Selected
extracts from the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park Act 2000
3 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to—
(a)
integrate the management of the natural, historic, and physical
resources of the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments:
(b)
establish the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park:
(c)
establish objectives for the management of the Hauraki Gulf, its
islands, and catchments:
(d)
recognise the historic, traditional, cultural, and spiritual
relationship of the tangata whenua with the Hauraki Gulf and its islands:
(e)
establish the Hauraki Gulf Forum.
Part 1 Management of Hauraki Gulf
7 Recognition
of national significance of Hauraki Gulf
(1) The
interrelationship between the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments and the
ability of that interrelationship to sustain the life-supporting capacity of
the environment of the Hauraki Gulf and its islands are matters of national
significance.
(2) The
life-supporting capacity of the environment of the Gulf and its islands
includes the capacity—
(a) to
provide for—
(i) the
historic, traditional, cultural, and spiritual relationship of the tangata
whenua of the Gulf with the Gulf and its islands; and
(ii) the
social, economic, recreational, and cultural well-being of people and
communities:
(b) to
use the resources of the Gulf by the people and communities of the Gulf and New
Zealand for economic activities and recreation:
(c) to
maintain the soil, air, water, and ecosystems of the Gulf.
8 Management
of Hauraki Gulf
To recognise the national significance of the Hauraki Gulf,
its islands, and catchments, the objectives of the management of the Hauraki
Gulf, its islands, and catchments are—
(a)
the protection and, where appropriate, the enhancement of the
life-supporting capacity of the environment of the Hauraki Gulf, its islands,
and catchments:
(b)
the protection and, where appropriate, the enhancement of the natural,
historic, and physical resources of the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and
catchments:
(c)
the protection and, where appropriate, the enhancement of those natural,
historic, and physical resources (including kaimoana) of the Hauraki Gulf, its
islands, and catchments with which tangata whenua have an historic,
traditional, cultural, and spiritual relationship:
(d)
the protection of the cultural and historic associations of people and
communities in and around the Hauraki Gulf with its natural, historic, and
physical resources:
(e)
the maintenance and, where appropriate, the enhancement of the
contribution of the natural, historic, and physical resources of the Hauraki
Gulf, its islands, and catchments to the social and economic well-being of the
people and communities of the Hauraki Gulf and New Zealand:
(f)
the maintenance and, where appropriate, the enhancement of the natural,
historic, and physical resources of the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and
catchments, which contribute to the recreation and enjoyment of the Hauraki
Gulf for the people and communities of the Hauraki Gulf and New Zealand.
Part 2 Hauraki Gulf Forum
15 Purposes of
Forum
The Forum has the following purposes:
(a)
to integrate the management and, where appropriate, to promote the
conservation and management in a sustainable manner, of the natural, historic,
and physical resources of the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments, for
the benefit and enjoyment of the people and communities of the Gulf and New
Zealand:
(b)
to facilitate communication, co-operation, and co-ordination on matters
relating to the statutory functions of the constituent parties in relation to
the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments, and the Forum:
(c)
to recognise the historic, traditional, cultural, and spiritual
relationship of tangata whenua with the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and, where
appropriate, its catchments.
16 Establishment
of Forum
(1) A body called
the Hauraki Gulf Forum is established.
(2) The Forum
consists of the following representatives:
(a)
1 representative appointed by the Minister:
(b)
1 representative appointed by the Minister of Fisheries:
(c)
1 representative appointed by the Minister of Maori Affairs:
(ca) 7
representatives appointed by the Auckland Council:
(d)
1 representative appointed by each of the following local
authorities:
…(iv) Hauraki District
Council:
…(vi) Matamata-Piako
District Council:
…(ix) Thames-Coromandel
District Council:
…(x) Waikato District
Council:
…(xi) Waikato Regional
Council:
(e)
6 representatives of the tangata whenua of the Hauraki Gulf and its
islands appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the tangata whenua
and the Minister of Maori Affairs.
(2A) The representatives appointed
in accordance with subsection (2)(ca)
must—
(a) be
members of—
(i) the
Auckland Council; or
(ii) a
local board of the Auckland Council elected in accordance with the Local
Electoral Act 2001; and
(b) include
1 member of each of the Great Barrier Island and Waiheke Island local boards.
(3) The
representatives appointed in accordance with subsection (2)(d) or (5) must be
members of the local authority elected in accordance with the Local
Electoral Act 2001.
