11 Acknowledgements
A project such as this cannot be successful without the willing participation of a wide range of people. We are particularly grateful to the help and assistance of Nigel Ironside and Paul McHardy from the Ministry for the Environment, and Charlotte Rutherford, Dr Jim Barnett and Dr John Russell from Fonterra. We also very much thank all those regional authority staff and scientists who freely gave their time to discuss this with us.
