Okahu-Inuawai
The tuturu takiwa of the Okahu-Inuawai hapū extends, "from seaward on the eastern mouth of the
Waingongoro awa to the Maunga, thence turning following the western side of the Wairere Stream back to
seaward, Tawhiti-nui, Hawaiki-nui, Tawhiti-roa, Hawaiki-roa, Tawhiti-pamamao, Hawaiki-pamamao. The hapū
claim that their whanaungatanga takiwa begins "from the mouth of the Waihi Stream of Ngati Ruanui Iwi in
the east, and extends to the mouth of the Inaha Stream of Ngati
acknowledged the
statements made by the iwi of the particular cultural, spiritual, historical, and traditional
association of the iwi with the statutory areas.
1.1 Purposes of statutory acknowledgements
The purposes of statutory acknowledgements are
(a) to require consent authorities, the Environment Court and the Historic Places Trust to have
regard to the statutory acknowledgements;
(b) to require relevant consent authorities to forward summaries of resource consent
applications for
This involves the use of current
RMA provisions to create a new freshwater policy,
planning and management regime that impacts
everything from farm practices to urban subdivision.
Implementing this regime will be the largest single
project in Council’s history.
The role of iwi
These reforms also give tangata whenua a greater
role in freshwater management by focusing on Te
Mana o Te Wai (the integrated and holistic well-
being of water) and requiring a partnership approach
to developing
Crossing, an emerging ‘Great
Walk’ set to boost the region’s burgeoning reputation as a visitor destination.
The Council is also confident about its plans to build on recent gains in freshwater quality; to develop its
education programme; and to broaden and deepen its relationship with iwi and hapū.
Financially, the impact of our proposals is relatively minor. There is an increase of 4.5 percent in the general
rates take for 2018/2019. In the last three years, the average general rates
Infrastructure, Economic
QGIS
Iwi Stakeholders
(Ngāti Tama/ Ngāti Mutunga/ Te Atiawa/
Ngāti Maru/ Taranaki Iwi/ Ngāruahine/
Ngāti Ruanui/ Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi/
Ngāti Maniapoto)
Response, Population, Economic and Natural
Environment
Esri
New Zealand Police Hazards, Response Esri
Fire & Emergency New Zealand Hazards, Response Esri
Taranaki District Health Board Response, Population, Infrastructure and
Programme is indeed an integrated, cost effective, fair, comprehensive, robust,
and scientifically-based programme designed and managed to deliver sustainable management of
natural and physical resources in Taranaki.
In September 2020 the Government released its freshwater package which included a greater
recognition of iwi values in resource management and more of a partnering role for the Council and
iwi going forward. Given this the monitoring strategy will be reviewed once
our ‘rulebook’, the Freshwater and Land Plan, to tease out issues and potential fixes. There’s been a raft
of scientific studies and we’ve also been running a series of hui with iwi and other water users.
The Council is still aiming to have a proposed new plan ready for notification in mid-2020.
Pukeiti, Tūpare & Hollard Gardens
A firm focus on presentation, interpretation and sound horticultural practice at the three heritage properties,
Pukeiti, Tūpare and Hollard Gardens,
to take to foster the development of Māori
capacity to contribute to the decision making processes
over the period covered by the Plan. There are eight
recognised iwi in the region, Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi, Ngāti
Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Taranaki Iwi, Te Atiawa, Ngāti
Mutunga, Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Tama.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Opportunities were provided to Māori to be involved in
the development of policy and in particular input was
sought or opportunities provided in
policies of the relevant regional
plan(s), on our website: www.trc.govt.nz/ and relevant documents including but limited to the relevant Iwi
Management Plan & National Policy Statement
(state where in the AEE the information can be located) AEE Page Number Section
Policy assessment included? ☐ Yes
10.2 National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 (NPS-FM)
Clause 3.26(1) of the NPS-FM requires the Regional Plan to include the following objective:
of agreed conditions that would sufficiently mitigate
any cultural effects to a less than minor level.
2 Statutory acknowledgement – evidence from Taranaki Iwi that the effects relating to the
statutory acknowledgement are addressed to a sufficient level.
Response: As noted in Section Error! Reference source not found. of the Weld Road Pathway and
Ahu Ahu Bridge – Assessment of Effects on the Environment prepared by Tonkin + Taylor, dated 20
October 2023 (AEE), hapū have been working