Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party
10 June 2021
Tuhituhi o ngā Mahi O Te Kāhui Māori O Taitokerau
Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party Record of Actions
Meeting held in the Council Chamber
36 Water Street, Whangārei
on Thursday 10 June 2021, commencing at 11.00am - 3.00pm
Tuhinga (Present):
Amy Macdonald, Councillor
Anamaera Kake, Te Waiāriki, Ngāti Korora, Ngāti Taka Hapū Iwi Trust
Colin Kitchen, Councillor (via audio visual link)
Georgina Connelly, Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Jack Craw, Councillor
Janelle Beazley, Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-o-Ngāpuhi
Joce Yeoman, Councillor (via audio visual link)
Justin Blaikie, Councillor
Lynette Wharerau, Te Whakaminenga o Te Hikutu Hapu-Whanau
Marty Robinson, Councillor (Co-Chair)
Michelle Elboz, Ngāti Kuta, Patukeha
Mike Kake, Ngāti Hau
Mira Norris, Te Parawhau Hapū Authority Charitable Trust
Nora Rameka, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rehia
Penny Smart, Councillor (Chair, NRC)
Pita Tipene, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine (Co-Chair)
Rick Stolwerk, Councillor
Rowan Tautari, Te Whakapiko Hapū
Terry Archer, Councillor
Thomas Hohaia, Te Roroa
Victor Holloway, Ngāti Tara
William Sullivan, Ngātiwai Trust Board
I Tae Mai (In Attendance):
Huihuinga i te katoa (Full Meeting)
Chief Executive Officer (via audio visual link)
Acting GM, Strategy Governance and Engagement
Kaiwhakahaere Honongā Māori – Māori Relationships Manager
Kaiārahi – Kaupapa Māori
PA/Team Admin Strategy Governance and Engagement
Huihuinga i te wahanga (Part Meeting)
Strategic Policy Specialist
Natural Resources Policy Manager
Climate Change Resilience Coordinator
Communications Manager
Community Engagement Manager
Acting GM – Environmental Services
David Badham and Makarena Dalton, Barker Associates
Huhana Lyndon, CEO Ngātiwai
Resource Management Unit, Ngātiwai Trust Board
The meeting commenced at 11.10am.
Karakia / Whakatau
Mike Kake provided the opening karakia for the meeting in the appointed members caucus session prior to the formal meeting with mihi from the Co-Chair. Thomas Hohaia closed the meeting with the karakia whakamutunga.
Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)
Ngā Whakapahā/Apologies (Item 2.0)
Alan Riwaka, Te Rūnanga O Ngāti Whātua
Hoki Tua, Te Rūnanga o Whāingaroa
Juliane Chetham, Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Te Rūnanga Nui o Te Aupōuri
Nga whakapuakanga (Declarations of Conflicts of Interest) (Item 3.0)
It was advised that members should make declarations item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
It was agreed that the Record of Actions was an accurate reflection of the meeting. |
The action sheet was received. |
Presented by: Acting GM – Strategy Governance and Engagement. Members received the report and endorsed an increase in the non-elected members meeting/workshop allowance from $188 to $240 for all council meetings/workshops, i.e., no differentiation between working parties, groups or committees, nor members and Co-Chairs. This endorsement will be included in a paper to council’s July meeting, which provides a review of the Non-elected Members’ Allowance Policy focused primarily on remuneration. When considering their decision, members noted that representing their hapū and iwi was their key concern, not money. Balanced against that was not underselling their skills and knowledge, particularly for their successors to TTMAC. |
Presented by: Acting GM – Strategy Governance and Engagement. Members received the report. The document was viewed as an aspirational framework against which progress could be evaluated, providing accountbility back to hapū and iwi. It was agreed, however, that the document needed further development to sharpen it up, such as adding existing actions and budgets and and identifing future actions/budgets over a three trienniumn timeframe. |
· That the draft strategic direction document be further developed by the existing group and then returned to TTMAC for review. |
Secretarial Note: David Badham and Makarena Dalton from Barker Associates, were in attendance and presented to the meeting about the strategic priorities workshop process and document.
