Last week we met the managing director of Lakeweed Harvesters & Contractors to access if we could benefit from a weed harvester on Lake Dunstan. There was a lot of positives to investing in this machinery but also some concerns.

We are currently in talks with LINZ, Contact Energy and the council to access the risk of spreading Lagarosiphon downstream of the dam. Lagarosiphon management costs NZ millions every year and we don't want to increase this cost. Lagarosiphon is already between the Clyde and Roxburgh Dam but currently not lower downstream.

The company we met with currently work on the Rotorua Te Arawa Lakes and a 2020 report accesses the effectiveness of weed harvesting to control aquatic weeds. To read the article and summary, click 'Read more'.

Karleigh Hoera, a trustee of LDCT,  says those with the power to do something have largely washed their hands of the affair.
“They’ve just sort of said, look, you know, that’s what’s going to happen and there’s really nothing we can do about it.
“It’s not going to go away.”

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Cromwell’s lake watchdogs reckon Lake Dunstan’s been long-neglected and today they’re gathering together powers-that-be in an historic meeting to lobby for better management of the watery asset.
According to Duncan Faulkner, the fresh face at the helm of the Guardians of Lake Dunstan group, the lake is not quite the jewel in Cromwell’s crown that it could be.