Huihuinga O Te Kāhui Māori O Taitokerau Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party Thursday 12 September 2024 at 11.00am - 3.00pm

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party

12 September 2024

Rārangi Take O Te Kāhui Māori O Taitokerau

(Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party Agenda)

 

 

Please note: working parties and working groups carry NO formal decision-making delegations from council. The purpose of the working party/group is to carry out preparatory work and discussions prior to taking matters to the full council for formal consideration and decision-making. Working party/group meetings are open to the public to attend (unless there are specific grounds under LGOIMA for the public to be excluded).

 

NGĀ MANA WHAKAHAERE

(MEMBERSHIP OF THE Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party)

 

Heamana Tokorua (Co-Chairs):

Tui Shortland, Councillor and Pita Tipene, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Hine

 

Alan Riwaka, Te Rūnanga O Ngāti Whātua

Amy Macdonald, Councillor

Aperahama Edwards, Ngātiwai Trust Board

Aperahama Witana, Te Rūnanga o Te Rarawa

Delilah Te Aōrere Parore-Southon, Te Roroa

Geoff Crawford, Councillor (NRC Chair)

Georgina Curtis-Connelly, Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust

Geraldine Baker, Kahukuraariki Trust Board

Jack Craw, Councillor

Janelle Beazley, Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi-O-Ngāpuhi

Joe Carr, Councillor

John Blackwell, Councillor

Juliane Chetham, Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board

Lynette Wharerau, Te Whakaminenga O Te Hikutu Hapu-Whanau

Mahue Greaves, Ngāti Tara

Marty Robinson, Councillor 

Michelle Elboz, Ngāti Kuta

Mike Kake, Ngāti Hau

Mira Norris, Te Parawhau Hapū Authority Charitable Trust

Niki Conrad, Te Rūnanga Nui o Te Aupōuri

Nora Rameka, Te Rūnanga O Ngāti Rehia

Nyze Manuel, Te Rūnanga O Whāingaroa

Peter-Lucas Jones, Councillor

Rick Stolwerk, Councillor

Ripeka Read, Te Waiāriki, Ngāti Korora, Ngāti Takapari Hapū Iwi Trust

Rowan Tautari, Te Whakapiko Hapū

 

 

Commonly used terms and abbreviations

Appointed member – one of the (up to) twenty-one appointed iwi and hapū members from Te Taitokerau tāngata whenua. Members are appointed in accordance with the Terms of Reference. In addition to appointed members there are nine elected members (councillors) AP - Annual Plan TTMAC caucus – is comprised of appointed (tāngata whenua) members CEO - Chief Executive Officer CPCA - Community Pest Control Areas DOC - Department of Conservation FNDC - Far North District Council GIS - Geographic Information System HEMP - Hapū Environmental Management Plan IEMP - Iwi Environmental Management Plan ILGACE - Iwi and Local Government Chief Executives Forum KDC - Kaipara District Council  LAWA – Land, Air, Water Aotearoa LEA - Local Electoral Act 2001 LGA - Local Government Act 2002 LGNZ - Local Government New Zealand LIDAR – Light detection and ranging LTP - Long Term Plan

MBIE – Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment MFE - Ministry for the Environment MOT - Ministry of Transport MPI - Ministry for Primary Industries MTAG - Māori Technical Advisory Group (a sub-group of TTMAC) NES - National Environmental Standards NINC - Northland Inc. Limited NIWA - National Institute of Water and Atmosphere NPS - National Policy Statement NPS-FM - National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management RMA - Resource Management Act 1991 RP – Regional Plan TAG - Technical Advisory Group TKoT – Te Kahu o Taonui TTMAC - Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party TTNEAP – Tai Tokerau Northland Economic Action Plan TOR - Terms of Reference TPK - Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Maori Development) TWWAG – Tāngata Whenua Water Advisory Group WDC - Whangarei District Council

 

 

 

 

 

KARAKIA / WHAKATAU

 

RĪMITI (ITEM)                                                                                                                                          Page

1.0      Ngā Mahi Whakapai/Housekeeping

2.0      NGĀ WHAKAPAHĀ/apologies   

3.0      NGA WHAKAPUAKANGA/declarations of interest

4.0      Ngā Rīmiti / Items

4.1      Record of Actions – 11 July 2024                                                                           6

4.2      Receipt of Action Sheet                                                                                          14

4.3      Tāiki ē - Report on Priority Actions                                                                      18

CLIMATE CHANGE

4.4      Hāpori Māori (Māori Communities) Te Taitokerau Resilience Action Plan                                                                                                                                     22

MĀORI REPRESENTATION

4.5      TTMAC Review and Recommendations                                                             45

4.6      Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 – Council decision to retain the Māori constituency                                                                                                 49

CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY

4.7      Resource Consents Review Report - Update                                                    51

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

4.8      Economic Development: Update from Northland Inc                                    53

REPORTS FOR NOTING

4.9      Working Party Updates                                                                                          60

4.10    Chief Executive’s Report to Council                                                                    61

WORKSHOP – TE MANA ME TE MAURI O TE WAI

4.11    WORKSHOP - Te Mana me te Mauri o te Wai Monitoring                            85

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.1

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Record of Actions – 11 July 2024
From:	Sally Bowron, Strategy, Governance and Engagement Team Admin/PA
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement, on 5 September 2024

 

The purpose of this report is to present the Record of Actions of the last meeting (attached) held on 11 July 2024 for review by the meeting.

 

Attachment 1: Record of actions for 11 July 2024 ⇩  

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party  ITEM: 4.1

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Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.2

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Receipt of Action Sheet
From:	Sally Bowron, Strategy, Governance and Engagement Team Admin/PA
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement, on 5 September 2024

 

The purpose of this report is to enable the meeting to receive the current action sheet.

 

That the action sheet be received.

 

Attachment 1: Action sheet ⇩  

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party  ITEM: 4.2

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Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.3

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Tāiki ē - Report on Priority Actions
From:	Kim Peita, Māori Relationships Manager
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement, on 24 July 2024

 

The purpose of this report is to provide the monthly update progress report on the 31 current actions in Tāiki ē NRC Te Tiriti Strategy and Implementation Plan (Tāiki ē), in council’s commitment to accountability on what is being achieved across the key priorities.

 

Highlights since the last meeting are:

·    Resource Consents Review recommendations endorsed by Audit, Risk and Finance Committee

·    Māori Wards decision.

 

1.         That the report ‘Tāiki ē - Report on Priority Actions’ by Kim Peita, Māori Relationships Manager and dated 9 August 2024, be received.

Tip for writing good recommendations:

·  Recommendations should identify all decisions that are needed. 

·  If only one recommendation do not number.

·  Write the option out in full, rather than referring to an option in the report.  Set out clear options for councillors to decide between if necessary. 

·  Recommendations must be within the power of the meeting to make the decision. 

·  Avoid redundant or unnecessary statements and acronyms.

·  If a report is proposed, recommend a realistic date and state to which committee the proposed report back is to be made.

·         If it is deemed that there is high risk associated with a decision then include recognition of risk in the resolution.

Tāiki ē (NRC Te Tiriti Strategy and Implementation Plan) lists 31 actions and timeframes. The actions have been ranked by priority according to their ability to give effect to Te Kaupapa – Mission.  

Priority 1

·      the action(s) has the potential to have a significant impact and should be the top priority in terms of work and resourcing.

·      Underway – the action(s) is actively being implemented, with further work required OR

·      Commence within 12 Months - action has commenced within 12 months of adoption of the Implementation Plan (e.g., by 26 July 2023 and there is a commitment to a completion date.  

Priority 2

·      the action(s) has the potential to have a moderate impact and should be progressed after High priority actions have commenced. 

·      Years 1 – 3 – action to be completed within 3 years of adoption of the Implementation plan (e.g., by 30 June 2025).  

Priority 3

·      action(s) have comparably less impact and should be progressed after High and Medium priority actions have commenced. 

·      Years 3 – 10+. 

 

Actions are numbered from 1 to 31, with indications of whether budget allocation is required or already in place. This will guide the NRC in seeking funding through the Annual Plan or Long-Term Plan for implementation. If unbudgeted actions do not receive future funding, they will require further discussion with TTMAC to determine next steps.

 

Attachment 1: Tāiki ē - Progress tracker ⇩  

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Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.4

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Hāpori Māori (Māori Communities) Te Taitokerau Resilience Action Plan
From:	Jordan Moon, Kaiāwhina Kaupapa Māori and Kim Peita, Māori Relationships Manager
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Louisa Gritt, Group Manager - Community Resilience and Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement, on 5 September 2024

 

The purpose of this report is to provide an update of the approach undertaken to develop a work programme and roadmap for Hāpori Māori (Māori communities) that include whānau, hapū and marae from across the region. 

 

Following the endorsement of the Te Taitokerau Resilience Action Plan in September 2023, NRC staff have continued to engage with these communities to determine actions that enable and enhance community resilience and clarify what other partners, stakeholders and funders can do to support this.  This approach involved working closely with Muriwhenua given their experiences in responding to climatic events and, as a result, developing a Hāpori Māori Resilience Action Plan.  

