Acknowledgements
This survey and report depended on the help and assistance of many people. Initiation, funding and direction for the project were provided by Nick Zaman (project manager), Mike Thompson and Vera Power from Ministry for the Environment. Brian Sorrell and Helen Harren (NIWA) helped integrate this survey with the current lake classification work; and Jonathan Brown, Elva Christianson, Andy Standley, Simon Curtus, Steph Brown, and Darryl Lew from Opus International Consultants supported the data collation, analysis and review.
Finally, but most importantly, this project relied on the assistance and co-operation of regional councils and unitary authorities. Particularly thanks to the following people: Emma Simpson (Northland Regional Council), Grant Barnes (Auckland Regional Council), Bill Vant (Environment Waikato), John McIntosh and Paul Scholes (Environment Bay of Plenty), Chris Fowles (Taranaki Regional Council), Kerry Hudson, (Gisborne District Council), Brett Stansfield (Hawke's Bay Regional Council), Olivier Ausseil and Barry Gilliland (Horizons Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council), Alton Perrie (Greater Wellington Regional Council), Peter Hamill (Marlborough District Council), Paul Sheldon (Nelson City Council), Trevor James (Tasman District Council), Adrian Meredith and Shirley Hayward (Environment Canterbury), Jonny Horrox (West Coast Regional Council), Rachel Ozanne (Otago Regional Council), and Chris Jenkins (Environment Southland).
