This involves the use of current
RMA provisions to create a new freshwater policy,
planning and management regime that impacts
everything from farm practices to urban subdivision.
Implementing this regime will be the largest single
project in Council’s history.
The role of iwi
These reforms also give tangata whenua a greater
role in freshwater management by focusing on Te
Mana o Te Wai (the integrated and holistic well-
being of water) and requiring a partnership approach
to developing
funding and/or support of fish passage
remediation projects. We are working towards the removal
of a number of significant barriers, following the successful
removal of the Kaūpokonui Weir, a project championed by
local iwi and hapū.
Left: Location and density of farm culverts identified on farms in the Riparian Management Programme. Right: Location and density of points
where local roads or state highways intersect with rivers, indicative of the presence of bridges or culverts.
the Regional Transport Committee
d) agrees that on the reconstitution of Consents and Regulatory Committee, Policy
and Planning Committee, Regional Transport Committee, Executive, Audit and
Risk Committee, Taranaki Solid Waste Management Joint Committee and Yarrow
Stadium Joint Committee for the triennial period 2019-2022
e) agrees that, in the reconstituting a Policy and Planning Committee, nominations
form Taranaki Iwi (3), the three Taranaki District Councils and Federated Farmers
Act
1991 and the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.
Iwi considerations
This memorandum and the associated recommendations are consistent with the Council’s
policy for the development of Māori capacity to contribute to decision-making processes
(schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2002) as outlined in the adopted long-term plan
and/or annual plan. Similarly, iwi involvement in adopted work programmes has been
recognised in the preparation of this
Committee.
3.2 In response to matters raised at previous Consents and Regulatory Committee
meeting, the agenda report details stakeholder and iwi interests for each monitoring
report.
Recommended
THAT the Taranaki Regional Council
1. receives the 18-06 STDC Wai-inu Beach Settlement Monitoring Programme Annual
Report 2017-2018 and adopts the specific recommendations therein.
2. receives the 18-05 Todd Petroleum Limited Mangahewa-C Hydraulic Fracturing
Monitoring Programme
key players identified for each of the actions include government
departments, local authorities, iwi and communities.
Other work undertaken at the time included a Ministerial Advisory Committee established to
develop an agreed set of proposals that would lead to effective and sustainable management of
biodiversity outside the conservation estate
5
,
6
.
To facilitate the implementation of the NZ Biodiversity Strategy the government established
national
engrossed in a
review of our ‘rulebook’, the Freshwater and Land Plan, to tease out issues and potential fixes. There’s been a raft
of scientific studies and we’ve also been running a series of hui with iwi and other water users.
The Council is still aiming to have a proposed new plan ready for notification in mid-2020.
Pukeiti, Tūpare & Hollard Gardens
A firm focus on presentation, interpretation and sound horticultural practice at the three heritage properties,
Pukeiti, Tūpare
steps it
intends to take to foster the development of Māori
capacity to contribute to the decision making processes
over the period covered by the Plan. There are eight
recognised iwi in the region, Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi, Ngāti
Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Taranaki Iwi, Te Atiawa, Ngāti
Mutunga, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Tama.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Opportunities were provided to Māori to be involved in
the development of policy and in particular input was
sought or opportunities