17 Functions
of Forum
(1) To
promote sections 7 and 8, the Forum has the following functions
in relation to the Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments:
(a) to prepare a list of
strategic issues, determine a priority for action on each issue, and regularly
review that list:
(b) to facilitate and encourage
co-ordinated financial planning, where possible, by the constituent parties:
(c) to obtain, share, and
monitor information on the state of the natural and physical resources:
(d) to receive reports on the
completion and implementation of deeds of recognition:
(e) to require and receive
reports from constituent parties on the development and implementation of
policies and strategies to address the issues identified under paragraph (a):
(f) to receive
reports from the tangata whenua of the Hauraki Gulf on the development and
implementation of iwi management or development plans:
(g) to prepare and publish, once
every 3 years, a report on the state of the environment in the Hauraki Gulf,
including information on progress towards integrated management and responses
to the issues identified in accordance with paragraph (a):
(h) to promote and advocate the
integrated management and, where appropriate, the sustainable management of the
Hauraki Gulf, its islands, and catchments:
(i) to encourage,
share, co-ordinate where appropriate, and disseminate educational and
promotional material:
(j) to liaise with,
and receive reports from, persons and groups having an interest in the Hauraki
Gulf and business and community interests to promote an interest in the
purposes of the Forum:
(k) to commission research
into matters relating to the functions of the Forum.
(2) When
carrying out its functions under subsection (1), the Forum must have particular
regard to the historic, traditional, cultural, and spiritual relationship of tangata
whenua with the natural, historic, and physical resources of the Hauraki Gulf,
its islands, and catchments.
18 Powers
of Forum
(1) The
Forum has the powers that are reasonably necessary to carry out its functions.
(2) The
Forum’s powers include the powers—
(a) to
consider issues related to its purpose; and
(b) to
receive reports from constituent parties; and
(c) to
make recommendations to constituent parties; and
(d) to
advise any person who requests the Forum’s advice; and
(e) to
commission or undertake those activities that are necessary to achieve its
purpose.
(3) The Forum must not—
(a) appear
before a court or tribunal other than as a witness if called by a party to
proceedings; or
(b) take
part in a decision-making process under any enactment other than to advise when
requested to do so.
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Hauraki Gulf
Forum
24 August 2020
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Co-Chairs'
Report
File No.: CP2020/11274
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
provide an update on progress from the Co-Chairs.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Key
actions since last meeting:
· Hui
with Minister of Conservation
· Hui
with Minister for Māori Development
· Media
engagement on Forum’s four big goals
· Submission
in support of rāhui proposal from Ngāti Tamaterā
· Collaboration
with Auckland Conservation Board
· Enquiry
to Auckland Council re Pākiri sand consent application
· Visit
to Waikato members
3. The
past few months have been very positive, headlined by our meetings with the
Minister of Conservation and Minister for Māori Development. Both
Ministers were delighted to hear of our adoption a co-governance leadership
model and four ambitious goals for the Marine Park.
4. Minister
Mahuta has kindly invited the Forum to submit a Briefing to Incoming Ministers
(BIM), a rare honour for an independent statutory body like the Forum. We will
be working on this over the coming weeks and will circulate a draft for your
input. We need to be ready to submit it to the incoming government after the
general election.
5. It
was great to get back out there while we were at COVID Level 1. From planting
native trees at the launch of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki’s new ngahere
on Motutapu, attending Ngāti Rehua – Ngātiwai ki Aotea and
Minister Sage’s declaration of Rakitū as our latest pest-free motu
in the Marine Park, and our visit to all five of our Waikato authorities, it
has been wonderful to be out amongst it in contrast to the lockdown of the
previous period. In all those interactions it has been notable how positive the
feedback has been on the Forum’s recent developments. This is true too of
media coverage on the Forum and its goals over the past few months. Co-Chair
Nicola MacDonald is now a regular on radio as we continue to get the message
out.
6. As
of writing we are unsure if our meeting will go ahead in person in Te Aroha, as
planned, or online due to developments with COVID-19. Highlights for this
meeting include public presentations on community and local initiatives, and
the stocktakes on riparian planning and marine dumping. But it is the item on
the government’s draft response strategy to Sea Change Tai Timu Tai Pari
which is likely to be the most critical. This strategy has the potential to
transform the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park and will be a key consideration for us
in the months ahead.
7. Following
this meeting we will have one final hui this year on 30 November - hopefully in
Miranda, hosted by Hauraki District Council. That will be a good time to
reflect and plan, but also to look deeper at climate change and our threatened
birds given the location.
8. As
always, our correspondence through the last period is appended to this report.
You will find our letters to Ministers, submission to MPI, letter to the
Auckland Conservation Board, and letter to Auckland Council. See Appendices
A-F. Some accompanying photos below.
(Top: meeting with Minister Sage. Left: declaring Rakitū
pest free. Right: planting harakeke on Motutapu.)
