planned to work with additional clubs.
Para Kore
Para Kore is a zero waste programme for marae.
The programme is funded by the Ministry for the
Environment and by the district councils in the
region. The Taranaki Regional Council provides
advice and support. Facilitators for the Taranaki area
started working with marae in April 2013, with a plan
to work with at least one marae in each iwi area. Para
Kore facilitators are currently working with 12 marae:
Meremere Marae,
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
Wai iti Beach Retreat Annual Report 2021-2022
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].
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Management, spoke to the memorandum
updating Members’ of consents granted, consents under application and consent
processing actions, since the last meeting. The information was summarised in the
attachments. The reports provided more information on consultation undertaken with
iwi and the community.
Recommended
receives the schedule of resource consents granted and other consent processing
actions, made under delegated authority.
Davey/Littlewood
11. Report on notified …
Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) - Ōpunake Power Ltd
0555
Brent.Manning@STDC.govt.nz
Nikki Palmer Department of Conservation TBC npalmer@doc.govt.nz
Allen Stancliff Fish and Game New Zealand Yes 06 757 9676 272639152 AStancliff@fishandgame.org.nz
Paddy Walsh
Opunake angling &
Surfcasting Club Yes
272305820 paddy@actionaki.co.nz
Leanne Horo
Taranaki Iwi - Authorised
voice of Te Kāhui o Taranaki
Trust
TBC 06 763
8242 274988746 admin@taranaki.iwi.nz
Nigel Robinson Landowner Yes
274756073
on the Freshwater Plan continues with assessments of minimum flows and allocation limits.
Engagement with iwi and other stakeholders is ongoing. Work on the National Policy Statement for urban development (NPS-
UD) continues jointly with NPDC. New Plymouth was recently determined a high growth area requiring very tight time frames
to be met to implement the NPS-UD.
Outputs/Key performance indications
PERFORMANCE MEASURE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE
Complete preparation/full
means “hail”, and as two it could mean “river” and “peak” (perhaps explaining
McLintock’s view).5 It also says tara is a term for any sharp-pointed object, such as
a spear.
However, the Reed dictionary prefers a literal translation of Wai: “river”, and taranga,
which it says is the long version of tara, and means “long steps”. It links the name to
Turi, captain of the waka, Aotea, who is said to have needed “long strides” to cross
the river.
Ngāti Mutunga, a north Taranaki iwi that has
and agrees to commit to them is welcome. We currently have 33
Members and 6 Friends. A number of environmental groups in Taranaki have joined and
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the remainder are in the process of joining. The eight iwi of Taranaki, as Kaitiaki of our
region, have been invited to automatically become members.
Two workshops have been held for members and
the community; Best practice for predator control
in