 

Several successful milestones have been achieved including:

·    A kaupapa Māori engagement model that was developed through this approach entitled the “Whānau Oranga Framework” to support objectives that underpin Tāiki ē 

·    Funding secured to provide vital resilience information

·    Government agencies and philanthropic organisations interested in partnering to maximise the impact of Māori communities to increase resilience

·    Several communities have secured their own funding to get actions identified underway.

 

Furthermore, three documents are attached: 

·      Background Narrative that provides further detail to the ‘whakapapa’ or history of this work 

·      Hāpori Māori Community Resilience Action Plan which provides the activities identified by the community to enhance resilience 

·      Hāpori Māori Community Resilience Roadmap A3 that outlines the approaches that can be explored by councils and other stakeholders to enable and support the programme.

 

The types of activities that have been identified as priorities by the communities include resilience planning workshops for making homes more resilient, identifying locations for Manaaki Hubs, developing community communication plans and holding climate adaptation wānanga with local experts.   

 

Following the TTMAC formal endorsement of this plan, the climate resilience and Māori relationships teams will work together to identify resource to develop the programme to deliver this work through Ngā Taumata o te Moana (climate Adaptation Strategy). Work can then be undertaken to further identify resource and funding opportunities that may be available to support the aspirations of Hāpori Māori.

 

1.         That the report ‘Hāpori Māori (Māori Communities) Te Taitokerau Resilience Action Plan’ by Jordan Moon, Kaiāwhina Kaupapa Māori and Kim Peita, Māori Relationships Manager and dated 9 August 2024, be received.

2.         That Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party (TTMAC) endorse the Hāpori Māori Community Resilience Action Plan.

In 2023, Te Taitokerau regional leaders commissioned the development of the Te Taitokerau Resilience Action Plan in response to the climatic events and impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle.  The Te Taitokerau Resilience Action Plan project team consisting of Wot Matters Ltd, Saphron Consultancy, SLR Consulting and project led by the GM – Community Resilience worked with remote (end of the road) Northland communities to understand the challenges and potential solutions to increasing community resilience to natural hazard events.

The action plan identified the needs of remote communities and the priority actions to be undertaken to improve resilience endorsed in September 2023 by Northland’s Cyclone Recovery Governance Group as the region’s approach to building regional resilience.  In the Resilience Action Plan, communities identified 14 priority actions for enhancing resilience, which can be categorised as: 

·      Everyday Resilience: Lifting the level of everyday resilience so that the impact of natural hazards is lessened: actions in the home and neighbourhood 

·      Resilience in Emergencies: Strengthening the capability of communities, businesses and the region to respond during events: actions in the community 

·      Climate Adaptation: Considering what long-term preparation in needed to lift resilience in the face of climate change: actions by the community, CDEM and councils 

 

They identified provision of support to communities during and after natural hazard events is an area where service delivery by Māori could be increased alongside CDEM, as Māori already provide ‘first response’ support during these events.  This is consistent with the findings of the Government Inquiry into the Response to the North Island Severe Weather Events, which recommended that Iwi Māori who have the capacity, capability, and desire to be involved in emergency readiness and response should be empowered to take on a greater role. 

Alongside this work, NRC and the Te Taitokerau Māori Advisory Committee (TTMAC) had endorsed the more fulsome document Tāiki ē and had developed actions that outlined how NRC would implement the Climate Crises whainga (strategic objective) as a priority as below: 

Tāiki ē Action 28, Priority 1

Support tāngata whenua to address the effects of the climate crisis and strengthen the resilience of their communities to natural hazard events by:

a.    Identifying opportunities for tāngata whenua led approaches to:

i.  mitigating the adverse effects of the climate crisis;

ii. immediately respond to adverse weather events and natural hazards within their rohe; and

iii.      recover from adverse weather events and natural hazards within their rohe; and

b.    Implementing priority actions in Ngā Taumata o Te Moana Implementation Plan and Taitokerau Climate Adaptation Strategy;

c.    Supporting advocacy associated with the Taitokerau Resilience Action Plan; and

d.    Providing resources and mandate for local Māori leaders to support community safety and wellbeing before, during and after natural hazard events.

 

As a result, TTMAC at the formal meeting held on December 14, 2023 endorsed an approach to develop a work programme on how it could support Māori communities, iwi, hapū and marae of Te Taitokerau to align with the current strategies and mahi the council do in community resilience and civil defence emergency management. 

 

This work programme was to:

·    Undertaking a pilot study of developing Māori community actions plans that deliver on the Te Taitokerau Recovery Action Plan.

·    Identifying the council and government policies and procedures that need to be amended to provide mandate and funding to local Māori community leaders to operate during events.

 

In partnership with Te Taitokerau Border Control (TBC) on behalf of Muriwhenua an action Plan has been developed based on wananga with Muriwhenua communities and Muriwhenua community leaders, and meeting with experts on climate adaptation.

The Whanau Oranga Framework has been developed as a kaupapa Māori community engagement approach that has the potential to enhance the NRC approaches to engagement and partnership with Māori communities and the development of its policy and delivery of its activities.  By enabling communities to identify their priorities through wananga, community voice could become a foundational element of NRC’s work. 

 

Attachment 1: Background Narrative ⇩

Attachment 2: Hāpori Māori Community Resilience Action Plan ⇩

Attachment 3: Hāpori Māori Community Resilience Roadmap ⇩  

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party  ITEM: 4.4

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Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party  ITEM: 4.4

12 September 2024Attachment 3

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.5

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	TTMAC Review and Recommendations
From:	Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement and Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao and Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement, on 5 September 2024

 

At the 28 March 2024 Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party (TTMAC) hui, it was agreed that a review of TTMAC would be undertaken by a collaborative working group comprising TTMAC Co-Chair Pita Tipene, Mira Norris, Nyze Manuel, Janelle Beazley, Chair (NRC) Geoff Crawford, Co-Chair Tui Shortland, Cr Marty Robinson and Cr Peter-Lucas Jones. The reasons for the review are set out in the report that supported that action (Item 4.4. of the 28 March 2024 hui).

 

The TTMAC Review Working Group (the working group) met initially on 9 May 2024. At that hui a SWOT analysis was completed to workshop strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with TTMAC. The outcomes of the SWOT analysis served as the basis for developing the initial recommendations. Those recommendations were further workshopped on June 12, 2024, and refined and finalised in a follow-up workshop on August 5, 2024.

 

The purpose of this report is to provide the recommendations of the TTMAC Review Working Group and seek endorsement of the recommendations TTMAC and, where required, council.

 

Subsequent to the recommendations being agreed by the working group, there has been a request to amend 7(b) at the agenda preview meeting. It currently reads:

 

(b)   Meeting attendance by the Chair and Co-chair of council. Discussion also brought to light the importance of councillor attendance at TTMAC hui. It was agreed that the terms of reference should be amended to set out that, as a minimum, Chair and Deputy-Chair of council commit to attending all TTMAC formal and marae based meetings.

A possible amendment has been proposed and can be discussed further at the TTMAC meeting. That amendment would be to add to 7(b) what happens should a scheduling clash occur:

These meetings are scheduled in advance so that the Chair and Co-Chair of council can prioritise these meetings. In the rare event that the Chair and/or Deputy Chair cannot attend a TTMAC meeting, the proposed process is that this should be discussed between the council chair and the two TTMAC Co-Chairs.

1.         Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party endorse the recommendations and associated next steps contained in this report.

2.         That revised terms of reference incorporating the recommendations contained in this report, including the name change to Te Ruarangi, are brought to the next formal Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party hui for endorsement and a recommendation to council for adoption.

 

The review process highlighted that TTMAC has played a vital role in supporting, influencing and leading council’s journey to give effect to its obligations as a Te Tiriti partner. This has been embodied in part through Tāiki ē, and the enduring influence this strategy has in respect of shaping the direction of council. Importantly, TTMAC has demonstrated over the years that it is an effective forum for iwi, hapū and council leaders to work together to achieve tangible outcomes at a governance level.

The working group commenced their work by undertaking an analysis of strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats (SWOT). That analysis created a good platform which highlighted the valuable role TTMAC has for both iwi/hapū and council. The process identified several areas that could be improved upon to further enhance the role of TTMAC. The recommendations in this report encapsulate the key areas and themes that came through as part of the SWOT analysis in addition to the outcome of ongoing discussions at each of the working group workshops. The recommendations are set out below.

1.    A change to the name of TTMAC to Te Ruarangi

Te Ruarangi is a name offered by Co-Chair Pita Tipene. The term is used to describe ‘The Horizon’, and so aligns strongly with the kaupapa or mission statement ‘Kawanatanga and Rangatiratanga working together for the wellbeing of the environment’. Moreover, it encourages us to maintain a strategic outlook and to see beyond our current circumstances.

