for the use of its water. We aim to develop an improved process and planning framework to determine water allocation and resource applications for the River and its catchment.

Performance measures

Outputs in this class were provided within the appropriated sum and within the timeframes as specified in the Estimates (unless otherwise stated). Performance measures were specified for each output as appropriate.

Drafting instructions were completed subject to timeframes set in the Government's Legislative Programme.

All outputs were delivered to the Ministers' specifications. Orders in Council and regulations were intra vires and in accordance with principal statutes.

Resources employed

Actual 30/06/2003 $000		Actual 30/06/2004 $000	Main estimates 30/06/2004 $000	Supplementary estimates 30/06/2004 $000
	Revenue:
0	Crown	1,111	0	1,111
0	Total revenue	1,111	0	1,111
0	Total expenses	706	0	1,111
0	Net surplus	405	0	0

Support the Board in its plan development process

Partly achieved and ongoing. In September 2003 the Government announced its intention to create an improved process for making decisions about water use on the Waitaki River catchment where many competing resource applications for water use were due for consideration in the absence of a regional water plan. To do this a project team was established to develop and pass the special legislation required and then to establish and support an independent board who would be responsible for the development of an allocation plan. The development of the legislation and the appointment of a Board were delayed due to changing circumstances surrounding Project Aqua and the appropriate scope of the special legislation.