Minutes of Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee

Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee

15 November 2021

Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee Minutes

Meeting held Remotely

on Monday 15 November 2021, commencing 09:30am

Tuhinga (Present):

Tame Te Rangi (Chair), Te Runanga o Ngāti Whātua

Penny Smart (Deputy Chair), Northland Regional Council (Chair)

Amy Macdonald, Northland Regional Council

Cherie Povey, Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara

Daniel Newman, Auckland Council

Danielle Hancock, Auckland Council (Rodney Local Board Member)

Georgina Connelly, Te Uri o Hau

Greg Sayers, Auckland Council

Jane Sherard, Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara

Joce Yeoman, Northland Regional Council

Malcolm Welsh, Te Uri o Hau

Virginia Warriner, Te Runanga o Ngāti Whātua

I Tae Mai (In Attendance):

Alan Wilcox – Acting Pou Tātaki	John Hutton – Strategic Business Manager Kaipara Maurikura
Duncan Kervell - Land and Catchments Projects Contractor	Sandra Harris – Administrator Kaipara Maurikura
Malcolm Nicolson - NRC	Karina Marsom - Mātanga – Pākihi
Willie Wright - Ringa-Hononga Mana Whenua	Justine Daw – (Incoming) Pou Tātaki
Sue Hicks - Takawaenga – Tahua Rauora Kōawa	Griffin Hope - Pūtohu – Hononga Hapū and Hāpori
Lisette Rawson - Amo - Rauora Kōawa	Ben Hope - Ringa-Pārongo
Tom Stephens - Principal Integrated Catchment, Healthy Waters	Snow Tane – Te Roroa
Rerehau Harris – PA Penny Smart

Prior to the meeting start, discussion on recording and livestream of meetings (in order to meet Covid-19 framework and local government legislation) was held. Committee members were introduced to new Maurikura staff. The Chair declared the meeting open at 10.22am.

Karakia Timatanga and Whakatau

Ngā whakapahā/Apologies (Item 1.0)

Moved (Sayers / Warriner)

That the late apologies from Councillor Daniel Newman be received.

Secretarial Note: Newman, and Povey arrived 10.25am

Carried

Nga whakapuakanga (Declarations of Conflicts of Interest)

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

Confirmation of Minutes - 20 September 2021 (Item 4.1)

Report from Sandra Harris, Administrator Kaipara Maurikura

Moved (Yeoman / Welsh)

That the minutes of the Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee meeting held on 22 July 2021, be confirmed as a true and correct record.

Carried

Procurement of the Kaipara Moana Remediation Freshwater Management Tool (Item 5.1)

Report from Tom Stephens, Principal Integrated Catchment, Healthy Waters; Nic Conland, Taiao Natural Resource Management and John Hutton, Strategic Business Manager, Kaipara Maurikura

1. That the report ‘Procurement of the Kaipara Moana Remediation Freshwater Management Tool ’ by Tom Stephens, Principal Integrated Catchment, Healthy Waters; Nic Conland, Taiao Natural Resource Management and John Hutton, Strategic Business Manager, Kaipara Maurikura and dated 8 November 2021, be received.

Moved (Macdonald / Yeoman)

2. That a budget cap of $1.2 million for the development, configuration, and deployment of a digital system for integrated catchment management (the Kaipara Moana Remediation Freshwater Management Tool) is approved.

3. That the Chief Executive of the Northland Regional Council is delegated the task of finalising commercial contracts with the preferred suppliers Morphum Environmental Limited and Paradigm Environmental Limited.

4. That the Pou Tātaki develop a long-term agreement with Auckland Council (Healthy Waters) for hosting, operation and maintenance costs associated with the Kaipara Moana Remediation Freshwater Management Tool.

Moved (Sayer / Macdonald)

Carried

Financial Status and Minor Budget Adjustments (Item 5.2)

Report from Alan Wilcox, Acting Pou Tātaki

1. That the report ‘Financial Status and Minor Budget Adjustments’ by Alan Wilcox, Acting Pou Tātaki and dated 8 November 2021, be received.

Moved (Warriner / Sherard)

2. That the financial position of the Programme as at 30 September 2021 be noted.

3. That a reduction of $350,000 from the Advisor Training and Accreditation budget be approved, with this money being re-allocated as follows:

a) $70,000 to Te Paiaka Native Root Project;

b) $50,000 as a contingency for the Wetland Features information and analysis;

c) $50,000 as a contingency for the Eroding Land Features information and analysis;

d) $120,000 to the Kaipara Nursery Work for planting and fencing guides and pricing.

e) $60,000 to Catchment Reference Group Projects (to be met with an equivalent in kind basis by groups receiving support under the Whenua Whānui Fund)

Moved (Hancock / Sherard)

Carried

Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee Meeting Schedule February to December 2022 (Item 5.3)

Report from Sandra Harris, Administrator Kaipara Maurikura

1. That the report ‘Kaipara Moana Remediation Joint Committee Meeting Schedule February to December 2022’ by Sandra Harris, Administrator Kaipara Maurikura and dated 8 November 2021, be received.

Moved (Warriner/Hancock)

2. That the Joint Committee confirm the dates for formal meetings and workshops from February to December 2022 as set out in Table 1: Schedule of formal meetings and workshop February to December 2022 of this report.

3. A report is prepared for the Joint Committee providing a framework for formal meetings to be held on marae while ensuring correct Covid-19 protocols are followed

Moved (Connelly / Sayers)

Carried

Secretarial Note: Additional Recommendation was added as resolution 3 following conversation of the Joint Committee members.