Meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council Maori Committee

Date: Tuesday 29 April 2014

Time: 10.15am

Venue:

Council Chamber

Hawke's Bay Regional Council

159 Dalton Street

NAPIER

Agenda

Item Subject Page

1. Welcome/Notices/Apologies

2. Conflict of Interest Declarations

3. Short Term Replacements

4. Confirmation of Minutes of the Maori Committee held on 25 February 2014

5. Matters Arising from Minutes of the Maori Committee held on 25 February 2014

6. Call for any Minor Items Not on the Agenda

7. Follow Ups from Previous Maori Committee Meetings

Information or Performance Monitoring

8. Update on Napier-Gisborne Rail - Verbal report - 10.30am

9. Marae Water Issues - a verbal update by Mr Des Ratima - 10.45am

10. Update on Current Issues by the Interim Chief Executive

11. Future of Maori Committee

12. HB District Health Board "Healthy Homes" presentation

13. Science Reports - April 2014 Update

14. Statutory Advocacy Update

15. Minor Items Not on the Agenda

Please Note - Pre Meeting for Māori Members of the Committee begins at 9 am

1. Two hour on-road parking is available in Vautier Street at the rear of the HBRC Building.

2. The public park in Vautier Street on the old Council site costs only $4 for all day parking. This cost will be reimbursed by Council.

3. There are limited parking spaces (3) for visitors in the HBRC car park – entry off Vautier Street - it would be appropriate that the “Visitors” parks be available for the Members travelling distances from Wairoa and CHB

N.B. Any carparks that have yellow markings should NOT be used to park in.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 29 April 2014

SUBJECT: Call for any Minor Items Not on the Agenda

Reason for Report

1. Under standing orders, SO 3.7.6:

“Where an item is not on the agenda for a meeting,

(a) That item may be discussed at that meeting if:

(i) that item is a minor matter relating to the general business of the local authority; and

(ii) the presiding member explains at the beginning of the meeting, at a time when it is open to the public, that the item will be discussed at the meeting; but

(b) No resolution, decision, or recommendation may be made in respect of that item except to refer that item to a subsequent meeting of the local authority for further discussion.”

2. The Chairman will request any items councillors wish to be added for discussion at today’s meeting and these will be duly noted, if accepted by the Chairman, for discussion as Agenda Item 16

Recommendations

That Maori Committee accepts the following minor items not on the agenda, for discussion as item 16.

Leeanne Hooper

Governance & Corporate Administration Manager

Liz Lambert

Chief Executive

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 29 April 2014

SUBJECT: Follow Ups from Previous Maori Committee Meetings

Introduction

1. Attachment 1 lists items raised at previous meetings that require actions or follow-ups. All action items indicate who is responsible for each action, when it is expected to be completed and a brief status comment. Once the items have been completed and reported to Council they will be removed from the list.

Decision Making Process

2. Council is required to make a decision in accordance with Part 6 Sub-Part 1, of the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements contained within this section of the Act in relation to this item and have concluded that as this report is for information only and no decision is required in terms of the Local Government Act’s provisions, the decision making procedures set out in the Act do not apply.

Recommendation

1. That the Maori Committee receives the report “Follow ups Items from Previous Maori Committee Meetings”.

Viv Moule

Human Resources Manager

Liz Lambert

Chief Executive

Attachment/s

1 View

Follow up Items

Follow up Items

Attachment 1

Follow Ups from Previous Maori Committee Meetings

3 December 2013 meeting

	Agenda Item	Action	Person Responsible	Due Date	Status Comment
1.	Matters Arising – potential to develop Māori land	Report to be prepared	VM/MA	29 April meeting	A report currently being considered Verbal update at 29 April meeting
2.	Air Quality Monitoring Report	Heatsmart Update on DHB findings	Vm/MH	29 April	report to be presented to 29 April meeting
3.	Land Ownership – Ngaruroro	Investigate the land ownership	VM/MA	29 April meeting	Messrs Adye and Clode will respond directly to concerned Councillors

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 29 April 2014

SUBJECT: Future of Maori Committee

Reason for Report

1. When the new Council established the Maori Committee for this term, in 2013, it was indicated that by June 2014 there would be a Council review undertaken of the Maori Committee in terms of its role and functions, and whether this was considered to still be an effective and appropriate way to engage directly with tangata whenua/mana whenua groups.