 

2.    Meeting frequency

It is recommended that the model of alternating marae-based hui with formal hui at council chambers is retained. This model is viewed by the working group as an important way of connecting the kaupapa of TTMAC with marae. Changes to the marae hui themselves are recommended later in this report.

 

Minor adjustments to the meetings are recommended as follows:

·    Keep the scope open for additional strategic hui or to use one of the formal sessions for a strategic hui. Strategic hui create an opportunity to workshop important topics and are seen by the working group as adding value to TTMAC.

·    Hold an annual hui to review annual reporting (see recommendation 4 below) and priorities for year ahead.

Overall, the changes to the meeting frequency will not result in a reduction in meetings. The changes are intended to create an opportunity for strategic workshops within the meeting schedule and create a time for TTMAC to convene annually to consider annual reporting and agree on priorities for the year ahead.

 

3.    Marae based hui

It is recommended that the model of alternating marae-based hui is retained with some changes made to the way council supports these hui to occur. Recommended changes are as follows:

·    Broaden the list of marae to include those outside TTMAC membership based on following principles:

o  Ensure good geographic spread across rohe

o  Identify marae early to enable a long lead in time for staff to work with marae to build a relationship and understand how best to support kōrero (e.g. help prepare agenda to make sure the right people are in the room).

o  Improve communications about the hui to make sure it is relevant to the community.

·    Provide an overview of TTMAC mahi, outcomes, workplan and strategic intent as part of the kaupapa at the mare hui.

·    Ensure actions from hui are captured and there is follow through by staff as appropriate.

 

4.    Annual reporting and future focus

It was identified that an annual report detailing the work TTMAC had undertaken, along with work being completed at an operational level to give effect to council’s Te Tiriti commitment, would be very useful. This report would support the kōrero at the TTMAC Annual Hui.

Recommended themes to cover off in the annual report are as follows:

·    Review of achievements towards the objectives/whainga contained within the TTMAC terms of reference

·    Case studies to that demonstrate work towards the whainga of Tāiki ē:

o  Capacity and Capability

o  Climate crisis

o  Māori Representation

o  Economic Development

o  Water/Marine

·    Working party outcomes

·    Tāiki ē Action plan outcomes

·    Te Tiriti health check progress

 

5.    Improving how TTMAC iwi and hapū members are involved in council governance decision making

It is recommended that more work is done to formalise how and when council involve TTMAC iwi and hapū members in council business. This is linked with Tāiki e Priority Action 15, which sets out the council will identify opportunities for iwi and hapū members of TTMAC to join or participate in other governance structures. To some extent this is already happening with membership on working groups. However, the process for appointment, and roles and functions, is not clear in respect of council workshops. There are a number of lessons learned from the freshwater plan change and LTP workshops that should be considered to improve how TTMAC iwi and hapū members are involved in these processes.

More clarity is also needed in respect of how feedback is provided and considered on council submissions.

Recommended changes are:

·    Confirm process for involving TTMAC in key submissions.

·    Formally confirm the involvement TTMAC members in workshops associated with Annual Plans, Long Term Plans, statutory documents.

·    Test principles of how we do this and amend terms of reference as part of a future review. For example, joint advocacy with Te Tiriti partners, collective advocacy for regional significant priorities, such as co-signed submissions, a Caulerpa letter to central government.

 

6.    Resourcing Independent Te Ao Māori Expertise

It is recommended that changes are made to improve how council resources te ao Māori expertise to support the ongoing implementation of Tāiki ē. It was recognised that the Tangata Whenua Water Advisory Group (TWWAG) played a vital role in the freshwater plan change, but that a change in model was needed to reflect the wider range of kaupapa that requires te ao Māori expertise. The general principles for how this could work are outlined below:

·    Te Ao Māori expertise should contracted at market rates.

·    Investigate the option of a developing a supplier panel, or similar, to streamline procurement and contracting of experts.

·    The Māori Technical Advisory Group (MTAG) offers a valuable platform for a subgroup of iwi and hapū TTMAC governance members to delve deeper into specific TTMAC kaupapa. This process enhances the confidence of TTMAC iwi and hapū members in the reports and recommendations presented to TTMAC. Therefore, it is recommended that MTAG be retained.

·    A supplier panel would provide independent expertise to council, with providers engaged to support major projects, programmes or work, or to support governance reporting and decision making. Individual suppliers would be selected based on specific needs of these work streams.

 

7.    Terms of Reference

It is recommended the TTMAC terms of reference are completed and brought back to TTMAC for endorsement following endorsement the recommendations contained in this report. The principles for these changes are outlined below.

(c)   Decision making rights for setting and changing meeting dates. Over the course of the discussion with the working group, it was identified that the process for making changes to TTMAC meetings needs to be better clarified. The agreed process was that this should be by consensus between the council chair and the two TTMAC co-chairs.

(d)   Meeting attendance by the Chair and Co-chair of council. Discussion also brought to light the importance of councillor attendance at TTMAC hui. It was agreed that the terms of reference should be amended to set out that, as a minimum, Chair and Deputy-Chair of council commit to attending all TTMAC formal and marae based meetings.

(e)   Amendment to meeting frequency as per recommendations

(f)    Consequential updates to reflect name change to Ruarangi.

 

Next Steps

Subject to TTMAC endorsing the recommendations contained in this report, the following are next steps are proposed:

Task	Timing
Review terms of reference and bring back to TTMAC for endorsement and recommendation to council for approval.	Next formal TTMAC hui
Confirm meeting schedule for marae-based hui for 2025 calendar year taking into account recommendations.	December 2024
Develop scope for Annual Hui and annual report and confirm hui date.	Staff to present scope and options to TTMAC co-chairs and CEO by October 2024.
Develop options for a supplier panel for te ao Māori expertise, confirm budget and seek endorsement from TTMAC.	December 2024
Staff to look at ways to enhance support for haukāinga to increase value of marae based hui.	On-going

 

 

Nil

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.6

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 – Council decision to retain the Māori constituency
From:	Julian Hansen, Kaiārahi Kaupapa Māori - Senior Māori Technical Advisor and Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao, on 29 August 2024 5 September 2024

 

The Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 (LGAA) was passed on 30 July 2024 and has been enacted. The LGAA made changes to the Local Electoral Act 2001 (LEA) to reverse amendments made by the previous government in 2021 that aimed to improve Māori representation in local government by removing the use of binding polls in relation to council decisions to establish Māori wards or constituencies.

Under the amended LEA, councils that established Māori wards or constituencies without holding a poll since 2020 are called Group 1 local authorities.

In October 2020, council voted to establish Māori constituencies for the 2022 regional council elections. Following a representation review in 2021, one Māori constituency with two seats (Te Raki Māori) was created for the 2022 regional council elections.

As a Group 1 local authority, council was required to actively make a resolution by 6 September 2024 to either retain or disestablish its Māori constituency. At its 27 August 2024 meeting, council resolved to retain its Māori constituency. A requirement of the LEA is that the a binding poll must be held with the 2025 regional council elections, and the outcome will be effective for the 2028 and 2031 elections. Further detail on the process is set out in the staff report included with the 27 August 2024 council meeting to support its decision on the matter (agenda item 7.1) which has been included as Attachment 1.

The next opportunity to consider whether to retain or disestablish the Māori constituency(ies) will be ahead of the 2034 local elections.

Māori representation at council is one of the key whainga of Tāiki ē and action 22 sets out a commitment to (amongst other things) ensure the successful ongoing implementation of Māori constituencies by promoting and raising awareness of Māori seats.

The purpose of this report is to inform TTMAC of the decision made by council, and to seek direction from iwi and hapū representatives of TTMAC on the following pātai:

·    How they would like to be informed about the process of organising a binding poll for the 2025 local elections, and the associated actions and communications required prior to the poll, providing advice to council at an opportune time (to be agreed).

·    How council can best “promote and raise awareness of Māori seats and encourage Māori to stand for local government” (Tāiki ē Action 22) in the lead-up to the 2025 local elections, providing advice to council at an opportune time (to be agreed).

·    That TTMAC iwi and hapū representatives provide advice to council on any other measures that they believe should be taken, taking into account the risk of significant community division on this issue, and the impact on Māori of the outcome of the binding poll.

 

1.         That the report ‘Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2024 – Council decision to retain the Māori constituency’ by Julian Hansen, Kaiārahi Kaupapa Māori - Senior Māori Technical Advisor and Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao and dated 21 August 2024, be received.

 

Nil

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party  ITEM: 4.7

12 September 2024Attachment 1

 

TITLE:	Resource Consents Review Report - Update
From:	Colin Dall, Pou Whakaritenga - Group Manager Regulatory Services
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement and Colin Dall, Pou Whakaritenga - Group Manager Regulatory Services, on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The purpose of the agenda item is to inform and update Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party (TTMAC) of the feedback from the Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (ARF) on the final draft ‘Tāiki ē – Regulatory Services Review – Resource Consent Process – Report’ (‘the Report’).

