Kia ora,
Welcome to Lake Dunstan
The Lake Dunstan Charitable Trust brings together the needs of the community (Clutha/Mata-Au) and the activity of stakeholders (Kawarau) to achieve a healthy and happy environment for people and wildlife (the junction) of Lake Dunstan.
The Trust is run by a small group of Trustees who volunteer their time on-behalf of the Cromwell community. We focus on 3 key areas:
The Trust is run by a small group of Trustees who volunteer their time on-behalf of the Cromwell community. We focus on 3 key areas:
Community Representation
We lobby local and national government and agencies to highlight the needs of our lakeside community and environment.
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Project Funding
We apply for external funding and manage projects that support the environmental, cultural and recreational values of Lake Dunstan.
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Volunteer Management
We run volunteer projects end events, including annual lakeside clean-ups, maintenance and education.
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Want to know what we've been up to?
Our work in numbers
On the 3rd March 2021 Minister Damien O’Connor announced $953,000 (plus gst) funding from the Jobs for Nature Program to help us deliver 10 jobs over four years, a landscape restoration plan and community engagement for the development of a shared community vision and plan for Lake Dunstan.
As of 18th January 2024:
38
Jobs were created
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10,000+
Plants were planted
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350+
People created a lake vision
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Here's how we did it
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ONE, we engaged with our community to create a
Vision for Lake DunstanBetween January and July 2022, Shaping our Future (SoF) was contracted to undertake long-term community visioning work. A combination of face-to-face and online engagement processes captured input from over 350 members of the public and built on the findings of a survey of over 250 people previously undertaken by the LDCT.
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TWO, we hired landscape architects and ecologists to
Create a landscape planThis document explores the ideas and possibilities that Lake Dunstan holds. The concepts in the package are the result of many conversations, site visits, and research to create a narrative and design interventions that strengthen and enhance the genius loci of Lake Dunstan. This concept has given consideration to the possibilities and future growth across the region before narrow-ing in on the site-scale interventions all the way through to the details of stage 1 implementation.
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THREE,
we strength tested our plan through
we strength tested our plan through
Stakeholder engagement
Next we shared our plan with our various stakeholders and asked for feedback. Since the creation of our plan we have engaged with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Central Otago District Council (CODC), Otago Regional Council (ORC), Fire Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) and local Iwi.
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FOUR, we built a huge team to
Prepare and plantWe chose the road entranceway to McNulty inlet for stage 1 of our planting. The goal of getting 15,000 plants in the ground required expert contractors to source plants, prepare the land and provide the know-how. We asked our local community to help us plant, with over one hundred people turning out to lend a hand (or two).
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FIVE, in Spring 2024 we start
Stage twoStage 2 will focus on the lake edge from Deadmans Bridge to 600m north of the Lake Dunstan Boat Club. This phase focuses on increasing recreational values. We will do this by removing weeds, pruning trees, planting 1500 plants and improving recreational spaces for the Aquatic Centre and Boat Club.
Whats Next? Nationally, all Jobs for Nature funding ends on 1st May 2024. The trust has exceed its J4N targets, and we are very keen to continue to support Lake Dunstan. We are now seeking other funding opportunities for future planting projects. In the meantime, our projects will be maintained to ensure they remain healthy.
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