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
TIDAL POWER
Map of Average Spring Tide for New Zealand. Courtesy of NIWA. (www.niwa.co.nz).
