CRL Mana Whenua Partnership

The dawn blessing of Albert Street and Te Komititanga before its opening ceremony

A partnership between CRL Ltd and Mana Whenua has been established through the CRL Mana Whenua Forum

Ngāti Maru

Paoa ki uta, Paoa ki tai, Paoa ki tua

This partnership began in 2012. Over the years the contribution of Māori mātauranga (cultural values) from Mana Whenua has been significant and has benefited the project as a whole. The CRL Mana Whenua Forum, made up of eight Auckland iwi, provides a structure to realise the partnership between iwi Mana Whenua and CRL Ltd. The contribution of Māori mātauranga and sharing of cultural values continues to deliver better sustainability, environmental, design, health and safety outcomes.

ISC rating to align with Te Ao Māori

Mahi Rauora Aratohu (guidance for the work on the health of all things) is a world-first, custom-made ISC Infrastructure Sustainability technical manual that incorporates Mana Whenua cultural values. Developed together with the CRL Mana Whenua Forum in 2016/2017, Mahi Rauora Aratohu was adopted by the Link Alliance in 2019 when construction on the project’s main works began. The manual ensures that as the project drives its sustainability outcomes and measures its performance, it takes the cultural context of Aotearoa into account and uses sustainability criteria that is compatible with Te Ao Māori.

This year a sustainability sub-group of the CRL Mana Whenua Forum was re-established to support and guide the Link Alliance as it gives effect to cultural criteria embedded within the technical manual.

Establishing processes for Mana Whenua involvement in project decision-making, procurement, cultural monitoring and accidental discoveries protocols are some of the mahi undertaken by the sub-group.

Tane Mahutas Triumph, copyright Jane Crisp 2007

Embedding Mana Whenua cultural narratives in design

From the very beginning, the Mana Whenua Forum came together to express kaitiakitanga through a holistic design process. The stories gifted by Mana Whenua shape CRL Ltd's ability to deliver a transport system that connects the city's history and its future. The overall theme for the project’s concept design is the Māori creation narrative of primordial parents Ranginui (sky father) and Papatūānuku (earth mother), and the emergence of Te Ao Mārama from Te Pō (the darkness) and Te Kore (the realm of potential being, the void). Mana Whenua narratives will be expressed within each of the station’s designs by including a sky element, an earth element, and a fourth element (which separates earth and sky), as well as other integrated opportunities such as visible structures and paneling.

Aotea Station

Te Wai Horotiu – the stream that runs underneath Queen Street

Rongo-mā-Tane – atua of kūmara and cultivated food

Matariki – the nine-star constellation in the north-eastern sky that signals the beginning of the Māori year. This is part of the response to Rongo-mā-Tane

Maramataka – calendar for planting and fishing

Karangahape Station

Tāne Mahuta – atua of forests and birds

Insects

Native birds

Indigenous ngahere/forest in the area

Barks and textures of trees originally found in the area

Hape – Tainui ancestor who Karanga ā Hape is named for. He rode on the back of a stingray which was gifted by Tangaroa to Aotearoa

Mt Eden Station

Karā / basalt rock

Whau tree

Matāoho the volcanic atua/deity who resided in the crater of Maungwhau and is associated with many of the volcanic features of Tāmaki Makaurau

Volcanoes and volcanic features for Maungawhau

The Chief Post Office at dawn during the official Te Komititanga opening ceremony

Te Komititanga

The new civic square built by the Downer NZ Soletanche-Bachy JV (DSBJV) where Lower Queen Street used to sit was officially named Te Komititanga, which means ‘to mix’ or ‘to merge’ in te reo Māori.

This name was gifted by Mana Whenua and was officially adopted by the Waitematā Local Board. As well as the mixing of people, the name reflects that the square’s location had been where the waters of Waitematā and Wai Horotiu, the stream that once ran into the harbour and still exists beneath Queen Street, once merged.

Karakia at significant milestones

CRL Ltd and its contractors look to Mana Whenua to inform the project when karakia should take place. Over the past year, karakia has been performed for many significant CRL events. These include dawn blessings before Te Komititanga was given back to the public in December 2020, and before the Chief Post Office once again became the main entrance to Britomart Station.

Mana Whenua also led karakia and the celebration for the Dame Whina Cooper TBM unveiling in December 2020 and its launch in May 2021. Ōtāhuhu Station completion of works and the reopening of the Albert/ Wellesley street intersection were also led by Mana Whenua.

