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Hauraki Gulf
Forum
19 November
2018
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1 Apologies
Mr Martin Mariassouce opened the meeting
with a karakia.
Note: Speaking rights were granted to Cr
Jennie Hayman (Alt), Waikato Regional Council.
2 Declaration
of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation
of Minutes
4 Public Forum
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4.1
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Public Forum - Lee Short
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Lee Short tabled a copy of his
presentation which has been placed on the official minutes and is available
on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/47
MOVED by Chairperson J Meeuwsen, seconded by Member J
Cleave:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the presentation from Lee Short regarding video recording of Hauraki Gulf
Forum meetings, thank him for his attendance and request staff to report back
on options at the next meeting.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 November 2018 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 4.1 - Public
Forum - Lee Short - presentation
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4.2
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Public Forum - James Frankham, New Zealand
Geographic Publisher
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James Frankham provided a verbal
presentation in addition to displaying some demonstrations of virtual reality
experiences from the New Zealand Geographic website.
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/48
MOVED by Chairperson J Meeuwsen, seconded by Member M
Tamaariki-Pohe:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the presentation from James Frankham regarding virtual reality experiences of
the marine environment and thank him for his attendance.
CARRIED
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4.3
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Public Forum - Brett Butland, Chair of
Motutapu Restoration Trust
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Brett Butland and Jo Ritchie (joined by
Cr Christine Fletcher, a former chair of the Motutapu Restoration Trust)
provided a presentation which has been placed on the official minutes and is
available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/49
MOVED by Chairperson J Meeuwsen, seconded by Cr P Cronin:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the presentation from Brett Butland, Jo Ritchie and Cr Christine Fletcher
regarding the restoration programme at Motutapu Island and thank them for
their attendance.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 November 2018 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 4.3 - Public
Forum - Brett Butland, Chair of Motutapu Restoration Trust - presentation
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5 Extraordinary
Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
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6
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Chairperson's report
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The chairperson’s report was tabled
at the meeting. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is
available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/50
MOVED by Chairperson J Meeuwsen, seconded by Cr C
Fletcher:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the Chairperson’s written report.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 November 2018 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 6 -
Chairperson's report - tabled report
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Presentation from Fisheries New Zealand
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Steve Halley and Shelton Harley from the
Ministry for Primary Industries provided a presentation in support of the
report on the agenda. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is
available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/51
MOVED by Chairperson J Meeuwsen, seconded by Mayor S
Goudie:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the report and the presentation from Fisheries New Zealand.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 November 2018 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 7 -
Presentation from Fisheries New Zealand - presentation
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Sediment Management in Long Bay - Weiti
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/53
MOVED by Chairperson J Meeuwsen, seconded by Member M
Tamaariki-Pohe:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the report on sediment management in Long Bay – Weiti.
b) be
sent a copy of the Auckland Council report to the 4 December 2018 Environment
and Community Committee on region-wide sediment management.
CARRIED
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Moved by way of addition:
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/54
MOVED by
Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr J Watson:
That the
Hauraki Gulf Forum:
c) recommend that
Auckland Council consider implementing a monitoring and testing programme for
sediment and heavy metals in the north western tributary of the Okura Stream
just downstream of the Envirofill site.
CARRIED
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/55
MOVED by
Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr J Watson:
That the
Hauraki Gulf Forum:
d) recommend
that the relevant constituent parties of the Forum report on the options available
for more stringent control of sediment run-off especially for catchments with
sensitive receiving environments such as marine reserves.
CARRIED
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Hauraki Gulf Forum 2019 Meeting Dates and
Venues
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Note: The chairperson advised the meeting that this
item was to be withdrawn as attempts were being made to have the three
relevant Ministers present at an early meeting in the new year and the
likelihood was that the date would be different to the one recommended in the
report.
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Strategic issues / forward work programme
report
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/56
MOVED by Cr R McGuire, seconded by Cr W Walker:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the report.
b) consider
the forward work programme of the Hauraki Gulf Forum (Attachment A of the
agenda report).
c) request
that the Executive Officer work with Technical Officers to bring forward to
the next meeting a Terms of Reference and budget for the establishment
of a multi-agency working party to scope and advance marine protection
initiatives in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park.
d) allocate
$15,000 from the Forum’s accumulated surplus (currently $101,566) to develop a communications and publicity strategy for the Hauraki
Gulf Forum.
CARRIED
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12
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Executive Officer report
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An updated version of Attachment A Financial
report to end of October 2018 was tabled at the meeting. A copy has been
placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council
website as a minutes attachment.
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Resolution
number HGF/2018/57
MOVED by Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr R McGuire:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the Hauraki Gulf Forum Interim Executive Officer’s report.
b) rescind
part of the resolution from its 21 August 2017 meeting as follows:
Resolution Number HGF/2017/33
Moved by Deputy Chairperson L Ngamane, seconded by
Chairperson Mayor J Tregidga:
That the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
c) request
the Administering Authority to report its findings of the review of the
Forum’s standing orders as in resolution b) above, to a future meeting
of the Forum in 2018, for its consideration.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 19 November 2018 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 12 -
Executive Officer report - Attachment A
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13 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
Mr Martin Mariassouce closed the meeting
with a whakawatea.
4.38pm The
Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and
declared the meeting closed.
CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF
THE Hauraki Gulf Forum HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
