Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint
Committee
11 April 2022
Kaipara Moana
Remediation Joint Committee Minutes
Meeting held remotely
on Monday 11 April 2022, commencing at 09.30am
Tuhinga
(Present):
Tame Te Rangi (Chair), Te Rūnanga o Ngāti
Whātua
Penny Smart (Deputy Chair), Northland Regional Council,
Amy Macdonald, Northland Regional Council,
Daniel Newman, Auckland Council,
Cherie Povey, Ngā Maunga Whakahī o Kaipara,
Greg Sayers, Auckland Council,
Virginia Warriner, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti
Whātua,
Malcolm Welsh, Te Uri o Hau,
Joce Yeoman, Northland Regional Council,
Georgina Connelly, Te Uri o Hau
I Tae Mai (In Attendance):
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Justine Daw – Pou Tātaki, Kaipara Maurikura
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John Hutton – Interim Strategic Business Manager,
Kaipara Maurikura
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Duncan Kervell - Land and Catchments Projects Contractor,
Kaipara Maurikura
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Stephanie Versteeg - Amo-Rautaki Pākihi Strategic
Business Manager, Kaipara Maurikura
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William Wright - Ringa-Hononga Mana Whenua |Mana Whenua
Relations Lead, Kaipara Maurikura
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Lisette Rawson - Amo-Rauora Kōawa | Catchment
Remediation Manager, Kaipara Maurikura
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Ilka Pelzer – Ministry for the Environment
(Observer)
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Ben Hope - Ringa-Pārongo | Communications Lead,
Kaipara Maurikura
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Robyn Stubbing – Notetaker Kaipara Maurikura
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Griffin Hope - Pūtohu – Hononga Hapū and
Hāpori
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David McDermott – Land Project Consultant Planting
Specialist
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Darren van Beek - Pūtahi
– Tira Mahi, Whanake, Auaha | Workforce, Business Growth, and
Innovation Advisor
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Secretarial Note: Committee members were introduced to
Robyn Stubbing, note taker. Condolences to acknowledge the passing of
Joint Committee member Greg Sayers’s mother.
The Chair declared the meeting open at 9.30am.
Karakia Tīmatanga and
Whakatau
Secretarial note: Due to the current COVID-19
restrictions and the meeting being conducted fully remotely, proceedings were
livestreamed - https://youtu.be/avwnDDgg7cM
Ngā whakapahā / Apologies (Item 1.0)
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Moved ( Smart / MacDonald )
That the apologies from Councillor
Danielle Hancock (Auckland Council) and Jane Sherard (Ngā Maunga Whakahī
o Kaipara) for non-attendance be received.
Carried
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Ngā
whakapuakanga (Declarations of
Conflicts of Interest)
It was advised that members should make declarations
item-by-item as the meeting progressed.
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Confirmation of Minutes - Kaipara Moana
Remediation Joint Committee 21 February 2022
(Item 4.1)
Report from Sandra Harris, Administrator Kaipara
Maurikura
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Moved ( Sayers
/ Macdonald )
That the minutes of the Kaipara
Moana Remediation Joint Committee meeting held on 21 February 2022, be
confirmed as a true and correct record.
Carried
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Action Tracker - April 2022 (Item 5.1)
Report from Sandra Harris, Administrator Kaipara
Maurikura
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Moved ( Connelly / Povey )
That the Action Tracker be
received.
Carried
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Forward Workplan -
2022 (Item 5.2)
Report from Sandra Harris, Administrator Kaipara
Maurikura
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Moved ( Warriner / Yeoman )
That the Forward Workplan be
received.
Carried
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Year 3 Annual Work Plan (Draft) (Item 6.1)
Report from Stephanie Versteeg, Amo-Rautaki Pākihi
| Strategic Business Manager and John Hutton, Interim Strategic Business
Manager
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1.
That the report ‘Year 3 Annual Work Plan (Draft)’ by Stephanie
Versteeg, Amo-Rautaki Pākihi | Strategic Business Manager and John
Hutton, Interim Strategic Business Manager and dated 6 April 2022, be
received (Attachment 1).
Moved
( Macdonald / Yeoman )
2. Note
the KMR work programme is now structured across six key areas and, while
many Year 2 projects are continuing in Year 3, budget project codes now align
to the new work programme structure (refer Table 5 in this report).
3. Note
the draft Year 3 Work Plan budget totals $16.584 million (total programme
value excluding GST).
4. Note
the Year 3 Annual Work Plan budget and KPIs will continue to change as
modelling is refined and it becomes clearer what Year 2 budget needs to carry
over into Year 3.
5. Note
there are inherent challenges in modelling uptake of remediation
activity, as KMR is a voluntary programme, and uptake can be highly variable
depending on human capacity, economic settings and weather.
6. Note
that given the uncertainties in KMR’s operating environment, we
have taken a moderate approach to estimating uptake in Year 3, which can be
revised as the year progresses, if required.
7. Note
a draft Year 3 Annual Work Plan needs to be submitted to the Ministry for
the Environment by 30 April, and the Ministry can request any reasonable
modifications within 20 working days.
8. Agree
to delegate approval of a revised draft Year 3 Annual Work Plan for
submission to the Ministry for the Environment to the Joint Committee Chair
and Deputy Chair.
9. Note
the Joint Committee will receive a progress update on the Year 3 Annual
Work Plan in May and a final draft for approval in June.
