Minutes of Maori Committee - 17 October 2017

1. Welcome/Apologies/Notices

Dr Roger Maaka, Chair of Te Taiwhenua o Tamatea, welcomed everyone to Waipawa and Mr Haami Hilton offered a karakia to open the meeting. Mr Mohi in his opening mihi introduced Mr Api Robin, a new Māori committee member representing Te Whanganui A Orotū.

MC40/17

Resolution:

That apologies for absence be accepted from Mr Peter Eden and Ms Ata Te Tomo.

No apology or notification from Mr Paora Sciascia.

Mohi/Culshaw

CARRIED

2. Conflict of Interest Declarations

There were no conflict of interest declarations.

Short Term Replacements for 17 October 2017 Meeting

MC41/17

Resolution:

The Māori Committee agrees that Ms Katarina Kawana and Ms Marge Hape be appointed as members of the Māori Committee of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for the meeting on Tuesday 17 October 2017 as short term replacements for Mr Eden and Ms Te Tomo.

Graham/Paku

CARRIED

4. Confirmation of Minutes of the Māori Committee held on 15 August 2017

MC42/17

Resolution:

Minutes of the Māori Committee held on Tuesday at Opoutama, 15 August 2017, a copy having been circulated prior to the meeting, were taken as read and confirmed.

Apatu/Gregory

CARRIED

Follow-ups from Previous Māori Committee Meetings

MC43/17

Resolution:

That the Māori Committee receives the Follow-up Items from Previous Māori Committee Meetings report.

Wilson/Manuel

CARRIED

Call for Any Minor Items Not on the Agenda

Item	Topic	Councillor/Committee member / Staff
1.	Update on Wairoa’s Ruataniwha Marae	Duane Culshaw
2.	Kahungunu Iwi/Management Plan	Morehu Tutaki

Māori Community Views on Māori Representation on Council

Mrs Lambert gave a presentation explaining the review of Māori Representation that was part of a process leading up to the 2019 elections. This review is called for every six years and consultation was happening via Hui a Iwi held around the district, and some good korero had taken place so far.

Discussion ensued regarding the timing, with the set deadlines that perhaps there was not enough time to capture the views of all the marae/hapū in the district.

Mrs Jenny Nelson-Smith, Deputy Chair of Te Taiwhenua o Tamatea, gave a presentation stating that this would not be a new story and not a new decision, because there had been 25 years of discussions, the answer should be yes, in her opinion. Māori would like to have their voices heard around the Council table not just at the Māori Standing Committee table, which in fact was only an advisory committee.

MC44/17

Resolution:

That the Māori Committee:

1. Receives and notes the Māori Community Views on Māori Representation on Council staff report

2. Accepts the update of the Hui A Iwi discussions about Māori Representation on Council and the process to ensure a recommendation is made to the Councillors on 15 November 2017.

Mohi/Paku

CARRIED

Central Hawke's Bay Community Delegation Presentation

Mayor Alex Walker presented on behalf of the Ruataniwha Water Users group and the Central Hawke’s Bay Community about the envisaged impact Plan Change 6 would have:

• this is a topical issue for Central Hawke’s Bay and also for the whole region

• the Tukituki Plan Change is about quality and quantity of water in the catchment

• the issue of quantity is of great concern to the CHB community at large

• the impact of minimum flows will affect the economy across the whole community as agriculture drives what happens in the CHB community and beyond

• CHB District needs time to establish either global consenting arrangements such as in Twyford or collaboration arrangements for future water storage options.

• five years would be required to put a full set of mitigation solutions in place

MC45/17

Resolution:

That the Māori Committee receives and notes the Central Hawke’s Bay Community Delegation Presentation.

Mohi/Apatu

CARRIED

10.

Verbal Update on Current by HBRC Chairman

Chairman Rex Graham gave the gathering an update on HBRC matters:

Dr Roger Maaka, a member of the special tribunal hearing the WCO, left the room.

• progress on the Water Conservation Order on the Ngaruroro and Clive Rivers

• the make up of Matariki, the regional economic development committee, and his proposal for future governance of the committee

• an update on the HBRC Hotspots, Whakaki, Ahuriri Lagoon and Tūtira

• a meeting in Te Hauke farmers regarding the Poukawa catchment

• HBRC’s greater focus on the environment

MC46/17

Resolution:

That the Māori Committee receives the verbal update by HBRC Chairman.

Mohi/Apatu

CARRIED

11.

GIS Mapping

Mr Darrel Hall, GIS specialist, from Hawke’s Bay Regional Council gave a presentation on GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Mapping and the HBRC’s desire to present and engage with marae, hapū and whanau to add to and to use the data that GIS information can create. He reiterated his availability to talk to Taiwhenua and marae groups.

MC47/17

Resolution:

That the Māori Committee receives and notes the GIS Mapping staff report.

Mohi/Wilson

CARRIED

Māori Committee Charter and Membership

Mrs Raihania spoke of the robust discussions that had been held regarding the Maori Committee Charter and Terms of Reference. The desire was to strengthen the Maori Committee to provide stronger strategic advice to the Regional Council within the decision making process. The representation appointment process on the committee members was based on the Kahungunu Taiwhenua organisational structure, since the Maori Committee’s establishment.

MC48/17

Resolution:

1. That the Māori Committee receives and notes the “Māori Committee Charter and Membership” staff report, and:

1.1. Confirms membership of the Māori Committee includes three representatives each nominated by the tangata whenua of Heretaunga Taiwhenua, Wairoa Taiwhenua, Tamatea Taiwhenua and Te Whanganui a Orotū Taiwhenua.

1.2. Adopts the Māori Committee Charter and Terms of Reference as attached and tabled at the meeting.

2. The Māori Committee recommends that Council:

2.1. Adopts the Māori Committee Charter and Terms of Reference as agreed at the 17 October 2017 Māori Committee meeting, and attached.

Apatu/Culshaw

CARRIED

12.

October 2017 Statutory Advocacy Update

Mrs Lambert explained that this was a standard item reporting to the Māori Committee.

MC49/17

Resolution:

That the Māori Committee receives and notes the October 2017 Statutory Advocacy Update staff report.

Blake/Kawana

CARRIED

13.

Minor Items Not on the Agenda

Item	Topic	Councillor/Committee member / Staff
1.	Update on Wairoa’s Ruataniwha marae’s problem with the way that the river bends and shapes and moves into their ancestors’ resting places. They are hoping for some kind of a rescue package through continuing conversations.	Duane Culshaw
2.	Kahungunu Iwi/Management Plan, Porongahau marae presented an Iwi/Hapu Management Plan to the HBRC 8 or 9 years ago. They were wondering what was being done with it.	Morehu Tutaki

Mr Haami Hilton offered a karakia to close the meeting.

Closure:

There being no further business the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 1.27pm on 17 October 2017.

Signed as a true and correct record.

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