2. This paper proposes some changes to the present arrangement for consideration by the committee members.

Background

3. The Maori Committee was established in July 1990 following a recommendation from a hui held at Kohupatiki Marae in June 1990. That recommendation was that “Hawke’s Bay Regional Council amend their structure to include a Maori Standing Committee”.

4. Bill Bennett from Kohupatiki was the first Chair and 12 representatives were chosen from the four rohe in the region and along with three councillors formed the committee.

5. The first stated purpose of the Committee was to “make recommendations to the Council on matters of general concern, which affect Maori people of the region and fulfil the Maori consultative undertakings of the Council’s Annual Plan.”

6. There was a strong feeling at the time that the establishment of the Maori Committee was a ‘compromise’ that did not allow for a true partnership but did, for the first time, provide an input directly into local government.

7. The Charter between Council and the Maori Committee was adopted in April 1994 and has been reviewed twice since then. The Charter is the guiding document for the relationship between the Council and the Maori Committee.

8. The representative ‘model’ for Maori has changed over the years. The original Committee had representatives from the Taiwhenua and Executive in each of the four rohe with an agreed kaumatua endorsed by Kahui Kaumatua.

9. Only Wairoa still has an Executive that provides a representative to the Committee and for Ahuriri the representative body has become Mana Ahuriri not Te Whanganui a Orotou Taiwhenua.

10. As part of the representation model supported by the Maori Committee, Ngati Kahungunu Iwi Inc (NKII) was offered a seat on the Strategic and Finance committee of Council some years ago (now re-named the Corporate and Strategic Committee) but never took that offer up.

11. Another significant change since the establishment of the Maori Committee is the creation of the Regional Planning Committee which is a ‘partnership’ committee much more in line with the view of Maori and Rangitiratanga and it is proposed that this committee will be permanently established through legislation in the near future.

Discussion

12. It is difficult to ‘measure’ the effectiveness of an entity such as the Council’s Maori Committee.

13. The effectiveness can be subjective and involves the views of both parties involved in the arrangement i.e. council and tangata whenua.

14. The Committee has been a valuable entity to assist both Council and tangata whenua understand each other’s relative issues and position, improve interactions between the two parties and allow tangata whenua to have valuable input into decision-making.

15. One of the most important responsibilities of the members of the committee is the dissemination of information/views back to the tangata whenua groups they represent by the Maori members or to the Council for the Councillor members of the Committee.

16. Any changes to the present arrangement should only be implemented if it is agreed by both parties that the changes provide a more effective method of communication between Council and tangata whenua/mana whenua.

17. With the advent of the Regional Planning committee (RPC) Maori will have direct input and decision-making roles in regard to the resource management plans developed for the Region. If amalgamation goes ahead then the scope of this committee could expand even further into district planning and policy.

18. The RPC have taken on the policy input role that was once a significant function of the Maori Committee, thus leaving the Committee with little direct input into Council’s planning processes.

19. The amalgamation proposal as it stands, does not propose to enhance Maori representation with any new entity or by advocating Maori seats or a Maori board. The proposal was vague in terms of what entity would be retained if amalgamation went ahead.

Proposal

20. It is proposed that Council retain a “senior advisor” (Pou Whakahaere) role to provide advice and direction to Council and staff on a range of Maori issues. This ‘appointment’ would be as agreed between Council and the RPC.

21. The Pou Whakahaere would sit on relevant committees of Council including the Regional Council itself with speaking rights.

22. It is further proposed that hui be held in each of the four rohe twice a year. These hui would be a chance to present to tangata whenua the work streams that Council is involved in either locally or region wide and importantly take on board the take (issues) that tangata whenua have.

23. These hui could be jointly run with the relevant territorial authority or different sections of the Unitary authority if amalgamation results in that outcome.

24. It is mooted that this ‘model’ would provide better dissemination to and from tangata whenua as it would be carried out twice yearly ‘kanohi ki kanohi’.

25. To assist with the interaction between council and tangata whenua/mana whenua, it is also proposed to seek Council’s agreement to employ a senior policy planner whose role would cover Maori input into Council’s plan and policy development and provide direct assistance to the RPC particularly in terms of tangata whenua/mana whenua input.