Presented by: Acting GM – Strategy Governance and Engagement. Staff presented on the legal situation around Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) and clarified that it was Far North District Council (FNDC) who had undertaken the SNAs mapping project. Following this, there was robust kōrero about the mapping and its implications for landowners and for taonga and rangatiratanga under Article 1 and Article 2 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840. Members supported the SNA aim of protecting declining taonga but opposed the lack of tāngata whenua engagement and the limits SNAs would place on use of their whenua. It was agreed that the best step at this point would be a halt the process until the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity was released. |
Secretarial Note: Raukura|CEO from Ngātiwai Trust Board, Huhana Lyndon, was in attendance and briefly addressed the meeting on the topic of SNAs, reinforcing the importance of working in partnership with hapū and iwi on matters pertaining to whenua Māori.
Secretarial Note: The member for Ngātiwai advised that his proxy would be attending the P&RWP and MTAG on his behalf.
Presented by: Kaiwhakahaere Honongā Māori – Māori Relationships Manager. Members received the report, which sought guidance from them about the value of hosting regional hui given the low number that had been held this triennium, mainly due to Covid-19 restrictions. Members confirmed marae-based hui as valuable and meaningful engagement for both council and iwi/hapū about local issues, noting that the model was still evolving. It was agreed to continue with regional marae-based hui but to make a sustained effort to make them successful across rohe.
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Members received the report and confirmed Te Uri o Hau as hosts for the 9 September 2021 regional marae-based hui. It also confirmed Moria Marae, Whirinaki-Hokianga as the host marae for TTMAC’s 8 July regional hui. |
· That Te Uri o Hau were confirmed as hosts for the 9 September 2021 regional marae-based hui, with the event based around the signing of a Mana Whakahono a Rohe with Northland Regional Council. |
Presented by: Kaiārahi – Kaupapa Māori. Members received the report which was accompanied by a presentation on the LTP process to date, outcomes of the LTP deliberations, the remaining LTP process and priorities for LTP 2021-2031 Year 1 workplan. Key discussion points included how to better involve tāngata whenua in policy making processes, raising concerns through the working parties, using the Te Tiriti Health Check process, the Whakatōhea Mandate Inquiry Report, and capacity of hapū to lobby for their specific issues, such as moorings. It was also noted that the Māori Technical Advisory Group (MTAG) had a heavy workload.
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· That the Māori Technical Advisory Group (MTAG) work with staff to provide input into the Te Tiriti Health Check workplan for LTP 2021-2031 Year 1. |
Secretarial Note: Item 4.14 was addressed following Item 4.10.
Presented by: Kaiwhakahaere Honongā Māori – Māori Relationships Manager. Members received the report. Key points discussed included the importance of NRC engaging directly with iwi and hapū about Māori representation, how to support TTMAC to communicate about the engagement process, that the initial proposal about the geographical area and name may change for future triennium, and engagement with Te Kahu o Taonui.
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· That TTMAC endorse “Te Raki” as an alternate name to “Te Taitokerau Māori” for the “at large” geographical area of Northland for the purpose of a single Māori constituency. |
Secretarial Note: The feedback provided in points 1 – 5 on p 32 of the agenda was provided by the Māori Technical Advisory Group (MTAG) and shouldn’t be read as representing TTMAC’s collective view. Nor should NRC rely solely on the advice of TTMAC – direct engagement with iwi and hapū is also needed.
Secretarial Note: Item 4.13 was addressed following Item 4.11.
Secretarial Note: Item 4.13 was addressed following Item 4.11.
Presented by: Acting GM – Environmental Services. The members received the report which was accompanied by a presentation that included the following key points: memorandum of understanding, funding, co-governance, key actions (farm environment plans, planting of highly erodible land, fencing and planting of wetlands and waterways, construction of wetlands and afforestation), Year 1 and 2 workplans, opportunities, progress on establishing Kaipara Maurikura (operations business unit), Crown and Kaipara Uri engagement with hapū in the upper catchment, tools.
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Secretarial Note: Item 4.14 was addressed following Item 4.10.
Presented by: Natural Resources Manager The members received the report. They endorsed the Tāngata Whenua Water Advisory Group’s (TWWAG) Terms of Reference with the exception of the remuneration clauses.
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· That TTMAC endorse the Tāngata Whenua Water Advisory Group’s (TWWAG) Terms of Reference with the exception of the remuneration clauses, which should be paid in accordance with the Non-Elected Members’ Allowance Policy. |
Taken as read. |
Chief Executive Officer's report to May council meeting (Item 4.17) |
Taken as read. |
Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 3.10pm with karakia whakamutunga by Thomas Hohaia.