Barker & Associates (Makarena Dalton and David Badham) were engaged by the Northland Regional Council (NRC) to review its resource consenting process in line with the requirements of Action 9 of Tāiki ē. The Report was presented to TTMAC at the 11 July 2024 hui. It was received and endorsed by TTMAC, with a direction that it should be taken to the ARF for further discussion and feedback.

The Report was taken to and received by the ARF on 28 August 2024. The key feedback at the ARF meeting related to:

·    Overall support regarding the Report, its approach and its recommendations.

·    The iwi and hapū contact database. The importance of this database was reinforced alongside opportunities for collaboration and cost efficiencies with other Te Taitokerau councils.

·    Confidentiality of iwi and hapū contact details was reinforced alongside any information relating to encouraging the spatial mapping of sites of significance.

·    Cultural impact assessment templates and the possibility of utilising iwi and hapū kaitiaki in this space to prepare these templates.

NRC staff are now in the process of developing and implementing a 12-month action plan to give effect to the Report recommendations. Council staff will be available at TTMAC to further discuss and summarise the feedback from ARF, and provide a further update on next steps and progress towards implementation. This will assist with ensuring that TTMAC are clear on what is happening to ensure that the report’s recommendations are being implemented.

 

 

1.         That the report ‘Resource Consents Review Report - Update’ by Colin Dall, Pou Whakaritenga - Group Manager Regulatory Services and dated 9 August 2024, be received.

Not applicable.

 

Nil.

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.8

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Economic Development: Update from Northland Inc
From:	Darryl Jones, Economist and Avinash Govind, Economic Policy Advisor
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement, on 5 September 2024

 

Representatives from Northland Inc (Board and Senior Management) will provide an update to the Working Party on some of their activities contributing towards the economic development ngā whainga set out in the Working Party’s Strategic Intent and Tāiki ē Action 29 (Attachment 1). This will cover work done to support Māori businesses and organisations, Tututupu Grow Northland initiative and development of actions to implement Te Rerenga.

Harry Burkhardt, co-chair of Te Kahu o Taonui and Te Rerenga Steering Group, and FNDC Cr John Vujcich, Chair of Joint Regional Economic Development Committee, have been invited to attend the discussion. 

1.         That the report ‘Economic Development: Update from Northland Inc’ by Darryl Jones, Economist and Avinash Govind, Economic Policy Advisor and dated 9 August 2024, be received.

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Attachment 1: Presentation from Northland Inc ⇩  

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party  ITEM: 4.8

12 September 2024Attachment 1

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                  item: 4.9

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Working Party Updates
From:	Sally Bowron, Strategy, Governance and Engagement Team Admin/PA
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Auriole Ruka, Pou Manawhakahaere - GM Governance and Engagement, on date 29 August 2024

 

That the report ‘Working Party Updates’ be received.

 

The Whangarei Public Transport Working Party (WPTWP) met on 25 July 2024. This was an extraordinary meeting. The topics for discussion included:

·        Kamo Priority Lane – Project Update

Following discussion, the Whangarei Public Transport Working Party provided advice on the following next steps:

·    NTA Strategy and Planning Manager has received the full support of the WPTWP to endorse the proposal to seek additional funding of $340k from WDC for Section 2 to be installed this financial year as part of the physical works for the project.

 

The Biosecurity and Biodiversity Working Party (WPTWP) met on 14 August 2024. The topics for discussion included:

·        Regional Pest Management and Marine Pathways Plan 2017-2027 (RPMP)

·        Update on Dune Lakes

·        Marine Protected Areas

·        Taharoa Domain

·        Kauri protection

·        Sea splurge update

Following discussion, the Whangarei Public Transport Working Party provided advice on the following next steps:

·    That in respect of the RPMP, the Biodiversity and Biosecurity Working Party (BABWP) support the review methodology, consultation plan, and proposed timeline (as presented by the Plan Review Team).

·    That the BABWP endorses the RPMP Plan Review Team commencing targeted consultation and engagement with Treaty Partners, industry representatives, and community pest control groups where appropriate.

·    That the BABWP support the RPMP Plan Review Team testing a draft and any emerging issues with working party members over the coming months and before November.

·    That the BABWP support the development of a first draft RPMP for consideration by council at its November meeting with the purpose of commencing wider stakeholder consultation.

·    That staff bring a progress report on Dune Lakes to the first BABWP meeting in 2025.

·    That the BABWP endorse staff to proceed with developing the project plan in partnership with mana moana hapū.

·    That a further update on Taharoa domain and gold clam be provided at a future working party meeting.

·    That staff provide a further update to the BABWP about Kauri protection at a future meeting.

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                item: 4.10

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	Chief Executive’s Report to Council
From:	Jonathan Gibbard, Tāhūhū Rangapū  - Chief Executive Officer
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Jonathan Gibbard, Tāhūhū Rangapū  - Chief Executive Officer, on 13 August 2024

 

 

Northland Dune Lakes Strategic Water Quality Improvement Extension

Northland dune lakes are in decline due to nutrients from land use, pest plants and fish, leading to losses of rare biodiversity, recreational and cultural values.  The project extension between April 2023-June 2024 included further control of pest plants and further development of partnerships with iwi.  The project extension value budget of $72,587.52 was split between NRC and MFE. We worked with Ngati Kuri, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa, Ngai Takoto, Te Roroa, Te Uri O Hau and Patuharakeke as well as Kaipara District Council and the Department of Conservation and many private landowners. 

 

Hornwort is now at undetectable levels in Lake Egg and down to 1% of its original extent in Lakes Tutaki, Tutaki Southern Pond, Karaka, Mt Camel North and Mt Camel South outlet.  Further control will be undertaken in the summer of 2024/2025 by NRC.  Egeria has been significantly reduced in Rotokawau, Poutō. Lagarosiphon has not been seen in Lake Ngatu since the control took place in 2020.

 

NRC held hui with each iwi during the project extension to find out how they would like NRC to support them to achieve rangatiratanga over the roto (lakes) in their rohe.  We launched the Te Ao Māori ika resource for tamariki and worked with iwi to install a Check Clean Dry station at Lake Taharoa over summer to check all watercraft for gold clam.  We established the Taharoa Domain Operational Working Group, which includes iwi representation and had ongoing support from Kaitiaki at Lakes Tutaki and Karaka hornwort control and monitoring visits.

Caulerpa

Operations at Omakiwi Cove have been paused while decisions are made regarding the newly announced $10 million boost in funding for combating exotic Caulerpa. During this pause, the support vessel ‘Ponui Island Mover’ was treated to prevent any spread of Caulerpa, involving wrapping and chlorine treatment, which was successfully neutralized before release. Inspections showed no signs of contamination in the water. Additionally, the main barge ‘Mahikuri’ was inspected and cleared of any Caulerpa fragments before returning to the Ōpua marina. The downtime is being utilized to undertake much needed maintenance, dedusting and painting of the dredging equipment.

 

Ponui Island Mover wrapped and treated by Commercial Dive Specialists. 8 and 9 July 2024.

 

Hapū (Te Rawhiti Works Trust) were contracted to carry out intertidal monitoring and treatment methods in Omakiwi Cove. NRC Marine Biosecurity Officers held a hui on 22 July 2024 to discuss exotic Caulerpa and conduct a benthic mat workshop. Kaimahi surveyed over 300 quadrats in the intertidal zone of Omakiwi Cove, covering approximately 2 km of coastline. Various treatment methods were trialled, and benthic mats were deployed. Beach castings after storms were also removed and disposed of. 

 

	NRC staff and Kaimahi making benthic mats
	Mats being deployed at Omakiwi Cove

 

Otiria Moerewa Spillway

Our beautiful spillway is finally complete. We are clebrating this milestone with everyone who has been involved in the project since the beginning on  Saturday 10^th August. See below some before and after drone shots of the spillway looking downstream from Te Rito marae:

 

Before: Pre works drone shot of the project site looking downstream from Te Rito marae (red roof)

 

After: Post construction of the spillway, Ngapipito Rd & Pokapu Bridge realignments

 

 

Fraud, Corruption and Dishonesty

Fraud Corruption and Dishonesty statement:

“An investigation is underway following a report of dishonest behaviour.  The Fraud Limitations Officer will report back to the CEO once complete."

 

 

Current Legal Proceedings

Department	Description	Status
Consent decision appeal	Irrigation of avocado orchards and horticulture crops	The council is to provide a final clean set of template conditions to the Court for it to endorse by 7 August 2024.
Consent decision appeal	Replacement of consents for Opononi Wastewater Treatment System, Hokianga	Court assisted mediation resulted in an agreed resolution of the appeal by a Consent Order.  This Consent Order is to be lodged with the Court by 15 August 2024.
Consent decision appeal	Site development works for a subdivision at Dip Road, Kamo	Appeal lodged on both WDC and NRC decision to grant consent.  Environment Court Hearing has been set down for five days commencing Monday 23 September 2024.
Consent decision appeal	Proposed port expansion project to include reclamation and port activities	The Applicant appealed the decision.  The Court has directed all parties to advise it by 30 September 2024 whether or not they are agreeable to Court assisted mediation.  Submitters have until 20 August 2024 to attach themselves to the appeal as s274 parties.

