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Hauraki Gulf Forum
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Hauraki
Gulf Forum held in the Maraetai Beach Boating Club, 188 Maraetai Drive,
Maraetai 2018 on Monday, 12 June 2023 at 1.15pm.
Te Hunga kua
Tae mai | present
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Co-chairperson Tangata Whenua
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Ms Nicola MacDonald
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Tangata Whenua
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Co-chairperson
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Mayor Toby Adams
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Hauraki District Council – presiding from 1.45pm,
Item 4
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Members
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Cr Andrew Baker
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Auckland Council – until
3.34pm. Item 9
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Ms Charmaine Bailie
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Tangata Whenua
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Cr Deli Connell (Alt)
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Thames-Coromandel District
Council
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Cr Christine Fletcher
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Auckland Council
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Mr Terrence Hohneck
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Tangata Whenua
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Mr Jacob Hore
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Ministry for Primary Industries
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Cr Mike Lee
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Auckland Council
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Cr Warren Maher
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Waikato Regional Council
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Mr Martin Mariassouce
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Te Puni Kōkiri
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Cr Paaniora Matatahi-Poutapu
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Waikato District Council
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Mr Dean Ogilvie
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Tangata Whenua
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Mr Chris Ollivier
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Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board
(Auckland Council)
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Ms Kirsty Prior (Alt)
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Department of Conservation
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Ms Bianca Ranson
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Waiheke Local Board (Auckland Council)
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Cr James Sainsbury
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Matamata-Piako District Council
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Cr Wayne Walker
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Auckland Council
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Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT
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Mr Andrew
Baucke
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Department of Conservation
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Mr Joe Davis
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Tangata Whenua
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Cr Kerrin
Leoni
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Auckland Council
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Mr Paul
Majurey
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Tangata Whenua
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Mayor Len Salt
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Thames-Coromandel District
Council
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Te Hunga Āpiti kua Tae mai | ALSO
PRESENT
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Mr John
Galilee (Alt)
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Department of Conservation
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Cr Jennifer
Nickel (Alt)
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Waikato Regional Council
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Hauraki Gulf
Forum
12 June 2023
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Co-chairperson
Tangata Whenua Ms Nicola MacDonald welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Mr Laurie
Beamish, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, opened the meeting with a
karakia.
The
co-chairpersons took turns to chair agenda items. Ms N MacDonald chaired Items
1 to 5 and 7, and 9 to 12 and Mayor T Adams chaired Item 8.
1 Apologies
2 Declaration
of Interest
The following declarations of interest were made by members:
1. Mr Dean Ogilvie – member of Waiheke Marine Project Steering
group
2. Mr Chris Ollivier – contract with Ministry for Primary
Industries for biosecurity response to caulerpa at Aotea Great Barrier Island
3. Cr Mike Lee – Chairperson of Friends of the Hauraki Gulf
4. Cr Christine Fletcher – Trustee and Patron of Motutapu
Restoration Trust
3 Confirmation
of Minutes
There
were no minutes for confirmation.
Note: the Co-Chairperson – Tangata Whenua accorded
precedence to Item 6 - Election of Co-Chair at this point.
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6
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Election of Co-Chair
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Co-Chairperson Tangata Whenua Ms Nicola
MacDonald handed over the chair to the Governance Advisor who acted as the
Returning Officer for this item.
The Returning Officer conducted the Election
of Co-Chair item and, there being only one nomination, declared Mayor Toby
Adams as the Co-Chairperson.
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Resolution
number HGF/2023/2
MOVED by Cr W Maher, seconded by Member T Hohneck:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) elect
Mayor Toby Adams as the Forum’s Co-Chairperson for the period from this
meeting until the next Local Government election in 2025
b) note
that the Forum’s Tangata Whenua members confirmed Member Nicola
MacDonald will continue as the Forum’s Co-Chairperson Tangata Whenua
until the end of the current term of the Tangata Whenua members - 15 March 2024.
CARRIED
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Note: Under
Standing Order 3.14.5, the following members requested that their dissenting
votes be recorded as follows:
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Cr M Lee
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Cr W Walker.
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4 Public Forum
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4.1
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Public Forum - Alternate Waitemata Harbour
Crossing - Kathryn Martin
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A presentation was given in support of
the item. 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/2023/3
MOVED by Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr P Matatahi-Poutapu:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) thank
Duncan Humphrey for his presentation on the options for the Alternate
Waitematā Harbour Crossing.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 12 June 2023 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 4.1 - Public
Forum - Alternate Waitemata Harbour Crossing - Presentation
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4.2
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Public Forum - Tuna Tiaki - Tau Ngaruhe
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A presentation was given in support of
the item. 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/2023/4
MOVED by Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr P Matatahi-Poutapu:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) thank
Tau Ngaruhe for his presentation on the state of tuna in the awa of the
Marine Park.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 12 June 2023 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 4.2 - Public
Forum - Tuna Tiaki - Tau Ngaruhe - Presentation
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4.3
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Public Forum - William C Daldy - Mike
Pigneguy
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Mike Pigneguy did not attend for this
item.