26. Coupled with the RPC it is considered that overall, this proposal will provide improved feedback between tangata whenau/mana whenua and Council and improved input into decision-making and policy and plan development.

27. The present Maori Committee would continue for the rest of the present term i.e. to October 2016 which would allow for the transition to the new proposal. Following the October 2016 local body elections it would not be re-constituted.

Recommendation

1. That the Maori Committee receives the report on the future of the Maori Committee and resolves to discuss the proposal with the relevant entities that members represent and consider feedback at the June meeting of the committee before making a final decision.

Viv Moule

Human Resources Manager

Liz Lambert

Chief Executive

Attachment/s

There are no attachments for this report.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 29 April 2014

SUBJECT: HB District Health Board "Healthy Homes" presentation

Reason for Report

1. Given that a correlation exists between cold damp housing and poor health, and that there is a need to incentivise landlords to take advantage of the HBRC Heatsmart programme, Council requested that staff consult with Hawke’s Bay District Health Board to provide a report on the possibility of targeting homes for priority insulation using winter health survey results undertaken by the DHB.

Background

2. Preliminary estimates of costs associated with the morbity and mortality effects of PM10 were reported by the Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand Study in 2007. This report was updated in 2012. The intention was to recalculate health impacts in 2012, when the 2011 census results became available but the census was delayed to 2013, so results of remodeling will not be available until late 2014. The report should demonstrate any impact of local initiatives such as heatsmart, at both a local and national level.

3. In the interim HBRC has contacted the HBDHB for information that would indicate any change in admissions patterns for respiratory and cardiac conditions since the heatsmart programme started in 2009.

4. Current estimates suggest that annually, as a result of domestic fires (PM10); 27 adults will die prematurely, 8 will be admitted for respiratory distress and 7 with directly attributable cardiac problems. The social cost of mortality, admissions and restricted activity is estimated at $97m annually, resulting from domestic fires (PM10) in the Hawke’s Bay airsheds.

5. Three meetings have been held to collate and analyse the data available between the DHB and HBRC.

Results

6. Comparing hospital admission rates with PM10 exceedance dates to establish a correlation for upper and lower respiratory tract infection, infectious diseases, serious skin infections, and cardiovascular problems, the results were analysed by all ages, and 0 – 14 between 2009 – 2012.

7. The reason for the 0 -14 sample is New Zealand children experience a large burden of disease as result of respiratory and infectious diseases which are associated with poverty , poor cold damp housing , smoking and air pollution, poor nutrition ( Source: The Health Status of Children and Young People in the Hawke’s Bay NZ child and Youth Epidemiology Service Nov 2011). Crude hospitalisations were calculated using estimated Census area population from Statistics New Zealand.

8. Admissions were also mapped by levels of deprivation / by census areas, by population by admission, by 1000 population ranking.

9. The domicile areas with highest rates of hospitalisations for infectious and respiratory diseases in the children age group 0-14 years are in the Flaxmere area; Flaxmere East , Lochain, Kingsley Chathams , Hastings Central and Camberley areas with deprivation decile scores of 9 &10.

Sum of Score – all ages		Sum of Score <14
Dom	Total	Area	Total
Kingsley-Chatham	27	Kingsley-Chatham	27
Lochain	26	Hastings Central	24
Hastings Central	25	Takapau	23
Nuhaka	20	Flaxmere East	20
Flaxmere East	19	Lochain	20
Camberley	18	Frasertown	14
Tuai	17	Camberley	13

10. The second piece of analysis covered admissions to hospital for both respiratory conditions and cardiovascular conditions in association with air quality compliance in Napier and Hastings. Initial analysis suggests that respiratory admissions are not increasing on the day or adjacent days to air quality exceeding quality standards. This is shown where we have seen a drop in days where air quality has exceeded the standard, whilst respiratory admissions continue to be high.

Conclusions and Solutions

11. Deprivation has a greater impact on hospital admissions than air quality.

12. Some higher deprivation areas overlap with high PM10 levels that result from domestic burning.

13. There is a need to annually update air quality data, to contour map areas, track PM10 drift and source by mesh block.

