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Governing Body
28 May 2025
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Tūpuna
Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2025-2026
File No.: CP2025/06264
Te take mō te pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
recommend to the Governing Body to agree the Tūpuna Maunga
Authority Operational Plan 2025/2026 and the summary of that plan.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. Public
feedback has been received on the Draft Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2025/2026.
3. The
Tūpuna Maunga Authority will consider the Authority’s Draft
Operational Plan 2025/2026 and the Draft Summary of the Operational Plan
2025/2026 at its meeting scheduled for 26 May 2025.
4. The
Governing Body is invited to approve the Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2025/2026 and the Summary of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2025/2026 for inclusion in the Annual Budget 2025/2026.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Governing Body:
a) whakaae / agree to the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan
2025/2026 (Attachment A of the agenda report), and the Summary of the
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2025/2026 (Attachment B of the
agenda report).
b) whakaae
/ agree to include the agreed Summary of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2025/2026 in the Annual Budget
2025/2026.
Horopaki
Context
5. Each
year the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan is developed,
pursuant to the Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau Collective Redress
Act 2014, to provide a framework in which the council will carry out its
functions for the routine management of the tūpuna maunga, under the
direction of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority. The Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan must be prepared and agreed concurrently with and included in
summary form in its annual budget.
6. A
summary of the Draft Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan was
included in the council’s annual budget Consultation Document, and public
feedback was received by the council and the Tūpuna Maunga Authority. A
report summarising the feedback was received at a joint hui of the council and
the Tūpuna Maunga Authority on 7 May 2025.
Tātaritanga me ngā tohutohu
Analysis and advice
7. The
Draft Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan 2025/2026 and Draft Summary of the
Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan 2025/2026 set out the budget for the coming
financial year in detail and provide indicative information for the years
2026/27 and 2027/2028.
8. On
9 December 2024, the Tūpuna Maunga Authority adopted its
Draft Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan 2025/2026 and Draft Summary of the
Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan 2025/2026 for inclusion in the
council’s Consultation Document and Supporting Information to support
consultation on the Annual Budget 2025/2026.
9. On 12 December 2024, the Governing Body agreed to the Draft
Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan 2025/2026 and the Draft Summary of the
Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan 2025/2026 for inclusion in the consultation
material for the Annual Budget 2025/2026.
10. The council
received feedback on the Draft Tūpuna Maunga Operational
Plan 2025/2026 through its annual budget consultation process.
11. The
Tūpuna Maunga Authority also sought and received feedback on the Draft Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan 2025/2026.
12. A report was
prepared summarising feedback received on the Draft Tūpuna Maunga
Operational Plan through both the council and Tūpuna
Maunga Authority consultation processes. This was considered on 7 May
2025, when a joint deliberation hui was held between the Tūpuna Maunga
Authority and the Auckland Council.
13. The
Auckland Council received 169 written submissions relating to the draft
Operational Plan and the summary. Of those, 85 submissions addressed the draft
Operational Plan and Maunga Authority activities while 84 of these 169
submissions covered a wide range of matters unrelated to the Operational Plan
and the Maunga Authority activities proposed in the plan. Most submissions were
of a few sentences and often contained additional comments that were not
germane to the draft operational plan or summary.
14. Of
the submissions received by council, 22% were generally supportive of the Draft
Operational Plan, 10% were generally in opposition to the Draft Operational
Plan, while 18% did not express support or opposition – and the remaining
50% addressed other matters not relevant to the draft Operational Plan or
Maunga Authority activities proposed in the plan.
15. No
amendments arising out of the submissions were recommended by Staff.
The Draft Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2025/2026 and the Draft
Summary are attached to this report as Attachments A and B respectively.
16. Staff
recommend that the Governing Body agree the Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2025/2026, and the Summary of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2025/2026 as attached to this report, with the agreed Summary
to be included in the Annual Budget 2025/2026.
Climate impact statement
17. This
report relates to the budget and operational plan of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority, an independent
co-governance entity. Matters relating to climate impacts may be addressed by
that authority.
Council group impacts and views
18. This
report relates to the budget and operational plan of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority, an independent
co-governance entity. The authority has its own independent relationships with
the various parts of the council group.
