Acknowledgements
We are particularly grateful to the council staff who provided data and patiently assisted with our requests and correspondence, and without whom this analysis could not have been undertaken. They include: Emma Simpson (Northland Regional Council), Grant Barnes and Mike McMurtry (Auckland Regional Council), Bill Vant (Environment Waikato), John McIntosh and Paul Scholes (Environment Bay of Plenty), Olivier Ausseil and Barry Gilliland (Horizons Regional Council), Alton Perrie (Greater Wellington Regional Council), Adrian Meredith and Shirley Hayward (Environment Canterbury), Jonny Horrox (West Coast Regional Council), Rachel Ozanne (Otago Regional Council), and Chris Jenkins (Environment Southland).
Keith Hamill and his colleagues at Opus Consultants are thanked for coordinating the data collection, and for providing data summaries and drafts of their report. Ton Snelder assisted with interpretation and use of his lake environmental classification. Mary de Winton provided LakeSPI and water quality data. Paul Champion provided additional information on Northland lakes used in our interpretations. Nick Zaman, Mike Thompson and Vera Power at the Ministry for the Environment are thanked for their valuable guidance and advice for the project. Thanks also to Marc Schallenberg (Otago University) for providing data and for additional reviewing.
Reviewed by: Kit Rutherford
Approved for release by: Clive Howard-Williams