 

 

 

 

 

Consents in Process

During July 2024, a total of 52 Decisions were issued.  These decisions comprised:

Moorings	4
Coastal Permits	2
Air Discharge Permits	1
Land Discharge Permits	5
Water Discharge Permits	2
Land Use Consents	16
Water Permits	7
Water Takes	9
Bore Consents	6

 

Thirty-six applications were received in July 2024.

 

Of the 94 applications in progress at the end of July 2024:

Ÿ 33 were received more than 12 months ago;

Ÿ 10 were received between 6 and 12 months ago (most awaiting further information from the applicant);

Ÿ 51 less than 6 months.

 

Appointment of Hearing Commissioners

§ No commissioners were appointed in July 2024.

 

Consents Decisions and Progress on Notified Applications in Process, Objections and Appeals

The current level of notified application processing activities at the end of July 2024 is (by number):

Progress on Applications Previously Notified	6
Appeals/Objections	4

 

COMPLIANCE MONITORING

The results of compliance monitoring for the period 1 to 31 July 2024 (and year-to-date figures) are summarised in the following table and discussed below.

Classification	Total	Full compliance	Low risk non-compliance	Moderate non-compliance	Significant non-compliance	Not exercised during period
Air Discharge	7	6	0	0	0	1
Bore Consent	4	2	2	0	0	0
Coastal Discharge	19	15	1	3	0	0
Coastal Permit	11	10	0	0	0	1
Land Discharge	63	51	4	5	0	3
Land Use Consent	95	84	3	1	0	7
NES-F	129	110	14	4	1	0
Water Discharge	56	31	11	8	4	2
Water Permit	49	49	0	0	0	0
Water Take	180	153	22	5	0	0
Total	613	511	57	26	5	14
Percentage		83.4%	9.3%	4.2%	0.8%	2.3%
Year to date	613	511	57	26	5	14
Percentage		83.4%	9.3%	4.2%	0.8%	2.3%

 

Municipal wastewater treatment plant compliance/enforcement

WWTP/Consent Status	Compliance for last 12 months	Compliance for last 3 months	Enforcement Action/Response
Ahipara Expires 2033			Under ANs (reissued in September 2022). New SCUV unit currently being installed. Commissioning period expected to be completed by the end of September 2024.
Russell Expired 30 April 2024 (replacement consent being processed)			Under AN. Significant non-compliance currently being addressed.
Taipā Expires 2029			None currently.
Whatuwhiwhi Expires 2025			None currently.
Opononi & Omāpere Expired 2019 (replacement consent under appeal)			Under AN. Issues will be addressed in replacement consent.
Rāwene Expired 2023 (replacement consent being processed)			Issues will be addressed in replacement consent.
Kawakawa Expires 2036			None currently.
Kaitāia Expired 2021 (replacement consent being processed)			Under AN (for reticulation overflows). Ongoing works on reticulation system. Issues will be addressed in replacement consent.
Paihia Expires 2034			None currently.
Kaikohe Expired 2021 (replacement consent being processed)			Issues will be addressed in replacement consent.
Kaiwaka Expired 2022 Replaced consent granted on 27 May 2024 – expires 2049			Conditions imposed on the consent to improve WWTP performance/discharge quality.
Kohukohu Expires 2026			None currently.
Glinks Gully Expires 31 July 2024 (replacement consent application received)			None currently.
Te Kopuru Expires 2044			None currently.
Hihi Expired 2022 (replacement consent being processed)			None currently.
Dargaville Expires 2043			Under AN. Issues addressed in replacement consent.
Ruakaka Expires 2046			None currently.
Hikurangi Expires 2025			Improvements to plant performance currently underway.
Kaeo Expired 2022 (replacement consent being processed)			None currently.
Rangiputa Expires 2032			None currently.
Mangawhai Expires 2042			Under AN. Dam repairs completed. Extensive work being undertaken to address odour issues.
Maungaturoto Expires 2032			Under AN.
Tutukaka Expired 31 May 2024 (replacement consent being processed)			None currently.
Whāngārei City Expired 2022 (replacement consent conditions being finalised)			Under AN for odour from plant. Issues will be addressed in replacement consent.
Portland Expired 31 May 2024 (replacement consent being processed)			None currently.
Oakura Expires 2025			None currently.
Waipū Expires 2030			None currently.
Ngunguru Expires 2035			None currently.
Kerikeri Expires 2036			None currently.
Waiōtira Expires 2030		Not monitored in the last 3 months	None currently.
Compliance Status Colour Full compliance Low risk non-compliance Moderate non-compliance Significant non-compliance

 

ENFORCEMENT

Abatement Notices, Infringement Notices and Formal Warnings

The following table gives the total numbers of abatement and infringement notices, and formal warnings issued in July 2024:

Nature of offence	Abatement notices	Infringement notices	Formal warnings
Other air discharge			1
Sewage	5	-
Burning and smoke nuisance	1	6
Illegal activity in the coastal marine area	2	2
Hazardous substances, spills and refuse	3	-
Earthworks/landuse	3	-
Stormwater discharge	1	2
Total	15	10	1

 

Court Cases Update

Litigation	Next Court Event/Action
Prosecution District Court Discharge of sediment. Now Crown case.	The defendant indicated he will seek costs and may apply for dismissal of the remaining charge subject to legal advice.  Court directed that any applications from the Crown be filed by 1 September 2024 and any applications from the defendant be filed by 1 October 2024.
Prosecution District Court Discharge of raw farm dairy effluent to a stream; wastewater washed into stream; and overflow from pond.	Waiting for Judge's decision on a pre-trial hearing.
Prosecution District Court Earthworks including: construction of tracks, earthworks and vegetation removal in and near wetland; stream crossings; discharge of sediment; and damming and diversions of tributaries.	Judicial conference held on 29 July 2024. NRC is to file any evidence to support the opposition of jury trial by 26 August 2024 and the defendant is to advise whether a pre-trial hearing will be required by 9 September 2024.
Appeal against abatement notice & application for stay Environment Court Coastal works.	The costs have been settled between NRC and the appellant. Case is resolved and now closed.
Interim Enforcement Orders Environment Court Discharge to air from the manufacturing of Asphalt and open burning	On 12 July 2024, NRC filed an application for interim enforcement orders to prohibit the discharge to air from the manufacturing of asphalt and cease open burning on a property in Kerikeri. A judicial conference was held on 25 July 2024. The respondents agreed to an undertaking in terms of the orders sought.

 

 

biodiversity

 

CoastCare

Several CoastCare weeding and planting days were held at various locations: Ahipara with Ahipara School, Ahipara Takiwā and Department of Conservation; Oneroa Long Beach, Russell with Russell Landcare Trust; and Taipa with Parapara Marae volunteers and Kaitiaki o Tokerau rangers.

Ahipara School weeding and planting the Mapere dunes;	Russell Landcare Trust volunteers planting at Long Beach
Tamariki checking out the new ‘What’s on Northland’s coasts’ signage at the Taipa event.	Volunteers and kaitiaki rangers weeding and planting at Taipa Point,

 

Wetlands

Staff had further meetings with Department of Conservation and local community group representatives to develop restoration planning for the DOC Whangarei Heads wetland.

 

Freshwater

An educational session was held with Beststart Pīpīwai Road preschool. Fish survey was completed at the stream beside the preschool, and fish collected were shown to the children to reinforce their learning of not to throw toys over the fence into the stream.

 

Lakes

·    Site visit held at Te Ketekete Lagoon with Ngati Kuri to look at options for gypsywort control or containment.

·    A hornwort sign was installed at Lake Waikanae following the discovery of the weed during the ecological survey in May.  A full lake survey will be undertaken later this year to develop an eradication plan with Te Aupōuri.

·    Site visit held at Shag Lake with Te Roroa to look at options for lake restoration

·    Meeting held with Patuharakeke to discuss the findings of the Pukekauri dam report and how we can work together on biodiversity outcomes in their rohe.

 

NATURAL RESOURCES

Data team

The data team has been working to improve the accessibility of council data by making it available lawa.org.nz. This has resulted in Rivers, Lakes, Can I Swim Here and Groundwater Quality going live on the platform.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hydrology

Rainfall

·      Northland averaged 200mm of rainfall for July across the region - 111% of the long term monthly median and higher than normally expected. ·      The highest rainfall total for the month was recorded at Waimamaku at Wekaweka Road, a rainfall station in the South Hokianga, with 336.5mm, 107% of normal expected, followed by the Ngunguru at Dugmores Rock station with 301.5mm, (151%). ·      The lowest rainfall totals were in the southwest with Kaiiwi Lakes recording 127mm, 95% of normal expected, Dargaville 120mm (86%), and Ruawai 131mm (103%), for July.

 

·      Northland’s rainfall totals for 2024 are starting to lift back towards average but are still on the lower side after a very dry first six months. The cumulative rainfall plot for the Whakapara at Puhipuhi for 2024 is below average.

