Matauranga & the RMA! Realizing the potential: a Ngati Makino experience
Overview ! No wai a Ngati Makino! ! What does matauranga mean (to me)?! ! How it all started! ! What we did next! ! What we have achieved! ! What have we learn’t along the way?! He paruparu nga kai, he taniwha nga tangata
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He paruparu nga kai" He taniwha nga tangata ! Rarereiao o Waitaha! ! Nga tapuae: mai Te Awa o te Atua ki Mauao! ! Otamarakau centre of Makino nationhood! !   Ngati Makino Claims Settlement Act 2011!
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Ko te Mana te Matauranga ! Information belonging to whanau, hapu, iwi! ! Tipu ake, Tuku iho - New & Old information! ! Adapted & Original! ! Observation & theoretical! ! Ecological & Technological! ! Entrenched in reo rangatira! He paruparu nga kai, he taniwha nga tangata
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The Day the Awa Died" where our journey began..! ! The Winstones case! ! Cameron Quarry Expansion! ! Waitahanui: awa tupuna, awa!
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Waitahanui Awa tupuna
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! Identity!
Big drain ! Quarry discharges & draw down!
! Kuha o Makino (source/ headwaters)!
! Wastewater proposal (2011)!
! Home of Taunapaki! ! Sustenance & safety!
! Over-allocation of surface water (theoretical) !
! Source of water for marae!
! Agricultural discharges!
! Significant ecological values! 6
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Generation RPS
! Scope of appeal ! ! Integrated management chapter! ! Water quantity chapter! ! Iwi Resource Management chapter! ! Substantive hearing! ! Co-governance/co-management! ! Water management, IMFR’s, limits & allocation ! ! Taking on the Big Boys! ! Fonterra, Fed Farmers, Trustpower! ! Outcomes! He paruparu nga kai, 7 he taniwha nga tangata
He taonga te wai" challenges to RMA hierarchy Makino submission
EDS v King Salmon ! Challenged accepted approach to decision making ! ! Overall broad judgement! ! Part 2 Section 5 hierarchy!
! “With a cognisance of the usual hierarchical approach to considering the matters… the degree of interrelationship between the provisions tend to suggest that a contextual evaluation of the requirements could also be adopted so that they are considered together at every step of the planning process”!
! Must be applied in context! ! Objectives & Policy not always just guiding! 8
Variation 1 (Coastal Policy) ! Natural Character or Natural Features?! ! NZCPS Policy 13, 14 & 15! ! Natural character (areas, assessment methods, attributes, policy)! ! Matauranga Maori! ! Strike out ! ! Accusations included vexatious abusers of Courts processes, resiled from mediated agreement!
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Comparative experience ! Ngati Ranginui engaged in 3 yr long process! ! Decision insufficient and unacceptable! ! Cultural impacts ignored! ! Cumulative effects not addressed! ! Privatization of moana space for the elite - not offset & removes ability to apply MACA! ! Natural character & other deficiencies! ! 59 interested parties including a hapu all opposing Ngati Ranginui appeal & relief! He paruparu nga kai, he taniwha nga tangata
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Blazing the Trail " what we have achieved ! Co-management of Waitahanui! ! Mauri strong feature throughout policy statement! ! Developing framework for determining cultural flow component for in-stream flow requirements! ! Setting limits and allocation! ! Established tuapapa for cultural allocation! ! Established tuapapa for recognition and application of cultural attributes within framework for assessment of natural character! He paruparu nga kai, he taniwha nga tangata
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Blazing the trail… ! Established tuapapa for co-governance arrangements! ! Established tuapapa for co-management arrangements! ! Established shift with accepted legal opinions on application of RMA hierarchy (basis of EDS v King Salmon arguments)! ! Restoring Waitahanui lower reaches! ! Developing innovative cultural effects monitoring & mitigation framework! ! Achievements never before achieved! He paruparu nga kai, he taniwha nga tangata
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Key constraints to growth ! Own worst enemies! ! Reluctance to admit flaws ! ! Money over Mana! ! Mana before tangata! ! Village instead of Vision! ! Puhaehae instead of puawai! ! Institutional cover! ! Destructive Treaty Settlement processes! He paruparu nga kai, he taniwha nga tangata
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So what’s it got to do with matauranga? Key messages! ! Kaitiakitanga is only constrained as much as we allow it to be! ! Rangatiratanga is not about getting paid ! ! Mana whenua can be respected & so can kaitiakitanga! ! Wins realized through application of existing matauranga and growth along the way! ! Opportunities not maximised! ! Opportunities to apply & grow matauranga within the RMA framework are endless! 14