1. Philip King – Harbourmaster Stacey Hayward - Policy Analyst
Lake Taupö Fees Review
Philip King – Harbourmaster Stacey Hayward - Policy Analyst

2. Introduction Harbourmaster Function
Lake Taupö Navigation Safety Bylaw 2010
Lake Taupö Fees Review
Next steps

3. Harbourmaster Function
The Minister of Local Government is the harbour authority
The Harbourmaster function is administered by the Department of Internal Affairs and includes
enforcing navigational safety on Lake Taupö
managing and maintaining the Crown-owned facilities in a safe and usable condition
providing administration services for mooring sites, berths and ramp permits

4. Crown-owned facilities
Assets include
17 ramps
4 marinas
numerous jetties
The Department is responsible for administration and maintenance of the assets
The Crown is responsible for the replacement, enhancement and modernisation of the assets

5. Lake Taupö Navigation Safety Bylaw 2010
Proposed amendments to the Bylaw include
new regulations requiring compulsory wearing of life jackets on jetskis
requirement for wearing life jackets on board recreational craft under 6 metres
registration of jetskis
requirement for vessels to be clearly identified
new reserved swim only areas for Kuratau and Ti Te Point

6. Lake Taupö Fees Review Review undertaken in 2009 – 2010
Considerations:
do current fees cover all costs?
should fees recover the cost of depreciation on the Crown-owned assets?
should the Crown’s annual payment to the Tūwharetoa Mäori Trust Board be recovered from fees?

7. Current funding The Department receives $419,000 pa from the Crown
$385,000 operating
$34,000 capital

8. Current fees Fees must be set on a cost recovery basis
Actual fees recovered in 2009 – 2010:
Ramp permits $147,000
Mooring permits $22,000
Berthing permits $120,000
Total permits $289,000

9. Tūwharetoa Mäori Trust Board
Ownership of the lakebeds returned to the Tūwharetoa Mäori Trust Board in 1992
The Crown is required to make an annual payment of $1.5 million to the Trust Board
This payment ensures continued public access to the Lake
$240,000 of the $1.5 million is for rental of the lake bed for the boating facilities

10. Fees review conclusions
The current fees are insufficient to cover the costs of:
ongoing maintenance of the Crown-owned assets
depreciation on the assets
annual rental ($240,000) to the Tūwharetoa Mäori Trust Board
To cover all of these costs will require an increase in fees of %
Regular fees reviews will be needed

11. Components of the increase
ongoing maintenance (blue)
cost of depreciation (maroon)
cost of annual rental to the Tūwharetoa Mäori Trust Board (yellow)

12. Market comparisons with proposed increase
The Department considered the fee regimes of 24 commercial and non-commercial marinas administered by 13 councils across the country and considered Kinloch marina’s fees
comparable with other fee regimes
comparative berths or ramp permits would be in excess of 100% more at Kinloch

13. Next steps Submissions close 3 April 2011
Consideration of written submissions
Cabinet paper for consideration of the proposed fee increase
Implementation of new fee increase comes into effect on 1 July 2011
Ongoing communication on the Bylaw amendments and implementation of the fees increase