 

River Flow

·      River flows in most of Northland’s primary monitored rivers were below normal to very low for July. This is indicative of the low rainfall for the first six months of the year, though flows were generally trending upwards towards the end of July. ·      Flows in northeast river catchments were primarily normal to above normal, and this reflects the rainfall distribution for the last few months, with higher concentrations in the northeast.

 

Groundwater Levels

·       Groundwater levels in Northland’s primary monitored aquifers are generally low to below normal in central areas, and normal to above normal in the north and south of the region. This reflects the rainfall distribution over the last six months.

 

Water Quality Field Operations

·      As part of a wider reporting campaign for our litter monitoring programmes, staff presented a series of short social media videos.  These highlighted the results of these programmes, and the effects of plastic pollution.

·      Staff attended a hui at Otātāra marae, Waimā (with representatives of nearby Moehau and Tuhirangi marae) to discuss our involvement in the multi- agency Mountains to Sea Trust’s Inanga Spawning project.  Saltwater wedge surveys are used to identify īnanga spawning areas and we discussed potential surveys in the Waimā awa and potential ongoing mahi.

 

Partnership highlights

·    Ngāti Rēhia:  Discussion on how we can support their monitoring aspirations, including development of a mātauranga Māori framework.

·    Kāretu Nga Kaitiaki O Te Ahi:  Provided an overview of their mahi Inanga Habitat and eDNA sampling (to which we provided partial funding) and discussed future funding needs/sources and strategy moving forward.

 

POLICY AND PLANNING

Granny Flats

The government is currently consulting on a pathway to make it easier to construct minor residential dwellings or “Granny Flats” of up to 60m² without the need for building or resource consents.  Staff have prepared technical feedback which is generally supportive of the concept but raising some issues around the need to make sure that buildings are appropriately located particularly in relation to hazard prone areas.

 

Far North District Council District Plan Hearings

The hearings on the Proposed Far North District Plan are continuing with Hearing Four on Natural Character Areas and Coastal matters scheduled for the week of 5 August.  Staff reviewed the council hearings reports, and consider the matters raised in the NRC submission have been adequately addressed.  Therefore, it was decided that there was no need to attend the hearing. Hearings on other topics are scheduled to continue till late next year and staff will continue to review reports as they become available.

 

Whangarei District Plan Change

Whangarei District Council has notified Plan Change 2 – General Amendments (PC2) to the Whangarei District Plan.  Submissions are open from 7 August until 4 September 2024. The purpose of Plan Change 2 is to fix various technical issues and errors in the District Plan. Staff are assessing the proposed changes to determine if a submission by NRC is warranted.

 

 

PREDATOR FREE 2050   

Predator Free Whangārei    

A total of 4,200ha is now in delivery phase with 2,000ha of this being in the final phase of detection and response. This is the last phase prior to achieving elimination status. The field team are setting up equipment around the Nook and Kauri Mountain Reserve areas which will bring another 2,000ha into delivery.  

 

Team members attended the Parua Bay weekend markets over the last month and hosted community “drop-in” days where strong landowner support was gained for the pending work across the project buffer area. 

 

Community and mana whenua collaboration continued through July with a range of initiatives including Kiwi Coast Trust servicing detection equipment across Reotahi and Taurikura, Aki Tai Here uri expanding their mahi onto Pukenamu Maunga, and set-up for another year of “Guardians on the Lookout” with Parua Bay School. 

Majestic Kauri tree within Kauri Mountain elimination area

 

Thermal drone surveillance was carried out for the first time and proved to be a valuable addition to the proof of absence tools available. Along with certified possum detection dogs, this tool offers considerable time savings when assessing elimination success.  The team look forward to adding state of the art AI (artificial intelligence) powered AT520 traps into the project that include an integrate camera and long-life automatic lure dispenser. This will add another level of autonomy and       efficiency to the project.

 

Predator Free Pewhairangi Whanui Project  

Purerua-Mataroa Peninsular  

Kiwi Coast’s previous focus on baiting at the western buffer is flowing through to low pest numbers around Tapuaetahi and Taronui. The added elimination mahi being delivered by Predator Free Te Ahutai supports this result. Winter baiting continues across all zones using a mix of Doubletap and Pestoff with three possums being captured over July 2024. A cat, first detected in December 2021 was also caught.

 

Predator Free Te Ahutai had a busy month of installations and livening of 78 bait stations and 78 traps across 88ha at Te Tii (buffer area) along with twenty AT220 automated traps. Acoustic recording devices, Doc200 traps, self-report cameras and automatic lure dispensers make up the network of devices being utilised. An extensive range of traps and bait stations has also been installed at Matoa (197ha) that will provide elimination along the southern section of the Purerua-Mataroa buffer.  

 

Russell Peninsula 

 

Approximately 300 traps and 400 bait stations were installed in the Russell Township Expansion Zone. A spike in rat catches saw five being removed from the Old Russell Peninsula zone and 13 from the Tapeka Zone. 10 floating rat traps are now in place in mangroves along the buffer at Orongo Bay and plans are in place for another 90. Chew cards (x100) will be installed in this area in August 2024. Grant funding was received from Foundation North that will boost ongoing mahi.

Floating rat trap in Buffer Zone

 

Rakaumangamanga  

Knockdown is now underway across 2,237ha of the peninsula, utilising a mix of traps. Second generation toxin will be utilised in bait stations across this area as the next phase of work. 

A local contractor has been engaged to remove wild pigs in early August 2024 that will remove the risk of bait station damage and secondary poisoning.

 

MARINE BIOSECURITY

PEST PLANTS

A second location (a single plant) of the coastal weed sea spurge, Euphorbia Paralias, was reported on  Te Oneroa-a-tohe/90 mile beach near Ahipara and confirmed. This follows the discovery of the first site in June, just north of Waipapakauri. The site has been reported to The Ministry for Primary Industries, who are the lead agency for the species, and the plant was removed and the immediate vicinity has been searched.   A funding proposal for control and surveillance work has been submitted to the Ministry for their consideration. Staff also supported the Far North District Council to make a short video to raise awareness of the threat that has been released on social media. 

   

The single sea spurge plant that was removed from 90 mile beach near Ahipara

 

Māori Relationships

 

A fulfilling two days spent at Karetu Marae for the Māori Relationships Team making the most of te matahi o te tau to explore our worldview, collective strengths, and practices within strategic design and implementation . We spent time spent creating a a living document that brings the joy of the work we do at NRC into the space of whanau, hapū and iwi.

 

Taiao Restoration Project – Punakitere Awa with Te Korowai Arahi Trust

Collaborative efforts between the Biosecurity team and the Māori Relationship Team, in partnership with whānau from Te Korowai Arahi, have been instrumental in the restoration project in the Tāheke and Punakitere Awa.

 

This initiative, which is co-funded by NRC and the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), aims to secure multi-year funding to ensure its continuity. The project not only focuses on environmental restoration but also provides valuable opportunities for rangatahi from Kaikohe, facilitating their transition into full-time employment. The project fosters a deep connection to the taiao through sharing of tūpuna wisdom and promotes sustainable practices that benefit both the community and the ecosystem.

 

Here is a video capturing some insight from kaimahi: https://youtu.be/qphjUb6i_yo

 

NZ Biosecurity NETS conference 2024

Last month a delegation of hapū representatives – Nicky Wakefield (Ngāti Wai), Arana Rewha and Viki Heta (Ngāti Kuta, Patukeha) Ngāti Kawa Taituha (Ngāti Rāhiri, Ngāti Kawa) and Winiwini Kingi (Ngāti Kahu o Torongare) – attended the NZ Biosecurity NETS conference 2024 alongside NRC staff and supported by our Kaiārahi Tikanga Māori.

 

At the 2023 conference, held at Waitangi with the support of mana whenua hapū Ngāti Kawa and Ngāti Rahiri, it was decided that there should be an ongoing acknowledgment of tangata whenua at future conferences.  Ngāti Kawa Taituha sourced a kohatu from Taiamai (Ōhaeawai) to take as a koha to tangata whenua in the southern region. This mauri stone was presented at the opening of the conference and was recieved with much appreciation.

 

 

Economic Development

·    Joint Regional Economic Development Committee (JREDC) – organised and prepared for a meeting on 26 July 2024 held at Mahinga, Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise Park.

·    Regional Infrastructure Fund – supported Northland Inc develop a list of projects for Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF) funding; prepared documents for Iwi and Local Government Authorities Chief Executives forum (ILGACE) and JREDC workshops, discussion with various proponents.

·    Northland Inc: expansion to include Whangarei District Council (WDC) – developed common agenda paper for all four local authorities to use to make the necessary decisions associated with WDC becoming a shareholder of Northland Inc and member of the Joint Regional Economic Development Committee.

·    Economic development update provided to Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party (TTMAC).

 

Community Engagement

Overall performance across social media platforms:  

 

 

Top three posts reaching the most people: Announcement of the six scholarship recipients,  Media release on North Port consent decision, updated cover photo of a blue kōkako. 

