​A big thank you to Cromwell Youth Trust and Te Tapu o Tāne - Growing Trees & Communities for fighting the rain yesterday to install 300 native taonga species in McNulty Inlet in just under 3 hours!
We just love the before and after photos showing how much mahi they achieved! The local wildlife and community can now enjoy these plants as they grow and attract birds, insects and lizards to the site.

​Lake Dunstan Charitable Trust launches biannual (twice a year) surveys to ensure the community’s voice is captured and shared with trustees and key stakeholders.

The summer 2022/23 survey focused on:
•Establishing high-use areas for boats and other uses (e.g. swimming, picnics, family)
•How to improve these spaces
•LDCT engagement
•Lagarosiphon (lakeweed) control works
•How information on control works reaches the community
•How it could be improved

Cromwell locals are being invited to one of two community workshops to map out potential ideas to spruce up the lake edge around the town’s heritage precinct.
It is part of new obligations on Contact Energy, outlined in the latest management plan for the Kawarau Arm of Lake Dunstan.