14. To have the greatest positive impact on health, HBRC should target landlords in those areas for both insulation and clean heat.

15. Using technology the next step should be property mapping the air sheds: Using information from EECA, HDC/NCC permits; HBRC loans and grants; provider numbers and cross matching addresses; overlaying PM10 concentration contours (combined with the possibility of aerial thermal imaging) will let us identify areas that have not yet converted to clean, efficient heating for marketing purposes.

16. HBRC has a funding bid under consideration by the MfE to incentivize zero emission solutions by increasing the clean heat grant with contributions from MFE and suppliers.

17. HBRC will continue to work with HBDHB to identify areas where the provision of its financial assistance will have the greatest impact on health status in terms of home heating, and in reducing emissions of PM10. This monitoring work will be ongoing to establish the return on investment for the Heatsmart programme as well as optimising future inputs, to get the best health outcomes.

Decision Making Process

18. Council is required to make a decision in accordance with Part 6 Sub-Part 1, of the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements contained within this section of the Act in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only and no decision is to be made, the decision making provisions of the Local Government Act 2002 do not apply.

Recommendation

1. That the Maori Committee receives the report “HB health Board – Healthy Homes”

Mark Heaney

Heat Smart Programme Coordinator

Iain Maxwell

Group Manager Resource Management

Liz Lambert

Chief Executive

Attachment/s

There are no attachments for this report.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 29 April 2014

SUBJECT: Science Reports - April 2014 Update

Reason for Report

Karamu Characterisation Report

1. This report was compiled by our environmental scientists to characterize the water quality, quantity and ecology of Karamu streams, including the groundwater aquifers of the Heretaunga Plains. Data are reported up to June 2011. The report is structured by sub-catchment, together with a synthesis of emerging patterns for the broader catchment (Section 2). Establishing what we already know about the Karamu Catchment was an important precursor to the more detailed investigations that are now under way for the Greater Heretaunga plan change.

2. The Heretaunga Plains represent one of the most productive horticultural areas in New Zealand. Water resources in the Karamu Catchment have been developed for a variety of land uses, including orchards, crops, industry and town supply.

3. Groundwater is the predominant water resource, with fewer resource consents for taking surface water directly from streams (4,377,028 m³/wk groundwater allocation; 345,945 m³/wk surface water allocation, as at May 2011). The Heretaunga groundwater aquifer is recharged, in part, by flow losses from the lower Ngaruroro River. Springs arise at the transition between the unconfined and confined aquifers, and these springs feed Karamu tributaries (e.g. Irongate Stream, Raupare Stream). Water permit records indicate a large increase in groundwater use through the 1980’s. Some monitoring wells have experienced increased seasonal variation in water levels. No change was detected in the long-term winter groundwater level.

4. Water quality of the Karamu may be categorised as degraded. A high proportion of nutrient results (nitrogen and phosphorus) exceeded the recommended regional and national guideline values for lowland rivers and streams. The composition of stream macroinvertebrate communities also indicate poor water quality. The Macroinvertebrate Community Index scores for the Karamu catchment were among the lowest observed in the Hawke’s Bay region. Results from eight sites had very poor Macroinvertebrate Community Index scores (<60), including the Awanui, Karewarewa, Poukawa, and Ruahapia. The sites with better MCI values (closer to model predictions) included headwaters of the Raupare Stream, Paritua Stream and Havelock North streams (Mangarau, Karituwhenua).

5. Most New Zealand freshwater fish spend part of their life-cycle at sea. The close proximity of the Karamu sub-catchments to the sea maximises the number of species that should have migratory access. A project to document potential barriers to fish passage was initiated in 2008, and this located 31 structures in the Karamu catchment that have the potential to restrict fish passage.

6. The Stream Ecological Valuation method uses 31 variables to assess potential stressors of stream life. Stressors identified by the SEV process at sites with very poor MCI scores (e.g. Poukawa, Awanui, Karewarewa) included: elevated nutrient concentrations, straightened channels, limited riparian shade, nuisance plant proliferation, stock access and low flows. Riparian enhancement was predicted to offer the greatest ecological benefit.

Decision Making Process

7. Council is required to make a decision in accordance with Part 6 Sub-Part 1, of the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements contained within this section of the Act in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only and no decision is to be made, the decision making provisions of the Local Government Act 2002 do not apply.