Financial implications
19. The
Draft Tūpuna Maunga Plan annual budget for the 2025/2026 financial year is
provided for in the council’s Long-term Plan 2024-2034 and no increase is
sought.
20. The
Draft Tūpuna Maunga Plan includes long term plan funding in outer years
that reflect a transition from a substantial capital works programme to a focus
on maintaining assets, and funding operational programmes.
Risks and mitigations
21. The
Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2025/2026 is necessary to support
the council’s routine management of the Tūpuna Maunga under the direction of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority
and must be agreed by the Auckland Council and the Tūpuna Maunga Authority prior to 1 July 2025.
22. There
is a reputational risk to Māori outcomes and relationships if the council
did not approve funding for the Tūpuna Maunga in the Auckland area. This could affect the
council’s ongoing relationships with mana whenua organisations of Tāmaki Makaurau.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
23. The
Tūpuna Maunga Authority is a tangible expression of a Treaty-based
partnership between Ngā Mana Whenua and the council. It is a vehicle
through which the mana whenua worldview and historical, cultural and spiritual
connections with the Maunga will be given visibility and guide decision-making
for the health and wellbeing of these important taonga. The Tūpuna Maunga Authority and council have
engaged with Ngā Mana
Whenua on the Draft Tūpuna Maunga Operational Plan
2025/2026 and submissions were received and considered.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board
views
24. The
Tūpuna Maunga Authority sought the views of the
eight local boards with Tūpuna
Maunga within their areas. The council sought the views of all local boards in
relation to the Annual Budget 2025/2026. Any submissions that were received
during the consultation period were considered in the joint deliberation hui.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
25. On the agreement with the Tūpuna
Maunga Authority of the Operational Plan 2025/2026 and Summary by the Governing
Body, funding for the agreed Operational Plan 2025/2026 will be provided for,
and the Summary will be included, in the final Annual Budget
2025/2026. The agreed Operational Plan will also be made available for
public viewing online.
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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Draft Tūpuna Maunga Authority
Operational Plan 2025-2026
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11
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b⇩
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Draft Summary of the Tūpuna
Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2025-2026
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101
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Authors
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Dominic Wilson - Te Tauihu Waka
Tairanga Whenua - Manager Co-governance
Bizhan Rahnama - Kaitohutohu
Tūpuna Maunga / Co-Governance Advisor
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Authorisers
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Ross Tucker - Group Chief Financial
Officer
Phil Wilson - Chief Executive
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Governing Body
28 May 2025
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Referred
from the Audit and Risk Committee - Risk management update for the Annual Plan
2025/2026
File No.: CP2025/09449
Te take mō te pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To
receive the Risk management update for the Annual Plan 2025/2026 report
referred by the Audit and Risk Committee.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
2. The
Audit and Risk Committee considered the Risk management update for the Annual
Plan 2025/2026 report at its meeting on 13 May 2025.
3. The
Audit and Risk Committee resolved as follows:
“Resolution
number ARCCC/2025/23
That the Audit and Risk Committee:
a) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note the identified risks relating to the Annual Plan 2025/2026,
as contained in this report
b) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that the controls and risk management processes to
support final decision-making for the Annual Plan 2025/2026 are ongoing and
have been working effectively to date
c) whakaae
/ agree to advise the Governing Body that an appropriate approach is being
taken to manage the key financial risks associated with the Annual Plan
2025/2026.”
4. Clause
b) of the recommendation to the Audit and Risk Committee refers the report to
the Governing Body for information.
5. The
original Risk management update for the Annual Plan 2025/2026 report to the
Audit and Risk Committee can be accessed at this link: https://infocouncil.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/Open/2025/05/20250513_ARCCC_AGN_12715.htm#PDF2_ReportName_106678
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Governing Body:
a) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note the Risk management update for the
Annual Plan 2025/2026 report and that the Audit and Risk Committee are
satisfied with the approach.
Ngā
tāpirihanga
Attachments
There are no
attachments for this report.
Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Sarndra O'Toole - Kaiarataki Kapa
Tohutohu Mana Whakahaere / Team Leader Governance Advisors
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Authoriser
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Phil Wilson - Chief Executive
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