 
*Reach: total number of people who saw the content.  

 

Sentiment: Most of the negative sentiment received was in response to the media release on the North Port consent decision.  

 

Biosecurity week (22 – 26 July) 

Biosecurity Week was an opportunity to highlight projects and celebrate mahi supporting biosecurity efforts in Te Taitokerau. The campaign featured diverse content formats, such as a quiz, video, and partner posts. A video featuring a Biosecurity Specialist promoting the upcoming Weeds Workshops was particularly successful, garnering 29 shares on Facebook and 35 workshop registrations. The campaign received mixed sentiment, with positive comments praising the biosecurity efforts and negative comments focusing on concerns about pest plant management. 

 

 

 

eNewsletters distributed: Environmental Leaders Fund: 263 subscribers, 52.9% open-rate. 

Top three website pages: Pest Control Hub, Environmental data hub, Online Maps 

Key Performance Indicators	Mar-24	Apl-24	May-24	Jun-24	Jul-24
WEB
# Visits to the NRC website	48,020	52,819	39,995	44,565	37,988
E-payments made	12	6	19	11	53
# subscribed web alerts (cumulative)	1,342	1,357	1,591	1,601	1,608
# subscribed to eNewsletters (cumulative)	5,421	5,580	5,593	5,574	5,583
CDEM SOCIAL MEDIA (CUMULATIVE)
# CDEM Facebook fans	36,288	36,396	36,468	36,823	36,835
# CDEM Overall Facebook Reach	54,326	87,766	54,326	212,487	41,682

 

Media liaison

In total, three Northland Regional Council media releases were created and distributed to media throughout Te Taitokerau during July. Topics included:

·    Wide range of views on freshwater plan ‘no surprise’

·    Northport expansion declined by independent commissioners

·    Six Northland tertiary students awarded scholarships.

 

A number of media enquiries were also received and responded to. Combined, this activity helped generate 96 items mentioning Northland Regional Council as reported by media monitoring agency Fuseworks.

 

Top five sources of Te Taitokerau coverage:  Northern Advocate (22), NZ Herald (11)   Kaipara Lifestyler (10), Northland Age (6), Radio NZ (5).

 

Content types were split as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

Environmental Leaders Fund (ELF) open

The 2024 Environmental Leaders Fund opened on 22 July. The fund aims to support schools and early childhood centres with projects that increase their students' knowledge and passion for the environment. As we respond and adapt to a changing climate, these projects will help to build climate resilience in our schools and surrounding communities. Applications will close on 6 October. 

 

Updated Enviroschools Holistic Reflection process

Enviroschools are no longer required to leap prescribed Bronze, Silver and Green-Gold goal posts.  Instead, school and centre communities can take part in simplified Holistic Reflections when they want.  This might be after the completion of a project or enquiry, or at the end of a term or year.  Reflections will continue to be celebrated and the identification of next steps and support needs in the enviroschool's own sustainability journey paramount.

 

Safe and sustainable school transport planning

The education team assisted council’s Road Safety Promotion Manager in the devleopment and now completion of safe and sustainable school transport plans for Onerahi and Whangārei Intermediate schools.

 

KMR and Envirochools mahi tahi

Enviroschools facilitators and KMR field officers worked with Papaora and Maungaturoto schools to get plants in the ground this planting season, with planting days coming up.

 

Facilitating Enviroschools communities

During July, Enviroschools Facilitators visited or held specific online interactions with over 60 enviroschools’ communities.

 

Local government official information (LGOIMA) requests

We received 19 LGOIMA requests in July 2024. Overall, we have received 39 more requests than at the same time in 2023. This month there has been one LGOIMA request that has failed to be responded to within 20 days. This was due to a disruption in the LGOIMA workflow, which staff rely on for pending tasks and notifications. Monthly reporting picked up the overdue response and the request is being addressed, along with further investigation into the workflow disruption.

 

Maritime

There were 16 incidents reported in July, the majority of which mooring, or oil spill related. The Maritime team provided vessel assistance to other departments for water quality runs and wave buoy sonde deployment.  During some bad weather at the end of the month the team assisted in the successful recovery of 2 vessels that had broken free of their moorings, both with minimal damage and grateful owners.  

 

Aids to Navigation maintenance is ongoing in the Kerikeri area. 

 

In Whangaroa several vessels have been causing complaints. One vessel had been an ongoing incident for at least 2 years creating numerous call outs for the on call officer. The vessel finally sank whilst alongside FNHL new pontoon on a weekend causing more damage. The vessel was salvaged by the maritime team and sent to landfill. A dive team was required adding to the expense.  

 

In Whangarei harbour on Thursday 25^th July the Aotearoa Chief cement vessel suffered engine failure at the Portland wharf. This then blocked access to load any cement for Auckland, with supplies due to run out within a week.  The harbourmasters worked closely with the pilotage company and Golden Bay to develop a risk assessment to move the ship down to Northport, and completed ship simulation trials on Saturday. Approval to move from Maritime NZ was given on Saturday evening and the ship moved on Sunday. Longer term the plan is to move the vessel to Auckland for layup and repairs when spares re available.

 

In Mangawhai harbour locals have expressed concern over shifting sands and the safety of the bar. The last existing substantial steel beacon installed by the harbour board cannot be removed in a safe and cost-effective manner at this time, and no longer marks the channel. The maritime team have repainted this yellow as a caution. It is not practical to dredge the bar as it would simply fill in again. Extensive bar harbour safety signs are on site and safe information on bar crossings is readily available.  

 

Rivers

Awanui Scheme Upgrade

Great progress with Lower Whangatane Stopbank construction. ~90% of stopbank completed to full height. Unfortunately, the last two weeks of May were relatively wet with little drying wind, so the newly formed stopbank has now been merged with existing stopbank for over-wintering. Continued survey monitoring of newly formed stopbanks is showing very little movement and revegetation of new stopbanks has provided a vital layer of protection for the winter months.

 

Kawakawa Deflection Bank

The Kawakawa Deflection Bank has been completed and will also be opened officially on 10^th August. Some minor works will be completed next sumer season (contouring the bank of the Waiomio stream and some further vegetation removal around key flow points).

Drone shot looking downstream at the final form of the deflection bank on the left hand bank of the Waiomio River

 

Upper Kawakawa Catchment – Nature Based Solutions to Flooding

We have chosen 4 main road locations that are disrupted by frequent flooding in this catchment. We have met wIth the landowners upstream and downstream of each location to hear their understanding of the issues. We have taken this back to our modellers and engineers to design solutions before meeting again with the communities.

 

Kaeo Stage 2 Project

A peer review of the stage 2 design highlighted some issues with design solution. In addition, the  main landowner impacted by the proposed design did not support the initial design and works. After many modelling attempts, a new proposal has been developed which includes a direct channel diversion to remove an existing bend in the river with some additional stopping banking. To try and progress this work staff have summarised the options and are modelling what an overtopping event would look like in Kaeo to take back to the community to get an understanding of the level of support for implementing this project. The next community meeting in Kaeo is booked for the 17^th October 2024.

 

Civil Defence Emergency Management

Debrief outcomes from the recent power tower failure have been reviewed.  The main oportunities for improvement centre around Business conituity plans and processes.

 

The recent North Island Severe Weather inquiry review has been analysed by staff with a number of opportunities that can be implemented ahead of any final decisions on the review by governement.

A team of 5 from the Northland CDEM team attended the Australia New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference (ANZDEMC) on the Gold Coast 22-23 July. The team also had the opportunity to visit the City of Gold Coast Disaster and Emergency Management Centre. The 2024 conference had more than 600 in-person delegates. The two-day conference hosted a range of high calibre speakers, covering an extensive array of EM topics.

 

The Northland CDEM team contributed to the conference opening, providing a mihi to acknowledge and pay respects to the land and the traditional families of the Yugambeh region.

 

Transport

 

Draft Regional Land Transport Plan 2021/27 – Three Year Review

At a special meeting held on 4 July 2024, the Regional Transport Committee (RTC) approved the release of the Regional Land Transport Plan 2021/27 – Three Year Review (RLTP) to the Northland Regional Council (NRC) with the recommendation that it be approved for submission to NZ Transport Agency - Waka Kotahi by 1 August 2024. At their meeting on 23 July 2024, the NRC approved the recommendation.

 

PASSENGER TRANSPORT

 

SchoolLink Services. In response to numerous requests, the SchoolLink service operating between Onerahi and Raumanga to Kamo High School now includes Kamo Intermediate School students. No additional costs were incurred.

 

"Bus Your Bike" Council launched the "Bus Your Bike" three-part promotional and instructional video series on the CityLink Facebook page. This series, aimed at cyclists, promotes the CityLink bike racks and provides instructions on their use.

 

Total Mobility Scheme (TM)

Total mobility Trips and client travel for July 2024:

·    Whangarei – 1,806 clients undertaking 4,072 trips

·    Far North – 304 clients undertaking 301 trips

 

402 additional clients joined the Whangarei TM scheme in the 2023/2024 financial year. 

