Taumarere Flood Management Working Group

11 May 2024

Taumarere Flood Management Working Group Record of Actions

Meeting held in the Te Pokapu Centre

Wynyard Street

Kawakawa

on Saturday 11 May 2024, commencing at 10.00am

Tuhinga/Present:

Chairperson, NRC Chair Geoff Crawford

Far North District Council, Councillor Kelly Stratford

New Zealand Transport Agency Representative, Warren Freek

Iwi Representative, Nisha Marsh

Iwi Representative, Paul Tipene

Te Puna Aroha Trust (Otiria Neighbourhood Support) Representative Pamela-Ann Ngohe-Simon

I Tae Mai/In Attendance:

Full Meeting

NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager, Joseph Camuso

NRC Rivers Project Manager, Megan Tyler

NRC Flood Resilience Programme Administrator, Rongo Glassie

Peter Woods, Landowner Farmer - Kawakawa

Rowena Tana

Kawiti Brown

Noeleen Paurini

Susan Henare

Mike Butler

Hone Townsend

Hoskin Civil, Kevin Hoskin

The meeting commenced at 10am

Karakia: Paul Tipene

Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping (Item 1.0)

Ngā Whakapahā/Apologies (Item 2.0)

Chantez Connor-Kingi, Peter Wilson, Pita Tipene, Louisa Gritt

Record of Actions – 25 November 2023 (Item 3.1)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Receipt of Action Sheet (Item 3.2)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager Joseph Camuso

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Budget (Item 3.3)

Presented by: NRC Rivers and Natural Hazards Manager Joseph Camuso

Secretarial note:

Whānau discussed the budget, currently tracking under budget

Meg will confirm after Ngapipito Road sealing and swale along Pokapu Road are completed

A blessing date will be requested from whānau once completed

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Otiria-Moerewa Flood Mitigation Spillway and Bridge Grand Opening (Item 3.4)

Presented by: NRC Rivers Project Manager Megan Tyler

Secretarial note:

Projected to finish by the end of May – Date pending weather

Meg will confirm after Ngapipito Road sealing and swale along Pokapu Road are completed

A blessing date will be requested from whānau once completed

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Kawakawa Deflection Bank update (Item 3.5)

Presented by: NRC Rivers Project Manager Megan Tyler

Secretarial note:

Designed for 50-year protection to shops

Work was scheduled for 2025-26 but brought forward due to Crown Infrastructure Partners funding

Drill and kill willows work completed by Te Papa Pa Orooro local Kaitiaki

Projecting completion by the end of May

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Nature Based Solutions - Upper Kawakawa Catchment Feasibility Update (Item 3.6)

Presented by: NRC Rivers Project Manager Megan Tyler

Secretarial note:

Hui held at Waiomio, Maromaku, Matawaia and Motatau

$300,000 funding from Ministry for the Environment – criteria must be “Nature Based

Wider community at flood risk from road network being flood prone

Staff met with a bus driver to identify primary flooding areas stopping buses

Discussion from the floor about other areas of flooding; staff to meet with whānau to understand critical points

Focus on critical points due to wide-spread flooding

Agreed action points:

· No actions

CIP Otiria further works (Item 3.7)

Presented by: <<enter name of councillor/staff who leads discussion>>

Secretarial note:

Modelling indicates approximately 8 cubic meters per second (cms) of overland flow

Large 1-meter diameter culvert max flow rate is 0.82 cms

Existing roadside drain overwhelmed, causing surface flooding down Kingi Road towards Otiria Marae

Objective to design and construct a swale to safely deliver 8 cms of flow to Waiharakeke Stream

Staff will work with KiwiRail; may require culverts under rail tracks

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Waiomio willow removal mahi (Item 3.8)

Presented by: Nisha Marsh

Secretarial note:

Kaitiaki developed a drill and fill method to kill willows standing. Targeted three sections this year

Master Plan: remove willows, replant with natives. Dead willows removed with a digger and mulched or burned

Kaitiaki testing the Awa and monitoring progress

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Any other business (Item 3.9)

Te Papa Pa Orooro

Secretarial note:

Waiomio Training hui – on the drill and fill method to kill willows

Three targeted areas for willow drill and fill

· Kawiti Bridge

· Aunty Makuini’s

· S Bend

Presentation of the Mahi accomplished by Kaitiaki;  before and after willow trees killed and removed.

Te Papa Pa Orooro Kaitiaki to train whānau for resilience in willow management.

Agreed action points:

· No actions

Karakia whakamutunga: Paul Tipene

Whakamutunga (Conclusion)

The meeting concluded at 1200.