Annual Report 2011 - Watercare

Watercare Services Limited
2011 ANNUAL REPORT
Watercare has valuable, long-standing relationships with the communities that neighbour
the company’s facilities. We engage with local people prior to undertaking project work on
our infrastructure, work closely with our shareholder and local boards, and consult with a
wide range of groups including tangata whenua directly, and with input from our specialist
Maori and Environmental Advisory Groups. This year, nearly 7,000 school children took
part in our Adopt A Stream water education programme, one of the many ways Watercare
engages with the local community. The Rain Forest Express, our narrow-gauge bush tramway
that runs to the base of the Upper Nihotupu Dam in the Waitakere Ranges, remains popular
with locals and visitors to Auckland.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown and members of the
Waitakere Ranges local board attended an event to
commemorate the Waitakere Dam’s 100th year of
operation in December 2010.
Mayor Brown acknowledged Watercare’s ongoing role
in maintaining and operating the dam – the oldest of
five in the Waitakere Ranges. The western dams currently
supply around 25 per cent of Auckland’s water.
Above: Mayor Brown (right) pictured with Charles Brown
who has been the caretaker at the dam since the 1980s.
Overall score for
the focus area
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Stakeholder relations
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