Recommendation

1. That the Maori Committee receives the “Karamu Characterisation” Report.

Thomas Wilding

Senior Scientist

Stephen Swabey

Manager, Science

Iain Maxwell

Group Manager Resource Management

Attachment/s

There are no attachments for this report.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 29 April 2014

SUBJECT: Statutory Advocacy Update

Reason for Report

1. This paper reports on proposals forwarded to the Regional Council and assessed by staff acting under delegated authority as part of the Council’s Statutory Advocacy project between 4 February and 1 April 2014.

2. The Statutory Advocacy project (‘Project 196’) centres on resource management-related proposals upon which the Regional Council has an opportunity to make comments or to lodge a submission. These include, but are not limited to:

2.1. resource consent applications publicly notified by a territorial authority

2.2. district plan reviews or district plan changes released by a territorial authority

2.3. private plan change requests publicly notified by a territorial authority

2.4. notices of requirements for designations in district plans

2.5. non-statutory strategies, structure plans, registrations, etc prepared by territorial authorities, government ministries or other agencies involved in resource management.

3. In all cases, the Regional Council is not the decision-maker, applicant nor proponent. In the Statutory Advocacy project, the Regional Council is purely an agency with an opportunity to make comments or lodge submissions on others’ proposals. The Council’s position in relation to such proposals is informed by the Council’s own Plans, Policies and Strategies, plus its land ownership or asset management interests.

4. The summary plus accompanying map outlines those proposals that the Council’s Statutory Advocacy project is currently actively engaged in.

Decision Making Process

5. Council is required to make a decision in accordance with Part 6 Sub-Part 1, of the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements contained within this section of the Act in relation to this item and have concluded that, as this report is for information only and no decision is to be made, the decision making provisions of the Local Government Act 2002 do not apply.

Recommendation

1. That the Maori receives the Statutory Advocacy Update report.

Esther-Amy Bate

Planner

Helen Codlin

Group Manager

Strategic Development

Attachment/s

1 View	Statutory Advocacy Map
2 View	Statutory Advocacy update

Statutory Advocacy update

Attachment 2

Statutory Advocacy Update (as at 1 April 2014)

Received	TLA	Map Ref	Activity	Applicant/ Agency	Status	Current Situation
21 January 2014	NA	1	Application under Coastal and Marine (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 Nga whanau o Moeangiangi Pt 42N has made an application for a Protected Customary Rights Order and a Customary Marine Title Order for an area lying between Waipatiki and Mohaka. This application is made under section 100 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.	Nga whanau o Moeangiangi Pt 42N (Wayne T Taylor)	Notified	1 April 2014 · Not considered necessary for HBRC to join High Court proceedings. No further response required.
5 December 2013	NCC	2	Plan Change 10 to the Operative City of Napier District Plan. A community driven Plan Change to harmonise district wide provisions between the Napier District Plan with the Hastings District Plan, incorporate the Ahuriri Subdistrict Plan and update provisions as a result of recent Napier City Council policy changes and decisions into the Napier District Plan.	NCC	Notified	1 April 2014 · HBRC lodged submission on Change 10 in February 2014. · Napier CC are currently summarising submissions. Further submissions yet to be invited.
8 November 2013	HDC	3	Proposed Hastings District Plan Review of the Hastings District Plan in its entirety. Includes the harmonisation of district wide provisions between the Napier District Plan with the Hastings District Plan where relevant..	HDC	Notified	1 April 2014 · HBRC lodged submission on proposed Hastings District Plan in February 2014. · Hastings DC are currently summarising submissions. Further submissions yet to be invited.
1 August 2013	NA	4	Application under Coastal and Marine (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 Rongomaiwahine has made an application for a Protected Customary Rights Order and a Customary Marine Title Order in the general Mahia Peninsular area under section 100 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.	Rongomaiwahine (Pauline Tangiora)	Notified	1 April 2014 · Council has opposed the grant of the orders unless the nature and geographical extent of the orders is specified with sufficient detail to enable the Council to appropriately understand the effect of the orders sought. · High Court has been assessing validity of other parties joining these proceedings. No additional actions or responses have been required from HBRC since joining proceedings in late 2013.

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