About AWATEA

New Executive

At the 2009  Annual General Meeting in Wellington on 29 September  the following Executive was elected:

Re-Elected:

Mr Nick Eldred Water Infrastructure Development Manager, Meridian Energy
Christchurch
Dr Alex Malahoff Chief Executive, GNS Science
Lower Hutt
Dr Murray Poulter Chief Scientist, NIWA,
Wellington
Dr Peter McCafferty Manager, Beca Power NZ, Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner
Wellington

New Members:

Mr Nick Eldred Industry Development Manager, NZ Heavy Engineering Research Association
Manukau City
Dr Peter McComb Oceanographer, Met Ocean Solutions Limited
New Plymouth
Mr Cliff Turner Independent
Wellington
Mr Chris Turver Executive Officer, Awatea
Kapiti

At the first Executive Meeting, held in Wellington on 10 November, Nick Eldred was elected Chairman to succeed Mr Tara Ross-Watt who retired.

 

Annual General Meetings

AWATEA’s Annual General Meeting is usually held in central Wellington in August and is open to members and non-members.  Apart from conducting the Association’s business, such as elections to the Executive, the meetings are usually held with a presentation or mini-conference.

Special General Meetings are generally only held when issues requiring a vote are called for.

 

Annual Conference

AWATEA holds an Annual Conference sometime between March and May.  To date the conferences have been held in central Wellington and are open to members and non-members alike.  The Executive selects a theme relevant to present or future development of marine energy in New Zealand.  Each conference consists of a selection of presentations on relevant themes, which are available to members and conference registrants on the website.

More details of past and future conferences can be found under the AWATEA events page.

 

Meetings and Workshops

Each year the Executive arranges at least one meeting or workshop additional to the AGM and Annual Conference meetings.  These additional meetings are usually on a specific theme, relevant to current developments in marine energy.

Meeting Date Subject
Mini-conference: September 2006 General
Mini-conference: August 2007 Developers' Day
Workshop: December 2008 Resource Consenting

 

Newsletter

AWATEA also publishes a newsletter, distributed by e-mail, which is sent out to members on an approximately monthly basis. The newsletter provides an update to AWATEA's current activities and marine energy developments in New Zealand and around the world. AWATEA will consider any material submitted for publication in the context of its own objectives and operations.

The full newsletter is available to paid members only and archived newsletters can be found on the Members’ Page.  A ‘highlights’ edition of the newsletter is available to non-members and can be found under AWATEA events page.

If you wish to receive the non-members newsletter, send an email with the word 'Subscribe' in the subject line to mail@awatea.org.nz