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4.4
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Public Forum - Boat Hull Cleaning and
Hardstand Facilities - Blair Park
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A presentation was given in support of
the item. 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/2023/5
MOVED by Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr P Matatahi-Poutapu:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) thank
Blair Park and Andrew Barney for their presentation on hardstand facilities
for boat hull cleaning and marine biosecurity risks to the Auckland Region.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 12 June 2023 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 4.4 - Public
Forum - Boat Hull Cleaning and Hardstand Facilities - Presentation
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5 Extraordinary
Business
There was no
extraordinary business
Note: Item 6 - Election of
Co-Chair was taken after Item 3 - Confirmation of Minutes.
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9
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Threats to the Hauraki Gulf
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The report
was introduced by the Executive Officer and the following individuals
presented on Caulerpa:
- Stuart Anderson and John Walsh, Biosecurity New Zealand
- Cr Jack Craw and Cr Geoff Crawford, Northland Regional Council
- Kate Waterhouse and Barry Scott, Aotea Great Barrier Environmental
Trust
- Miranda Cassidy O’Connell, Craig Thorburn, Leigh Takirau and
Grant Crawford, Waiheke Marine Project
- Co-Chair Tangata Whenua Nicola MacDonald
The
presentations given by Biosecurity New Zealand and Aotea Great Barrier
Environmental Trust in support of the item have been placed on the official
minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minutes
attachments.
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Cr A Baker retired from the
meeting at 3.34pm.
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Note: changes to the
original motion, adding new clause h), were made with the agreement of the
meeting.
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Resolution
number HGF/2023/8
MOVED by Cr C Fletcher, seconded by Co-Chairperson Tangata
Whenua Ms N MacDonald:
That the Hauraki
Gulf Forum:
On
Caulerpa
a) back
the calls from iwi and hapū and community organisations for a step change in New
Zealand’s approach from containment to containment and eradication,
with whole system engagement, and trials of hydraulic removal methods;
b) urge
the provision of Crown funding to mana whenua and community organisations for
proactive underwater surveillance;
c) support
an urgent and thorough assessment of the likely economic, social, cultural
and ecological impacts of the spread of Caulerpa;
d) support
greater inter-regional collaboration;
e) call
for reconsideration of the current prohibition on impacted communities
engaging in the active removal of Caulerpa;
f) request
publicly available mapping of known Caulerpa sites which is accurate and
updated in a timely fashion;
g) write
to the Minister of Biosecurity, Biosecurity NZ and other relevant Ministers
on the above, and where possible do this jointly with the Northland, Auckland
and Waikato Conservation Boards, and concerned Regional Councils; and
h) delegate
to the Co-Chairpersons and interested members oversight of the follow-up on
this issue to ensure that this is effectively taken up in Constituent
parties.
On the RMS Niagara
i) write
to the Associate Minister of Transport and other relevant Ministers to urge
investment in further reconnaissance so that full cost-benefit and risk
assessments can be carried out, including with respect to options for
removing remaining fuel from the wreck.
CARRIED
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Note: Under
Standing Order 3.14.4, the following members requested that their abstentions
be recorded as follows:
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Member J Hore
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Member K Prior
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Attachments
a 12 June 2023 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 9 -
Threats to the Hauraki Gulf - Presentation from Biosecurity New Zealand
b 12 June 2023 - Hauraki Gulf Forum - Item 9 - Threats
to the Hauraki Gulf - Presentation from Aotea Great Barrier Environmental
Trust
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Executive Officer's Report
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Note: changes
to the original motion were made, adding new clauses b) and c), with the
agreement of the meeting.
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Resolution
number HGF/2023/10
MOVED by Member B Ranson, seconded by Cr W Maher:
That
the Hauraki Gulf Forum:
a) note
the Executive Officer’s report
b) recognise
and congratuate Jono Ridler for his incredible record swim of nearly 100km
across the Hauraki Gulf
c) thank
Co-Chairperson Tangata Whenua Nicola MacDonald and Executive Officer Alex
Rogers for supporting Forum matters since the last meeting in August 2022.
CARRIED
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12 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
Mr Laurie
Beamish, Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki, closed the meeting with a
karakia.
4.33pm The
Co-Chairpersons 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:.........................................................................
CO-CHAIRPERSON:..................................................
CO-CHAIRPERSON
TANGATA WHENUA:…………………………………