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The future form and funding model for the Lake TaupÅ Protection Trust will be the subject of long term plan reviews for both the TaupÅ District and Waikato Regional Councils.
Whatever its future form, there will be a reshuffling of who picks up the tab for the body managing reduced nitrogen inflows into Lake Taupō. A joint hearings committee made up of Taupō District (TDC) and Waikato Regional Councillors (WRC) will listen to submissions in May on the future of the Lake Taupō Protection Trust. Regardless of what is suggested by submitters and which of three options the committee chooses, change is afoot for who pays to oversee and manage agreements it has with landowners.