Ngati Rangitihi Environmental Management Plan 2011

Prepared by Te Mana o Ngati Rangitihi Trust
Pepeha
Ko Ruawahia te maunga
Ko Tarawera te Moana
Ko Tarawera te awa
Ko Ngāti Rangitihi te Iwi
Facts summary
 Ngati Rangitihi is a Te Arawa Iwi of the Bay of
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Plenty
Marae is based at Matata, between Maketu and
Whakatane
Traditional interests from coastal areas of
Matata and surrounding area inland to Lake
Tarawera, Rangitaiki Plains and Waikato River
Represented by Te Mana o Ngati Rangitihi Trust –
assets worth $25m
The Trust has prepared an environmental
management plan in late 2011
The Issues
 Ngāti Rangitihi a small iwi with a large rohe
 1,500 people (Census 2006)
 3851 registered (iwi register 2011)
 Traditional estate of 352,865 hectares
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Alienation and fragmentation of land
Contaminated lakes and rivers
Lack of representation and recognition
Social impacts – Tarawera Eruption 1886, World
War II, Matata Floods in 2005
 Internal social and political tensions
The Opportunities
 A small dedicated and passionate team
 New and dynamic leadership
 Success with Central North Island claims
 Several formal relationships
 A willingness from local government to
support an environmental management plan
 Boffa Miskell secondment to Ngati Rangitihi
 Completion of customary interests research
This Iwi Environmental Management
Plan is...
 A written statement that consolidates Iwi
knowledge on natural and cultural resource
management issues
 Iwi policies on resource management
matters.
 A ‘relevant policy document recognised by an
iwi authority’ (RMA 1991 sec. 74)
The Ngāti Rangitihi Iwi EMP is...
 A summary of traditional interests
 Identification and description of 183 places of
significance and customary resource areas
 Spatial mapping of statutory and planning
mechanisms from Councils and gov. agencies
 Zoning
 Natural hazards
 Natural resources
 Guidelines and policies for resource
management issues
 1st generation plan for Ngāti Rangitihi
The Ngāti Rangitihi Iwi EMP is
supported by...
 An Environment Manager
 A database of:
 Places of significance
 Customary resource areas
 Traditional knowledge of these places
 Research
 Archaeological sites
 Series of maps (surveys, sketch plans, GIS)
 Relationships and representation
We have had support from...
Boffa Miskell
Department
of
Conservation
Bay of Plenty
Regional
Council
Ngāti
Rangitihi
IEMP
Western Bay
of Plenty
District
Council
Rotorua
District
Council
Taupo District
Council
Whakatane
District
Council
The Environment - part of the whole
Social
Economic
Culture
Environment
The EMP Life-cycle
Engagement
•Scoping
•Liaison
•Hui
•Focus groups
•Interviews
Information
Collation
Implementation
• 2 Year plan
• Systems & Training
• Staffing
• 5 year review
•Data sets
•Research material
•Transcripts
Plan
Mapping
•Launch
•Website
•printing
Policy
development
Natural and Cultural Resources
Ko Te Iwi – the people,
the marae
He Wai - water
Ko Tane Mahuta – flora
and fauna
Ko te tapu a nga Atua –
wahi tapu, taonga
He Ika -fisheries
Ko Papa - land
Ko Tawhirimatea - Air
Natural and Cultural Resources – Maps &
Schedules
Customary Resource
Areas (CRA)
(pa tuna, mahinga kai,
maara kai, rua kokowai,
wai paru, wahi ki te hi
ika
Places of Significance
(POS)
(urupa, rua koiwi,
whanautanga, parekura,
maunga, kainga, pa,
tatau pounamu, taonga
Rohe
(claims, awards, grants)
Wai – waters
(lakes, rivers, streams,
creeks, springs)
Others
(NZAA sites, ara)
The Rohe o Ngati Rangitihi
Map of geographic extent of ancestral,
customary, traditional, and
contemporary interests
Maketu
Kaituna
Tarawera (roto/awa)
Ruawahia
Rotomahana
Rerewhakaitu
Kaingaroa
Torepatutahi
Oteao
Matata
Surveys 1878-1891
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2)
ML5381RuawahiaRotomahanaBlk
ML5342B2RotomahanaParekarangi
Interesting findings
 Inundated lakes and lands
 Blocked rivers
 Rivers have moved
Interesting findings
 Rivers and water sources have dried up or
been destroyed (Kaingaroa)
Interesting findings
 Large number of former river settlements
and associated traditional resources
Interesting Policies
 Building new marae to re-connect the people
with former settlements and occupation
areas
 Restoration of access and use of traditional
materials
 Building relationships from the ground-up in
strategic locations
 Matrix of priorities – Kaupapa, size and scale,
impact, issues and opportunities, geographic,
resource, partners
Interesting findings
 Large number of former river settlements
and associated traditional resources
Outputs
 Summary of traditions
 Identification of areas of interest
 Policies and objectives across a range of
resource areas:
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The people
Water
Fisheries
Land
Flora and fauna
Wāhi tapu
Air
Outputs
 Schedules and maps of:
 Places of significance
 Customary resource areas
 Statutory and planning mechanisms
 Consultation protocols
 2 year Implementation plan
 Systems / databases / research / processes /
guidelines for non-professionals / templates
 Web-based plan, maps and supporting
information
Thank you .
Antoine Coffin
Principal
Antoine.coffin@boffamiskell.co.nz
07 571 5511
www.boffamiskell.co.nz
www.ngatirangitihi.iwi.nz