Planting a ngahere around CRL sites

Mana Whenua, together with CRL Ltd and Auckland Council's arborist, selected the species of trees planted in the upgraded urban realm around CRL sites. Native tree species are chosen that support the uses of each space and add to its narrative.

Streetscape improvements as part of C1 and C2 were completed this year. This saw five mature pōhutukawa planted within Te Komititanga in Lower Queen Street, and a mix of 23 pōhutukawa, tōtara, golden tōtara and pūriri planted in Albert Street. The tree species chosen acknowledge the historic foreshore prior to reclamation and represent the ngahere that would have been present prior to settlement. There will be more opportunities to plant native trees as the streetscapes around CRL's Aotea, Karangahape and Mt Eden Station sites are reinstated.

Pātuitanga Mana Whenua CRL

Kua whakatūhia he pātuitanga i waenga i te CRL Ltd me te Mana Whenua mā te Rūnanga Mana Whenua CRL.

Ngāti Maru

Paoa ki uta, Paoa ki tai, Paoa ki tua

I tīmata tēnei pātuitanga i te tau 2012. He nui te mātauranga Māori kua tukuna e te Mana Whenua, ka mutu ko te kaupapa whānui i whai hua. He āhuatanga te Rūnanga Mana Whenua CRL, he kāhui nō ngā iwi e waru o Tāmaki Makaurau, e taea ai te whakatutuki te pātuitanga i waenga i ngā iwi Mana Whenua me te CRL Ltd.

Nā runga i tā rātou whāngai haere mai i te mātauranga Māori me ngā tikanga Māori kua taea ngā putanga toitūtanga, taiao, hoahoa, hauora me te haumaru pai ake.

Me hāngai te whakatauranga ISC ki Te Ao Māori?

He kaupapa whakaihuwaka te Mahi Rauora Aratohu, he aratohu hangarau Toitū Hanganga ISC tino hāngai e whakauru mai ana i ngā tikanga o te Mana Whenua. I hangaia i te taha o te Rūnanga Mana Whenua CRL i te 2016/2017, i whakamanatia te Mahi Rauora Aratohu e te Link Alliance i te tau 2019 i te tīmatanga o te wāhanga matua o te kaupapa. Ko tā tēnei aratohu he whakarite ka kōkirihia e te kaupapa ngā putanga toitūtanga me te tātari i tana whakatutukitanga, ā, ka whai whakaaro ki te horopaki ahurea o Aotearoa me te whakamahi i ngā whakaritenga toitūtanga e hāngai ana ki Te Ao Māori. I tēnei tau i whakatūria anōtia he rōpū-iti nō te Rūnanga Mana Whenua CRL mō te toitūtanga hei tautoko me te ārahi i te Link Alliance mō te āhuatanga o te whakamana i ngā whakaritenga ahurea kua whakaurua atu ki te aratohu hangarau. Ko ētahi o ngā mahi ka whakahaeretia e te rōpū-iti nei ko te whakatū i ngā hātepe mō te whakauru mai i te Mana Whenua ki ngā tikanga whakatau, te whai ratonga, te tirotiro i ngā tikanga me te kawa e pā ana ki ngā tūhuratanga ohorere.

Tane Mahutas Triumph, copyright Jane Crisp 2007

Te whakapūmau i ngā kōrero tuku iho a te Mana Whenua ki ngā mahi hoahoa

Mai i te tīmatanga, i kotahi mai te Rūnanga Mana Whenua ki te whakatinana i te kaitiakitanga mā tētahi hātepe hoahoa matawhānui. Ko ngā kōrero i takohatia mai e te Mana Whenua ka whakaawe i te kaha o City Rail Link Ltd ki te whakarato i tētahi pūnaha ikiiki e hono ana i tō tātou onamata ki tō tātou anamata.

Ko te kaupapa whānui mō te hoahoa ariā whānui ko ngā kōrero mō te ōrokohanga o te ao a te Māori, arā mō Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku me te putanga ki Te Ao Mārama mai i Te Pō me Te Kore. Ka kitea ngā kōrero a te Mana Whenua i roto i ngā hoahoa o tēnā teihana, o tēnā teihana mā te whakauru mai i tētahi āhuatanga o te rangi, te whenua me te āhuatanga tuawhā (e wehe ana i te rangi me te whenua me ētahi atu whai wāhitanga pērā i ngā hanganga me ngā pūkiore ka kitea.

