functions and Taranaki’s natural and physical
resources.
Commentary/Highlights
The main focus has been on completing the Coastal Plan review process. Work on the Freshwater and Land Plan continues
with assessments of minimum flows and allocation limits. Engagement with iwi through Wai Maori collaborative group and
engagement with other stakeholders.
Outputs/Key performance indications
PERFORMANCE MEASURE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE
Complete preparation/full reviews and interim
result of
heavy and persistent rain, and associated inflow and infiltration into the sewer network on both private and
public property. Signage was put around the nearby stream and also at Ohawe Beach. Neighbours of the
WWTP were visited and informed, Iwi were notified along with a general public notification from STDC. The
overflow ceased on 27 February 2022.
Environmental effects of exercise of consents
Past significant impacts on the receiving water quality of the Mangawhero Stream, and
3 Saddle Views Estate Ltd v Dunedin City Council [2014] NZEnvC 243, at [24].
4 Te Runanga a Iwi O Ngati Kahu v Far North District Council [2010] NZEnvC 372, (2010) 16 ELRNZ 259, at [98]
to [100], and [111]; Burgess v Selwyn District Council [2014] NZEnvC 11, at [74]; and Otway Oasis Soc Inc v
Waikato Regional Council [2020] NZEnvC 169, at [15].
5 Queenstown Lakes District Council v Hawthorn Estate Ltd [2006] NZRMA 424 (CA), at [75], [82] and [84].
page
Page 5
functions and Taranaki’s natural and physical
resources.
Commentary/Highlights
The main focus has been on completing the Coastal Plan review process. Work on the Freshwater and Land Plan continues
with assessments of minimum flows and allocation limits. Engagement with iwi through Wai Maori collaborative group and
engagement with other stakeholders.
Outputs/Key performance indications
PERFORMANCE MEASURE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE
Complete preparation/full reviews and interim
natural and physical resources.
COMMENTARY/HIGHLIGHTS
Continued to make progress on the review of the Coastal Plan including consultation with Iwi and others. A legal review of the Plan has
been completed. Further work with Iwi may delay the presentation of the Plan to the Policy Committee by one meeting round. The
release of a Proposed Freshwater Plan was delayed to allow further work to be undertaken. Consultants have been engaged to
undertake work to address matters raised in
39%
Cultural/historical 48 70%
Ecological/scientific 41 59%
page
9
3.2 Land tenure
The foreshore and seabed is deemed to be owned by the Crown, except where there
is a surveyed title (around New Zealand, it is estimated that less than 1% of the New
Zealand foreshore is privately owned1). However, Crown ownership of the foreshore
and seabed has been disputed
in some quarters and in June
2003 the Court of Appeal
ruled that South Island Iwi
could take a claim for the
of 13 Key
Native Ecosystems
monitored improving or
maintaining condition.
page
engagement to progress Mt Messenger
and Awakino Tunnel bypass projects
Improving
lifestyles
Regional Council
Taranaki
Connecting
people
Range of resource investigations
and applied research projects
undertaken.
Supporting
community initiatives
worked with Wild for Taranaki, iwi and grassroots
community groups to improve
Taranaki’s biodiversity.
Building
Agenda for Ordinary Council meeting February 2017.
also
exist throughout the region. Statutory acknowledgements have been developed by some iwi and
formally recorded as part of Treaty settlement legislation. These statutory acknowledgements are
statements made by the iwi of the particular cultural, spiritual, historical and traditional association
of the iwi with a statutory area.
Tangata whenua have responsibilities for the exercise of kaitiakitanga over the environment and
other taonga within the rohe. Kaitiakitanga includes elements
settlements in the
rohe, such as Ngā Motu and the Waitara River, were on the coast. The papakainga was
the centre of social, cultural, economic and spiritual well-being. Papapakainga such as
Puke Ariki, Purakau, Rewa Rewa and Mangatī were located on the coast close to the
valued resources of water, mahinga kai and kaimoana. The resources sustained and
nourished the iwi and were important to ensure survival and to maintain the spiritual,
cultural and economic prosperity of Te