CRL Mana Whenua Partnership
CITY RAIL LINK LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 2019 - 2020
CRL Mana Whenua Partnership
The CRL Mana Whenua Forum provides a structure to realise the partnership between Iwi Mana Whenua and CRL Ltd. CRL Ltd’s partnership with the eight
response for stations and their
rating tool’s sustainability criteria
Auckland Iwi on the CRL Mana Whenua
surrounds, artist approval, blessings
align with Te Ao Māori (the Māori
Forum (Forum) continues to add
and karakia, cultural value
world view).
integrity to the CRL project and benefit
incorporation into the ISCA manual
the project as a whole.
and input into the management
The Forum meets monthly and provides Māori mātauranga (knowledge) across
plan process.
This has resulted in a custom-made CRL IS manual, titled Mahi Rauora Aratohu.
ISCA rating to align with Te Ao Māori
This manual, which embeds cultural
Through each step of the sustainability
for the C3 contract and is being
journey, Mana Whenua input has been
used by the Link Alliance to guide
These include the Mana Whenua
sought. CRL Ltd worked closely with
its approach to sustainability during
narratives that lead the placemaking
the Forum to ensure that ISCA (IS)
design and construction.
relevant stages of the project. CRL Ltd’s relationship with Mana Whenua is demonstrated within areas of interest across five strategic pou.
values across the IS framework, was mandated in the tender documents
Karakia after Covid-19 lockdown ended RANGATIRATANGA Governance
WHAKAPAPA
Culture & Identity
TE TAIAO
Natural Environment
ORANGA Wellbeing
WHAI RAWA Economic
Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei led karakia to restart works across the CRL sites in Lower Queen Street, mid-city Aotea
We are exercising our role as a Te Tiriti partner across Tāmaki Makaurau
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Our culture and identity is seen, heard, felt and celebrated across Tāmaki Makaurau
Te taiao, te wai and te hau in Tāmaki Makaurau are thriving and cared for
Our whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau are happy, healthy, thriving, and achieving
Mana Whenua strategic pou
We are an economic force in Tāmaki Makaurau at the whānau, hapū and iwi levels
Station, Mt Eden and Karangahape. The blessing of sites by Mana Whenua prior to construction resuming was a key part of ensuring those sites were safe for workers to return.
