Te Mana o te Wai
IAG/ILG/ICF This is not the Maori view, however it is a representation of key directions supported by the ICF and there will be multiple views on this across Maoridom.
Iwi Chairs Forum (58) Freshwater ILG Whanau Ora ILG Economic Pou ILG Constitutional Working Group Climate Change ILG Oil and Minerals Conservation Fresh Water IAG
The Fresh Water ILG: Current Priorities Te Mana o te Wai Enabling Access to Water for Tangata Whenua
Te Mana o te Wai Includes a range of enablers to achieve the desired outcomes; Te Mauri o te Wai Tautuutu Mana Whakahaere Mana Motuhake o ia iwi/hapu ki te wai Te Tiriti o Waitangi Kaitiakitanga Matauranga Maori Mana Whakahono
Mana Whakahono Te Mana Motuhake o ia hapu/iwi ki te Wai Mana Whakahaere Kaitiakitanga Te Mana o te Wai Te Mauri o te Wai Rangatiratanga Te Tiriti o Waitangi Matauranga Taututu
Te Mana o te Wai: is all encompassing Protection Te Mana o te Wai ensures that the first right to the water goes to the water. Enabling The Wai is also nurturing and provides us with a koha to enable sustainable use Sustains Te Mana o te Wai then teaches us the lessons that I am the water and the water is me.
Mechanisms to achieve Te Mana o te Wai Resource Management Act Amendments National Policy Statement on Freshwater National Objectives Framework Allocation Programme
Update on Resource Management Act Bill Working closely through the Maori Party the ILG was able to secure the following outcomes in regards to the RMA; The creation of the Mana Whakahono-a-Rohe (MWAR) agreements which legislatively require councils to engage with Iwi/hapu on a range of resource management matters and come to mutually agreed outcomes. Significantly reduced the regulatory powers suggested for the Minister for the Environment except for where there is a duplication or overlap in legislation. Retained sections 6,7 and 8 of the RMA. Changes made to better re-balance the Act to support environmental protection against development. Amended appeals and collaborative planning clauses. Removed alternative consenting authorities.
Te Mana o te Wai Te Mana o Te Wai refers to the integrated and holistic wellbeing of a freshwater body. Protecting Te Mana o te Wai provides for the mauri of the water. This includes providing for te hauora o te taiao (health of the environment), te hauora o te wai (health of the waterbody) and te hauora o te tangata (the health of the people). All New Zealanders have an obligation to achieve Te Mana o Te Wai whereby the water body has its own mauri and its own mana which must come first to protect the integrity of the river. This will be the basis for community discussions on freshwater values, objectives and limits.
Allocation Our Challenges
It feels wrong to me that an iwi/hapu can base their whole lifestyle/tikanga/whanaungatanga/mahinga kai for hundreds of years with a particular waterbody at its heart, and then when it comes time to actually take and use some of it, it s already gone! Unfair and ridiculous. Chris Drayton Consenting Manager Contact Energy
A Ngāti Porou Perspective on Freshwater Rights and Interests We have a Right of Say over the Wai We have a Responsibility to Protect, Nurture and Care for the Wai We have a Right of Access and Use for all purposes that contribute to our wellbeing and We have a Right to Develop Record of the Rohenga Tipuna 2- Wai Māori Hui, Rahui Marae, Tikitiki, 9 Noema, 2014 Summary of Outcomes from nga Hapu o Ngati Porou Wai hui conducted between 28 Oct 29 Nov, 2014
Allocation for Maori Te Mana o te Wai is always the first point of call. Reduce impacts on our ecosystems Provide for a cultural flow and an environmental flow However we are more than kaitiaki and in fact kaitiakitanga includes sustainable development concepts. What remains we must have equitable access to. First in first serve system disadvantages us.
What are our plans for the next year? Working on supporting councils and water users to understand Te Mana o te Wai and to how to give effect to it. Providing support to whanau/hapu/iwi/maori economic authorites to build capacity and capability to engage. Determine how to give effect to Iwi rights, responsibilities and interests in freshwater through allocation system that put Te Mana o te Wai at its heart.