Huihuinga O Te Poari O Te Oneroa-A-Tōhē Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Board Friday 11 December 2020 at 10.00am

 

11 December 2020

Rārangi Take O Te Poari

Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Board Agenda

 

 

Recommendations contained in the agenda are NOT decisions of the meeting.

Please refer to minutes for resolutions.

 

NGĀ MANA WHAKAHAERE

MEMBERSHIP OF THE Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Board

Chair: Haami Piripi, Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa

Deputy Chair, Cr Mate Radich Far North District Council	Graeme Neho Ngāti Kuri Trust Board	Waitai Petera, Te Rūnanga Nui o Te Aupouri Trust
Wallace Rivers NgaiTakato	Cr Colin (Toss) Kitchen Northland Regional Council	Cr Marty Robinson Northland Regional Council
Hon John Carter QSO Far North District Council Mayor

 

Item                                                                                                                                                                                   Page

1.0       KARAKIA ME WHAKATAU

2.0       NGĀ WHAKAPAHĀ | apologies

3.0       NGA WHAKAPUAKANGA | declarations of conflicts of interest

4.0       Whakāe Ngā Miniti | Confirmation of Minutes

4.1       Confirmation of Minutes                                                                                                                          3

5.0       Ngā Rīmiti | Items

5.1       Approval of Te Rautaki o Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe, Ninety Mile Beach Management Plan         7   

 

KARAKIA WHAKAMUTUNGA

   

11 December 2020

 

TITLE:	Confirmation of Minutes
ID:	A1392873
From:	Rachael King, Planning and Policy/Maori Relationships Administrator
Authorised by:	Ben Lee, GM - Strategy, Governance & Engagement, on 04 December 2020

 

That the minutes of the Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Board meeting held on 23 November 2020 be confirmed as a true and correct record.

 

Attachment 1: Minutes of Meeting - 23 November 2020 ⇩   

11 December 2020Attachment 1

 

 

 

11 December 2020

 

TITLE:	Approval of Te Rautaki o Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe, Ninety Mile Beach Management Plan
ID:	A1392729
From:	Sheila Taylor, Kaiārahi Kaupapa Māori
Authorised by:	Ben Lee, GM - Strategy, Governance & Engagement, on 08 December 2020

 

The purpose of this report is to present and obtain approval to publicly notify:

Ÿ The approved Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Beach Management Plan.

Ÿ The approved Site A, B, C and D Reserve Management Plans for adoption.

 

1.         That the report ‘Approval of Te Rautaki o Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe, Ninety Mile Beach Management Plan’ by Sheila Taylor, Kaiārahi Kaupapa Māori and dated 3 December 2020, be received.

2.         That the Iwi members of the Board:

a.         approve the Draft Reserve Management Plans (Attachments 2 – 5):

i.          Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Kōhangatī ki Waīkanae Beach Site A (Attachment 2)

ii.         Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Waīmāhuru ki Hukatere Beach Site B (Attachment 3)

iii.        Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Hukatere ki Waīmoho Beach Site C (Attachment 4)

iv.        Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Waīmoho ki Waīmimihā Beach Site D (Attachment 5);

3.         That the Board approve Draft Beach Management Plan (Attachment 1).

4.         That the Iwi members of the board and the Board delegate to _________ or _____________ approval of minor changes to the content, formatting and graphical layout of the final Reserve Management Plans A, B, C and D as well as the Beach Management Plan itself.

5.         That the Iwi members of the board and the Board delegate to _________ or _____________ approval of the final design versions of Reserve Management Plans A, B, C and D as well as the Beach Management Plan itself.

6.         That the Management Plans described in items 2 and 3 become operative on ________________.

7.         That the Board approve up to $1,000 to publicly notify the final management plans as per treaty settlement legislation “Approval and notification of beach management plan”

8.         That the Board delegates to the Chairman of Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Board the authority to approve written or scripted public notification material.

9.         That the Board approve up to $5,000 to print the Final Beach Management Plan and Reserve Management Plan A, B C and D.

10.       That Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Board delegates authority to Ben Lee (Group Manager – Strategy, Governance and Engagement of the Northland Regional Council), authority to approve expenditure, in accordance with Board resolutions 6 and 8.

 

No.	Option	Advantages	Disadvantages
1	Approve the draft reserve and beach management plans	Meets the Board’s statutory requirements to approve the draft plans as the management plans	There are no known disadvantages to approving these plans.
2	Do not approve draft Beach Management Plan.	There are no known advantages to not approving the draft plans as the final management plans.	The Board risks losing the momentum it has gained during 2020.

