Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee

9 October 2020

Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee Minutes

 

Meeting held in the Waihaua Marae, Arapaoa Road, RD1 Matakohe

on Friday 9 October 2020, commencing at 2:00pm

 

 

Tuhinga (Present):

NRC Chair Penny Smart

NRC Councillor Amy Macdonald

Auckland Council Greg Sayers

Te Uri o Hau Malcolm Welsh

Te Uri o Hau Willie Wright

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Virginia Warriner

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Tame Te Rangi

Ngā Maunga Whakahī o Kaipara, Cherie Povey

Ngā Maunga Whakahī o Kaipara, Jane Sherard

 

I Tae Mai (In Attendance):

Full Meeting

NRC, Malcolm Nicolson

NRC, Jonathan Gibbard

NRC, Duncan Kervell

NRC, Penny Pirrit

AC, John Hutton

Alan Wilcox

 

The Acting Chair, Malcolm Nicolson, declared the meeting open at 2:00pm.

Moved (Wright/Smart)

That the meeting be adjourned until 2:45pm.

Carried

 

The meeting resumed at 2:45pm

Ngā whakapahā/Apologies (Item 1.0)

Moved (Wright / Warriner)

That the apologies from NRC Councillor Joce Yeoman, Auckland Council Daniel Newman and Local Board Chair Phelan Pirrie for non-attendance be received.

Carried

 

Nga whakapuakanga (Declarations of Conflicts of Interest)

It was advised that members should make declarations item-by-item as the meeting progressed.

 

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair (Item 4.1)

ID: A1369977

Report from Penny Pirrit, Consultant

Moved (Wright/Macdonald)

1.         That the report ‘Election of Chair and Deputy Chair’ by Penny Pirrit, Consultant and dated 1 October 2020, be received.

2.         That Tame Te Rangi be appointed as Chair of the Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee.

Malcolm Nicolson vacated the Chair and Tame Te Rangi resumed as Chair

3.         That Penny Smart be appointed as Deputy Chair of the Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee.

Carried

 

 

Overview of Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme (Item 4.2)

ID: A1370177

Report from Penny Pirrit, Consultant

Presentation from Joint Committee member Willie Wright on the journey to establish the Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme and the purpose and aspirations of the programme and member parties.

Moved (Welsh/Warriner)

1.    That the overview of Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme presentation be received.

Carried

 

Operational Processes of the Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee (Item 4.3)

ID: A1369969

Report from Penny Pirrit, Consultant

Moved (Smart/Wright)

1.         That the report ‘Operational Processes of the Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee’ by Penny Pirrit, Consultant and dated 1 October 2020, be received.

2.         That the joint committee meet monthly until April 2021 (excluding the month of January) at which time it will review the frequency of meetings.

3.         That the joint committee confirm the initial schedule of meeting dates as:

·        October – 30th October all day

·        November – 16th November all day

·        December –4th December morning

4.         That the location of the monthly meetings be rotated around the Kaipara Moana catchment, and where practicable be held on marae.

5.         That the forward joint committee work programme outlined in this report be approved and reviewed quarterly by the committee.

6.         That in the interim, before a communications and engagement strategy is approved, the Chair and Deputy Chair be delegated to be media spokespeople for the work of this joint committee.

7.         That a team of senior advisors, one from each of the councils and Kaipara Uri be set up to provide support and advice to the Chair and Deputy Chair on matters relating to the operation of the joint committee, including approving the content of papers for committee agendas.

8.         That a paper on a proposed members allowance policy be brought to the joint committee’s 30th October meeting.

 

Discussion regarding the representation of groups in the upper catchments, above the rohe of Ngati Whatua. Chair responded that this  is initially a matter for the Crown to address within the current context of negotiations with Ngāti Whātua with the next scheduled meeting being Mon 12 Oct 2020. Decision was made by the Joint Committee that this is to be addressed through the engagement and communications workstream.

Carried

 

 

Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme Annual Work Plan – Proposed Approach to Work-streams (Item 4.4)

ID: A1369181

Report from Penny Pirrit, Consultant

Moved (Welsh/Povey)

1.                     1. That the report “Kaipara Moana Remediation Annual Work Plan- Proposed Approach to Work-streams” by John Hutton, Manager Auckland Council dated 28th September be received. Carried

  

Karakia Mutunga

Whakamutunga (Conclusion)

The meeting concluded at 4:05pm.