Moved ( Warriner / Yeoman )
Carried
Secretarial Note: Member
Welsh asked if the 2022/2023 budget provides for soil conservation and
afforestation initiatives such as carbon-storing forests. Joint
Committee members were informed that while the budget makes some provision
for soil conservation remediation activities, the specific elements are
dependent on policy settings which are still under development. A
workshop may be held to discuss this matter later in the year. Joint
Committee Members acknowledged the work done and progress made.
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Kaipara Moana Remediation
COVID-19 Settings (Item 6.2)
Report from Justine Daw, Pou Tātaki
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1.
That the report ‘Kaipara Moana Remediation COVID-19
Settings’ by Justine Daw, Pou Tātaki and dated 6 April 2022, be
received.
Moved
( Connelly / Smart )
2. Note that Kaipara Maurikura staff, secondees and contractors
working directly for Kaipara Moana Remediation remain subject to the
Northland Regional Council’s COVID-19 policy, and that this is evolving
in line with changes to Government COVID-19 settings
3. That the the recommended approach for applying the Traffic
Light system to Kaipara Moana Remediation activities as set out in Attachment 1 be adopted from Tuesday 26 April, subject to any additional Northland Regional Council
requirements
4. That a further report
on KMR COVID-19 policy settings be provided to the Joint Committee by
August 2021.
Moved ( Welsh / Warriner )
Carried
Secretarial Note: Joint
Committee members were informed the proposed policy settings are aligned with
the NRC and central government settings. Masks are to be worn at
external meetings, and the guidance remains to consider the use of online
meetings for external meetings.
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Review of Members'
Allowance Policy (Item 6.3)
Report from Justine Daw, Pou Tātaki
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Moved ( Povey / Smart )
1. That
the report ‘Review of Members' Allowance Policy’ by Justine Daw,
Pou Tātaki and dated 31 March 2022, be received.
2. Note that the present Members’ Allowance Policy continues to
mirror current settings for mileage rates, local government committees, and
the Fees Framework for members appointed to bodies in which the Crown has an
interest
3. That
the the recommended minor modification to the Members’ Allowance Policy review set
out in Attachment 1 be approved with immediate application
Carried
Secretarial Note: Following
Joint Committee discussions an amendment to resolution 3 will be made to
include the requirement that both the KMR Joint Committee Chair and Pou
Tātaki will sign off members’ claims, with the Deputy Chair and
Pou Tātaki to sign off claims by the KMR Chair.
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A Spatial View of the
Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme (Presentation) (Item 6.4)
Report from Duncan Kervell, Kaipara Maurikura Land
Management Specialist; Lisette Rawson, Amo - Rauora Kōawa |
Catchment Remediation Manager; Griffin Hope, Pūtohu – Hononga
Hapū and Hāpori | Community and Hapū Engagement Advisor and
David McDermott, Land project consultant - planting specialist
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A presentation was presented to Kaipara
Moana Remediation Joint Committee.
Secretarial Note: Joint
Committee members welcomed the spatial view of the Kaipara Moana Remediation
programme, and acknowledged that the programme was operational and working
with landowners, businesses, iwi/hapū and other groups across the full
catchment. In response to a question, the Kaipara Maurikura confirmed
that the KMR programme was in discussions with Reconnecting Northland to
identify how its expertise in Job for Nature delivery might support the KMR
programme. The Chair informed referral to Joint Committee is welcome
under support of current Treaty Settlement negotiations.
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Kaipara Moana
Remediation Pricing Review (Item 6.5)
Report from Lisette Rawson, Amo - Rauora
Kōawa | Catchment Remediation Manager and Darren van Beek,
Pūtahi – Tira Mahi, Whanake, Auaha | Workforce, Business Growth,
and Innovation Advisor
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Moved ( Smart / Warriner )
1. That
the report ‘Kaipara Moana Remediation Pricing Review’ by Lisette
Rawson, Amo - Rauora Kōawa | Catchment Remediation Manager
and Darren van Beek, Pūtahi – Tira Mahi, Whanake, Auaha |
Workforce, Business Growth, and Innovation Advisor and dated 6 April 2022, be
received.
2. Note that the Joint Committee has previously agreed to an annual
review of contractor prices to keep up with changing market conditions.
3. Note that fair price points are key to scaling up Kaipara Moana Remediation (KMR) activities,
including to support the imminent Foundation Planting campaign in winter
2022.
4. Note the recommended revisions to 2021 price points will be
operationalised through the 2022 KMR schedule of prices, and inform revised
KMR programme modelling.
Carried
Secretarial Note: The Joint
Committee was informed that once the Soil Conservation Strategy was
finalised, the scope of funded activities would be developed, including
associated operational policy settings. It was possible that for some
of these activities a different KMR contribution rate may apply (currently,
this sits at a 50/50 contribution).
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Pou Tātaki
Update (Item 6.6)
Report from Justine Daw, Pou Tātaki
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Secretarial Note: An update from the
Pou Tātaki was provided to the Joint Committee members.
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Correspondence (Item 6.7)
Report from Sandra Harris, Administrator Kaipara
Maurikura
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Secretarial Note: The Auckland
Council vacancy made available by the resignation of Member Hancock, will go
through the usual Council nomination process. Due to the local body elections
later in the year, it is possible that this position may be replaced after
the election.
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Karakia Mutunga
Whakamutunga (Conclusion)
The meeting concluded at 12.03pm.