The staff’s recommended option is one – Approve the draft reserve and beach management plans

1.         Community and Māori Impact Statement

The approval of the draft plans will have benefits for the community and Māori as the Board and their respective entities, can collectively transition to implementation of the various short-term deliverables found within the plan. The ability of the Board to deliver on feedback received during the various consultation events and included in the plans, will assist in building the relationship of the community and Māori with the Board.

2.         Financial Implications

There are no additional known financial implications associated with approving the draft plans attached to this agenda report.

Early Engagement

Initial public engagement to help develop the draft took place over ten weeks from mid-July to late September 2019 and involved four hui, three public drop-in events, development of a website and the circulation of a consultation document to all post boxes in Te Hiku.  The Board subsequently gathered more information last summer to ‘ground truth’ what they had already been told with the Te Hiku community and beach users, as well as capture views from absentee landowners and others home for summer.

Following early engagement, consultants Steve Sanson and David Badham, with input from the Technical Steering Group and Matua Graeme Neho, worked to develop drafts for the Beach Management Plan, Reserve Management Plans, Supporting Evaluation Document and the Deliberation Reports.  These documents were subject to public consultation in Sep/Oct 2020. 

Following consultation on the draft plans, Steve and David provided recommendations to the Board as to appropriate changes to the plans following feedback received during consultation.  The Board will have deliberated on these changes and the draft Beach Management Plan (BMP) is now ready for final notification and is subject to final Board approval only (Attachment 1).

Reserve Management Plans

The BMP must include Reserve Management Plans for areas A, B, C and D which must provide for the matters set out in section 41(3) of the Reserves Act 1977.  Only the iwi representatives on the Board have authority to make decisions over these areas.  Steve Sanson has worked with iwi members on the Reserve Management Plans since the June meeting.  Subject to any direction on the current documents, the Reserve Management Plans can be made ready for final notification following Board approval.

Supporting Document

It is a requirement of the settlement legislation that a supporting document is developed that:

“… must consider and document the potential alternatives to, and potential benefits and costs of, the matters provided for in the draft plan^[1]”

The final Supporting Evaluation Document was approved at the Board meeting held on 21 August 2020.  No changes have been made to the Supporting Evaluation Document.

Formal Consultation, hearings and deliberations

Formal Consultation was undertaken during September and October 2021.  There were 34 written submissions, and two late written submissions received in relation to the Te Rautaki o Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe | Draft Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Beach Management Plan and Draft Reserve Management Plans.  A hearing was held on 22 October 2020 where the Board heard oral submissions in relation to the BMP and RMP.

The submissions received and heard resulted in a number of recommended changes to the BMP and RMPs.  These changes were generally characterised as minor changes.

Throughout the process a number of key issues were brought forward by the community and many of these issues remained of relevance from the first consultation events that took place, all the way through to the formal hearing.  A consultation report was presented to the board by Consultants, David Badham and Steve Sanson that addressed the various submissions made, and provided recommendations for changes to the BMP and RMPs to the Board for consideration.  This report provided the basis for Board deliberations at the Board meeting held on 23 November 2020.

Final Stage

The final stage of developing the beach management plan is for the Iwi and Board to approve the Draft reserve and beach management plans (respectively).  The drafts plan attached to this agenda represent the plans that were made publicly available for formal consultation and updated as per Iwi and Board November deliberations meeting.

Some minor updates to the content, graphics and formatting of the documents is required prior to final printing.  To ensure prudent use of Board funds, the contractor - Level - will only be engaged to update the design versions of the plans once the content in the attachments to this agenda have been approved.

Once adopted, these plans will be publicly notified. Once publicly notified, the plans will become operative.

 

Attachment 1: Te Rautaki o Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe, Beach Management Plan for adoption ⇩

Attachment 2: Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Kōhangatī ki Waīkanae (Beach Site A) Reserve Management Plan for adoption ⇩

Attachment 3: Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Waīmāhuru ki Hukatere (Beach Site B) Reserve Management Plan for adoption ⇩

Attachment 4: Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Hukatere ki Waīmoho (Beach Site C) Reserve Management Plan for adoption ⇩

Attachment 5: Te Oneroa-a-Tōhe Waīmoho ki Waīmimihā (Beach Site D) Reserve Management Plan for adoption ⇩   

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11 December 2020Attachment 5