Teihana o Aotea Teihana o Karangahape Teihana o Maungawhau

Te Wai Horotiu – ko te kōawa e rere ana Tāne Mahuta – atua o te ngahere me Karā i raro o Te Tiriti o Queen ngā manu Rākau whau Rongo-mā-Tane – te atua o te kūmara Ngārara Ko te Matāoho te atua puia i noho i t me ngā kai o te māra Ngā manu taketake pārua o Maungawhau, ā, e hono ana Matariki – ko te kāhui whetū ka kitea i te Te ngahere o te takiwā ia ki te maha o ngā āhuatanga puia o taha pāwhakarua o te rangi e tohu ana i Tāmaki Makaurau e

te tau hou o te Māori. Kei roto tēnei i te Ngā kirirākau me ngā kākano o ngā rākau urupare ki a Rongo-mā-Tāne taketake o te rohe Ngā puia me ngā āhuatanga puia mō Maungawhau

Maramataka – maramataka mō te Hape – he tipuna nō Tainui mōna te whakatipu kai me te hī ingoa Karanga-a-Hape. Nā Tangaroa i tuku te whai ki a ia hei haerenga mai mōna ki Aotearoa

The Chief Post Office at dawn during the official Te Komititanga opening ceremony

Te Komititanga

Ko te ingoa tuatahi i tukuna o te ātea tūmatanui i hangaia e te Downer NZ Soletanche-Bachy JV (DSBJV) i te wāhi tawhito o te taha whakararo o te Tiriti o Queen ko Te Komititanga. Nā te Mana Whenua i tuku tēnei ingoa, ā, ka whakamanatia e te Poari o Waitematā. I tua atu i te komititanga o te tangata, e tohu ana tēnei ingoa i te wāhi o te ātea, ko te pātahitanga o mua tērā o ngā wai o Te Waitematā me Te Wai Horotiu, te kōawa i rere ki te whanga, ā, e rere tonu ana i raro i te Tiriti o Queen.

Ngā karakia i ngā wā hira

Ka whakawhirinaki atu a CRL Ltd ki te Mana Whenua mō āhea tū ai ngā karakia. I tēnei tau kua hipa, he maha ngā karakia i whakahaerehia mō ngā āhuatanga hira a CRL. Arā, ko ngā karakia o te atatū i mua i te whakahokinga atu o Te Komititanga ki te iwi whānui i te Tīhema 2020, ā, i mua i te whakatuwheratanga anō o te Poutāpeta Matua hei tomokanga ki te Teihana o Britomart. Nā te Mana Whenua anō i ārahi ngā karakia me te huranga o te Mīhini Kari Whenua a Kahurangi Whina Cooper i te Tīhema 2020 me te whakarewatanga i te Mei 2021. Nā te Mana Whenua anō i whakahaere te whakaotinga o ngā mahi o te Teihana o Ōtāhuhu me te whakatuwheratanga anō o te kūititanga o ngā tiriti Albert/Wellesley.

Te whakatipu ngahere i ngā wāhi CRL

Ka whiria e te Mana Whenua, i te taha o te CRL Ltd me ngā mātanga rākau, ngā momo rakau ka whakatipuhia i te ātea tāone e pae ana i ngā wāhi CRL. Ka tohua ko ngā momo rākau taketake e tautoko ana i te whakamahinga o ia wāhi me te hāpai i ōna kōrero. Ngā whakarākeitanga ki ngā tiriti i roto i Ngā Kirimana. I oti te mea 1 me te mea 2 i tēnei tau. E rima ngā pohutukawa pakeke i whakatōhia i roto i Te Komititanga i te taha whakararo o te Tiriti o Queen, me ngā rākau 23 o te pōhutukawa, tōtara, me te pūriri i te Tiriti o Albert. E tohu ana ngā momo rākau i tohua i te takutai o nehe i mua o te whakawhānuitanga o te whenua me te whakaatu i te ngahere i reira i ngā rā o nehe. Arā atu anō ngā whai wāhitanga mō te whakatipu i ngā rākau māori i te whakahokitanga atu o ngā wāhi tiriti o CRL e pae ana i ngā teihana o Aotea, Karangahape, me Maungawhau.