Mr Martin
Mariassouce opened the meeting with a karakia.
1 Apologies
2 Declaration
of Interest
There were no declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation
of Minutes
There
were no minutes to confirm.
4 Public
Forum
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4.1
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Public Forum - Long Bay Okura Great Park
Society
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Bruce Usher
provided a presentation on behalf of the Long Bay Okura Great Park Society A
copy of the presentation 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/2020/1
MOVED by Member M Tamaariki-Pohe, seconded by Mayor S
Goudie:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) thank
Bruce Usher for his presentation on behalf of the Long Bay Okura Great Park
Society.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 17 February 2020 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 4.1 - Public
Forum: Long Bay Okura Great Park Society - presentation
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4.2
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Public Forum - Keep Okura Green
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Peter Townend
provided a verbal presentation on behalf of Keep Okura Green which told the
story of the community’s 40-year effort to protect the waters of the
Okura Estuary. Members requested a copy of the “Auckland east
coast estuarine monitoring programme” report and as the report is
currently being peer reviewed it will be provided at the latest by the May
meeting by Auckland Council.
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Resolution
number HGF/2020/2
MOVED by Member M Tamaariki-Pohe, seconded by Cr J
Watson:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) thank
Peter Townend for his presentation on behalf of Keep Okura Green.
b) request
a copy of the “Auckland east coast estuarine monitoring programme”
report.
CARRIED
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4.3
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Public Forum - Environmental Protection
Authority
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Doug Jones,
Ben Moginie and Sandra Balcombe from the Environmental Protection Authority
provided a presentation titled “EEZ Applications Process”. A copy
of the presentation 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/2020/3
MOVED by Member S Milne, seconded by Cr DA Arnold:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) thank
the representatives from the Environmental Protection Authority for their
presentation.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 17 February 2020 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 4.3 - Public
Forum: Environmental Protection Authority - presentation
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4.4
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Public Forum - Te Wairua O Te Moananui -
Ocean Spirit Charitable Trust
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Jane Pares
– Edney and Glenn Edney introduced themselves as trustees of the Te
Wairua O Te Moananui – Ocean Spirit Charitable Trust and Glenn gave a
brief verbal presentation indicating what the trust does.
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Resolution number HGF/2020/4
MOVED by Cr C Fletcher, seconded by Cr J Watson:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) thank
Glenn Edney for his presentation.
CARRIED
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5 Extraordinary
Business
Cr Christine
Fletcher referred to the drought like conditions being experienced on the Gulf Islands
and Andrew Baucke, Department of Conservation responded briefly.
The meeting adjourned at 2.43pm and
reconvened at 2.56pm.
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Election of Chairperson and Deputy
Chairperson
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Ms Moana
Tamaariki-Pohe, Current Deputy Chairperson handed over the chair to the
Governance Advisor who acted as the Returning Officer for this item.
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MOVED by Cr DT Tegg, seconded by Member S Milne:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) elect
a Chairperson of the Forum
b) elect
a Deputy Chairperson of the Forum.
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Note: an
amendment to replace clauses a) and b) was moved with the agreement of the
meeting.
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Resolution
number HGF/2020/6
MOVED by
Member N MacDonald, seconded by Member P Majurey:
That the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) adopt a
Co-Chairperson arrangement one of whom will be a Tangata Whenua member, as
confirmed by the Tangata Whenua members of the Forum.
CARRIED
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Note: Pursuant
to Standing Order 3.14.5, the following members requested that their
dissenting votes be recorded as follows:
·
Mayor S Goudie
·
Cr W Walker
·
Cr J Watson.
Note: Pursuant
to Standing Order 3.14.4, the following members requested that their
abstentions be recorded as follows:
·
Member A Baucke
·
Member A Bell.
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The Returning
Officer conducted the vote for the Co-Chairperson and declared Cr Pippa Coom
as the Co-Chairperson following a closed ballot.
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Resolution
number HGF/2020/7
MOVED by Cr
C Fletcher, seconded by Cr AS Spicer:
That the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
b) elect
Cr Pippa Coom as Co-Chairperson of the Forum.
CARRIED
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Cr P Coom assumed the chair from 4.00pm.
Note: From
this point forward, agenda items were taken in the following order:
Item
11 Shellfish
Restoration Coordination Group Update
10 Sea
Change Tai Timu Tai Pari Update
8 2020
State of the Environment Report
9 2020
Marine Park Poster
12 Executive
Officer’s Report
13 Any
Other Business
14 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
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11
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Shellfish Restoration Coordination Group Update
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Peter van
Kampen, Coordinator of the Shellfish Restoration Coordination Group provided
a verbal update and also referred to the Shellfish Restoration 3 year Plan.
Copies of the update and the Shellfish Restoration 3 year Plan have been
placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council
website as minutes attachments.
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Resolution
number HGF/2020/8
MOVED by Cr P Coom, seconded by Cr DA Arnold:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) note
the report.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 17 February 2020 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 11 -
Shellfish Restoration Coordination Group Update - presentation
b 17 February 2020 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 11 -
Shellfish Restoration Coordination Group Update - 3 year Plan
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Sea Change Tai Timu Tai Pari Update
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Andrew Baucke,
Department of Conservation provided a verbal update on behalf of the Department
of Conservation and Fisheries New Zealand. A copy of the update 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/2020/9
MOVED by Cr AS Spicer, seconded by Member DO Ogilvie:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) note
the report.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 17 February 2020 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 10 - Sea
Change Tai Timu Tai Pari Update - presentation
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Member P Majurey retired from the
meeting at 4.17pm.
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2020 State of the Environment Report
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Dr Shane
Kelly, Carina Sim-Smith and Shaun Lee from the independent consultants Coast
& Catchment Ltd were in attendance to answer questions from members.
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Resolution
number HGF/2020/10
MOVED by Member M Tamaariki-Pohe, seconded by Member DO
Ogilvie:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the 2020 State of our Gulf report
b) thank
the authors, Dr Shane Kelly, Rauru Kirikiri, Carina Sim-Smith and Shaun Lee,
for their hard work
c) acknowledge
the contributions from all members of the Forum.
CARRIED
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Mayor S Goudie retired from the meeting
at 4.32pm.
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Any Other Business
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The following members provided updates:
Cr C Fletcher – recent acquisition
of 95 hectares of land to be incuded in the Mahurangi Regional Park, north of
Auckland
Member N MacDonald –
acknowledgement of contribution by former member Liane Ngamane
Cr D Tegg
– update to Waikato Regional Coastal Plan, Kaiaua inundation issues and
concerns about drought
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Resolution
number HGF/2020/13
MOVED by Cr P Coom, seconded by Member C Handley:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) receive
the verbal updates from members
b) acknowledge
the contribution by retiring member Liane Ngamane.
CARRIED
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14 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
4.43pm 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:........................................................