(Top: Te Aroha with Matamata-Piako District Councillor Donna
Arnold and MPDC officer Joao-Paulo Silva. Left: Thames with Waikato Regional
Councillor Denis Tegg. Right: Thames with Thames-Coromandel District Mayor
Sandra Goudie.)
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) note
the Co-Chairs’ report.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Letter to Minister Sage
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15
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b⇩
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Letter to Minister Mahuta
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17
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c⇩
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Letter to Minister Nash
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19
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d⇩
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Letter to MPI
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21
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e⇩
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Letter to Conservation Board
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23
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f⇩
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Letter to Auckland Council
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25
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Authors
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Cr Pippa Coom – Co-Chairperson
Ms Nicola MacDonald – Co-Chairperson Tangata
Whenua
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Hauraki Gulf Forum
24 August 2020
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Executive Officer's Report
File No.: CP2020/11281
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
provide an update from the Executive Officer.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
re-emergence of community transmission of COVID-19 as of the writing of this
report reinforces how lucky we have been over the past few months to be able to
freely move around the country and interact with people face to face. We
certainly made productive use of that window, with visits to different parts of
the Gulf and engagements with a broad range of stakeholders. A personal
highlight for me was the opportunity to go to Ahuahu / Great Mercury Island.
Ahuahu is a place of incredible beauty, history and cultural significance. It
is also a conservation success story, and at our next meeting we will all get
to learn more about Ahuahu and the challenges it faces going forward.
3. Key
pieces of work in recent weeks have been the two stocktakes presented today (on
which I am very grateful for the support from your Technical Officers), the
2019 / 2020 Annual Report, and engaging two communications specialists: one to
run scientific comms on the State of our Gulf report on social media
(underway); the other to explore themes of co-governance and highlight local
success stories and challenges from around the Marine Park (still being
scoped). I would like to acknowledge and thank the Administering Authority
– Auckland Council – for ensuring that the Forum was able to
continue to progress budgetary and financial arrangements despite a very
challenging broader fiscal environment at present.
4. On
20 July we had another great Forum Technical Officers’ hui, the notes of
which are attached (see Attachment A). Among the issues covered was the need to
operationalise the Forum’s 2020 – 2022 Work Pan. I have suggested
that between this and our November meeting we seek input from all Constituent
Parties to an operationalised version of the Work Plan which lists against the
Forum’s goals and strategic issues the things that members will seek to
deliver within the three year period which will help progress Forum objectives.
I am also conscious of the need to put timelines around a few of the key goals
in the Work Plan, and suggest we also tackle that in November.
5. At
our last meeting in May one member asked whether there had been reports on
certain topics in the past. Attachment B captures all recent reports from
Constituent Parties, arranged by topic.
6. Looking
broader, it has been a busy time with a range of developments of note:
· Release of the
government’s freshwater reforms, climate risk analysis, and biodiversity strategy. The freshwater reforms
have significant implications for management of the catchment. The climate risk
analysis lists the 10 most significant risks, all of which have application to
the Marine Park. And the biodiversity strategy specifically references the
Marine Park Act and has application to the protection and restoration of
biodiversity in the Gulf (an implementation plan for the biodiversity strategy
will now be produced).
· Release of the
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s report on estuary management, which contains a
section on the Marine Park Act and the Forum, and draws from the State of our
Gulf 2020 report.
· The Tamaki Estuary
Environmental Forum released its annual report (see Attachment C). I am a
regular participant in TEEF meetings and work closely with the TEEF and Manukau
Harbour Forum coordinators.
· Waikato Regional
Council’s transfer of water quality monitoring to Ngāti
Tūwharetoa – a first under the RMA – and the next steps in
their Wellbeing Project.
· Auckland
Council’s launch of its new conservation portal – Tiaki
Tāmaki Makaurau. The State of our Gulf 2020 report features in the
marine section.
7. A
common theme among those developments is a renewed appreciation for ki uta ki
tai / mountains to sea management of environmental challenges.
8. Members
will also be pleased to see the latest ship speed data from the Ports of Auckland
(see Attachment D) which shows that the average speed is now below the 10-knot
target. There have been no reported fatalities of Bryde’s Whales due to
ship strike since this protocol was introduced over five years ago. This is an
enduring voluntary success story and there are lessons from this for other
aspects of the Forum’s work.
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Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) note
the Executive Officer’s report.
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Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Notes from Technical Officers' Meeting - 20 July 2020
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81
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b⇩
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Record of and links to past reports
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83
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c⇩
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Tamaki Estuary Environmental Forum Annual Report
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85
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d⇩
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Ship speed report
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99
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Alex Rogers - Executive Officer Hauraki Gulf Forum
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Authoriser
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Jacques Victor – General Manager Auckland Plan
Strategy and Research
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