About AWATEA
New Executive
At the 2010 Annual General Meeting in Wellington the following Executive was elected:
Re-Elected:
| Mr Nick Eldred | Water Infrastructure Development Manager, Meridian Energy Christchurch |
| Mr Nick Inskip | Industry Development Manager, NZ Heavy Engineering Research Association, HERA Manukau City |
| 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 |
| Mr Cliff Turner | Independent Wellington |
New Members:
| Mr Garry Venus | Director, Argo Environmental Auckland |
| Dr John Huckerby | Executive Officer, AWATEA |
Appointed:
| Dr John Huckerby | Executive Officer, AWATEA |
At the first Executive Meeting, Nick Eldred was re-elected Chairman.
Annual General Meetings
AWATEA’s Annual General Meeting is usually held in central Wellington in August/September 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
The Executive arranges occasional meetings or workshops 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.
TIDAL POWER
Map of Average Spring Tide for New Zealand. Courtesy of NIWA. (www.niwa.co.nz).