The total spend for the same period was $742,540 compared to $580,135 in 2022/2023 resulting in an increase in cost of $162,405 (22%).     

 

107 more clients joined the TM Scheme in the last Far North during the 2023/2024 financial year.

Total expenditure for 2023/2024 was $53,173 compared to $23,699 for 2022/2023. An increase of $29,474 (55%). This increase can be attributed to the amount of promotion undertaken to increase usage of the Scheme.

 

Regional Road Safety

With the late release of the 2024/2027 National Land Transport Programme, NZTA have released indicative funding for the road safety education and promotion programmes across New Zealand. It is unfortunate that the funding figures released denote a significant decrease in funding assistance for road safety advertising nationally. When comparing the NRC ‘s bid, there is a 56% decrease in funding approved to what council requested.

 

The Far North, Whangarei and Kaipara District Councils have experienced similar decreases. Staff are working through what this programme will look like for the coming three years.

 

Climate

Implementation of an Early Flood Warning System involves several council teams, Hydrology, Science, Rivers, CDEM as well as Natural Hazards (Climate Action), so we are working to ensure a proposed solution will meet the needs of all teams. 

 

Eight tenders have been received for the development of an integrated flood model for the northern Wairoa River. An evaluation committee are currently assessing submissions.

 

NRC are supporting FNDC’s FOSAL (Future of Severely Effected Land) by utilising Urban Intelligence’s Resilience Explorer to develop and run a process that identifies sites that require on ground investigation.  This will also provide a framework for information needed by CDEM and the Group Recovery Office in future events to identify areas that may be potentially affected and need support.

 

Work has begun on the implementation of Resilience Explorer for NRC (update of our current risk portal), including the development of a risk register, identification of roles for a Technical Advisory Group as well as wider stakeholders. Urban Intelligence are currently doing a review of data they hold and further data that will be needed.  We have also begun planning for risk workshops with Dr Tom Logan later in 2024.

 

Natural Hazard and Rivers staff have established a quarterly catchup with staff from Whangārei District Council to improve and integrate flood risk management for the Whangārei district. Whangārei District Council are developing an urban Flood Management Strategy looking at flood mitigation options for Whangārei City.

 

Some key resources to help communities in the face of climate induced hazards have been in development and are nearing completion:

 

·    Climate Resilience Toolkit A resource for households and communities to better understand the effects of a changing climate and actions they can take to make themselves more resilient. A complementary resource alongside our Climate resilient communities fund to underpin robust fund applications.

·    Climate Resilience Game Climate adaptation staff from across the region evaluated an engagement tool called TAG (The Adaptation Game) used by some councils in Australia as a means of engaging with the community. This gamification of climate challenges can be localised to Northland using our existing maps and hazards data. The game allows community groups to explore the challenges of climate change in a relatable way and could be one potential option for groups to self-organise and consider resilience.

·    Coastal Protection Guidance. Aimed at helping landowners and communities understand the options available to them for responding to coastal erosion. A joint council summer engagement programme will follow to enable kanohi ki te kanohi discussion with effected communities. Initial workshops with district council infrastructure, parks and reserves, and planning teams will help identify current context within those exposed and vulnerable communities.

 

Staff have been working with the Rivers team and FNDC colleagues to support the Whirinaki marae flood resilience project to undertake their own exploration of flood risk and the potential need for relocation.

 

An informal community of practice is forming from Climate Resilience fund recipients, creating opportunity for knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer learning. This group formed after an initial wananga on the Maketu Climate Change Strategy case study. Initially hosted by Ngati Rehia earlier in the year, participants have been able to integrate lessons for their own planning work. We hope to facilitate and extend this learning opportunity to more of the current and future fund recipients.

 

Workride update - To date we have had 5 staff collect their new bikes and 2 more pending collection totalling a spend of $26k. Look forward to hearing from the happy riders that have been commuting to work in the near future.

 

We are collating our organisational emissions data from the last financial year for our annual inventory audit. This will also be the first report where we compare our progress vs plan.

 

KMR continues to focus on winter planting and landowner and community engagement.  Some of this activity is being led by our various Navigator (champion) projects and strategic partners across the catchment.

 

Unfortunately, we continue to see the effects of economic downturn in the rural sector, particularly as we seek to recruit new landowners and groups.  Generally speaking, the ‘early adopters’ are already working with KMR, and we are observing it is taking more time (and therefore greater cost) to engage, recruit and support the next cohort of landowners and groups into KMR projects.  We are also seeing higher ‘drop out’ or ‘deferral’ rates from this cohort as they explore sediment reduction projects with us (remembering that KMR is a voluntary programme, there are no regulatory drivers to work with us, and landowners and groups have to contribute up to half of the total project value to access KMR funding).

 

KMR’s experience is borne out in the recent Federated Farmers Confidence Survey, the results of which are summarised below:

 

·    Just over a third of surveyed farmers have indicated they are making a loss at present

·    27% say they are making a profit

·    39% indicate they are breaking even

·    More than half of surveyed farmers expect their profitability to decline over the next year.

 

Programme Performance

Despite these headwinds, KMR has reached some important milestones since we last reported:

·    The 1,000th landowner/group has submitted an Expression of Interest to KMR[1].

·    KMR is expected to exceed our 2 millionth tree in the next month or so.  [By comparison, it took Waikato River Authority around 6 years to achieve this milestone, and Conservation Volunteers NZ has only recently achieved it after 14 years).

·    KMR is now the largest recipient nationally of Trees That Count trees, with over 90,000 free trees provided to KMR landowners and groups to date.

 

The latest Key Performance Indicators also continue to demonstrate growing uptake across the catchment and ongoing scale-up of sediment remediation projects, with KMR’s new investments in erodible hill country accelerating the uplift.

 

For the first time since KMR began, the value of projects in the sheep and beef sector has overtaken those in the dairy sector. This is important because there are approximately three times as many drystock landowners in the catchment as there are dairy farmers.  Dairy farmers have typically taken earlier action with KMR support via our partnership with Fonterra.

 

The programme-life-to-date Key Performance Indicators as at 30 June 2024 – which reflect programme delivery exactly 2.5 years into full operational delivery – are as follows:

 

Jobs & Skills

·        Investment in relevant training for 228 people, including directly training 57 people as KMR Field Advisors – many from local iwi/hapū

·        Creation of over 285,000 hours of new work– a year’s work for over 180 people

·        In addition, a further 70,000 hours of new work is already committed in new contracts

·        More than $17.6m invested in support of sediment reduction projects, sustaining local and often rural employment.

 

Engagement & Participation

·        1011 landowners or groups have submitted an Expression of Interest to KMR

·        693 co-funded project plans have been developed with landowners and groups

·        76 projects led by hapū, marae, community groups, catchment groups or other collectives are completed, underway or in development.

 

Nature

·        >1.88 million plants are in the ground or contracted to plant this winter

·        >479 hectares of planting have been completed or contracted

·        >800km of fencing is completed or contracted (the same distance as from Cape Rēinga to Napier)

·        Nearly 130,000 hectares are managed under KMR plans.

 

Nil

 

Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party                                                                                item: 4.11

12 September 2024

 

TITLE:	WORKSHOP - Te Mana me te Mauri o te Wai Monitoring
From:	Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao and Jason Donaghy, Natural Resources Monitoring Manager
Authorised by Group Manager/s:	Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao, on 5 September 2024

 

At the 11 July Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party (TTMAC) hui, staff presented a recommended path forward to support Actions 7 and 8 of Tāiki ē, which relate to developing a culturally appropriate monitoring programme and enabling or supporting tangata whenua to conduct their own monitoring. Queries we raised at the hui, and staff were asked to meet with NRC’s Mana Whakahono a Rohe partners to develop an agenda for a later workshop with TTMAC on the topic. This meeting took place on 22 August, and developed the agenda below for workshopping at this TTMAC hui.

 

Presentation

A presentation by Ngāti Rehia to showcasing the work their kaitiaki are doing.

 

Discussion / Kōrero

1.    Overview of broader work programme:

a.    Pathway to transfer of powers

b.    Where the Te Mana me te Mauri o te Wai mahi fits in

c.    Links with Wānanga Waiora

2.    Funding

a.    Te Mana o te Wai fund background

b.    Proposed funding streams (monitoring, policy support, kaitiaki network remuneration, ongoing te ao Māori expertise)

c.    Criteria and outcomes for monitoring funding

3.    Kaitiaki network

a.    Principles and rationale

b.    Remuneration principles

c.    Defining success and learning through doing.

 

1.         That the report ‘WORKSHOP - Te Mana me te Mauri o te Wai Monitoring’ by Ruben Wylie, Pou Tiaki Taiao and Jason Donaghy, Natural Resources Monitoring Manager and dated 3 September 2024, be received.

2.         That based on the direction given by Te Taitokerau Māori and Council Working Party (TTMAC) members, staff develop a paper for the November TTMAC meeting. 

 

Nil.

Nil