TANK INTRO, INFO, SUBMISSIONS & HEARINGS

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Created: Wed 15 Dec 2021, 11:09 am

This welcome by Te Kaihautu, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Marei Apatu is followed by several posted items that have been put together to disseminate information on the HBRC proposed TANK Plan Change 9 (TPC9).

TANK stands for the Tutaekuri, Ahuriri, Ngaruroro and Karamu waimaori and the plan also encompasses effects on their tributaries and the Heretaunga aquifer.

The posted items contain a number of videos that have been extracted from the content of webinars held by Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Te Manaaki Taiao, and regional environmental experts, with Heretaunga Marae, hapū and whānau in the month of June 2020.

The webinar content has been divided into six postings with each containing links to the short videos and/ or sound bytes - the majority from about 3 to 9 minutes long depending on the amount of technical information requiring explanation in layman’s terms.

The posts give an overview or explanation about significant key concerns around the proposed TANK Plan Change 9 in order to inform Mana Whenua and encourage them to make submissions towards the regional plan.

The extended deadline date for submissions is Friday, 14^th August 2020.

Te Manaaki Taiao and Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga would like to invite you to a Hui-a-Iwi about the TANK Plan Change 9 proposal. Presentations will include key elements and issues identified through the six TANK PC9 webinars with Heretaunga Marae and hapū, plus TToH and Iwi draft submissions.

Date: Friday, 17 July 2020

Time: 5.30pm

Venue: Takarangi Meeting Room, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, 821 Orchard Road, Hastings.

MAKING A SUBMISSION & MAKE YOUR VOICE COUNT

Making a submission on plan changes and other governmental work is one way of having your voice heard. Submissions are looked at, counted, and can help towards decision-making if enough are received. You can also tick the box requesting to talk to your submission and add value to your written points. . A submission can be made by and individual, a group or a collective and we ask that you consider making one for the proposed TANK Plan Change 9 as it is a long-term consequential plan for our district and region.

It may be that others will join your submission, or a roopu you belong to makes one on behalf of its members, or your marae agrees to be the umbrella organisation for hapū and whānau to collectively make a submission.

The extended deadline date for submissions on the proposed TANK Plan Change 9 is Friday, 14^th August 2020 and a submission template for downloading or printing and an online submission form are available on the Hawke’s bay regional Council website here https://www.consultations.nz/hbrc/the-proposed-tank-plan/

HDC info https://www.hbrc.govt.nz/hawkes-bay/projects/the-tank-plan/tank-submissions-and-hearings/

The kōrero below outlines some effective ways of making a submission.

Video: Thoughts on making a Submission

TTOH TANK Submission 2020

Marei Apatu Te Kaihautū - Te Maanaki Taiao TANK Submission 2020

Owen Jerry Hapuku TANK Submission 2020

NAVIGATING THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT - RMA

The video below is an explanation in layman's terms of some of the complexities of the Resource Management Act 1991, in particular as it relates to the impacts, opportunities and constraints regarding the proposed TANK Plan Change 9.

Video (14 mins): Resource Management Act

UPLIFTING & UPHOLDING MATAURANGA MĀORI VALUES

It is not easy to attain goals and objectives that uphold māori world views on wai, whenua, and whānau oranga when the western paradigm measures outputs and achievement in economic terms and do not have all well-being values as the primary driver.

The following videos take a look at this in relation to the proposed TANK Plan Change 9 and some of the current & potential consequences of setting lower, or non-aspirational bars for our wai and other natural resources.

Videos:

Relationship between Aspirations and Targets

The Karamu Catchment

What can we do for our estuaries?

KAITIAKITANGA

The measuring of the mauri of our wai and environment using tools developed through a mana Whenua cultural lens is crucial to halting the overuse and degradation of natural resources and reviving the health and wellbeing of Heretaunga hapū and whā‏nau. The following videos speak to some of these issues as it relates to the proposed TANK Plan Change 9.

Videos:

Monitoring of our Waterways

Ecosystem decline Pakipaki

Sedimentation on the Karamu

WAIMĀORI

As part of the TANK Plan Change 9 there are many areas important for the future of Heretaunga. The opportunity for mana whenua to have a voice in plans, policies, and regulations is spread across the governance, management and implementation of natural resources. Of high priority for mana whenua aspirations is the enhancement of water quality and quantity - for protection of taonga species and healthy natural ecosystems that help maintain the mauri of waimāori. However over-allocation of water take consents has affected all our waterways over time. The following videos offer some explanation around where/ how mana whenua could participate and have a voice and how TANK Plan Change 9 affects water quantity, allocation, and minimum flows.

Videos:

Co-governance, Co-management, Co-implementation

Surface water allocation

Minimum flow for tributaries

Allocation and minimum flow for the Karamu

TANK - SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT

This report was commissioned to investigate and report on what impacts the proposed TANK plan would have on mana whenua; marae, hapū, whānau and Heretaunga tangata culture overall.

Report Link.

The sound bytes below are of Dr. Anthony Cole presenting the report’s key points via a number of slides that visually summarize the findings of the assessment report.

Videos: SCIA

How reliable are these result

TANK SCIA method

TANK SCIA results demography

TANK SCIA results whānau Kahungunu

TANK SCIA results personal income

TANK SCIA results income and welfare dependency Clip

TANK SCIA results income inequality

Why are we in this situation

The regional economy

TANK SCIA recommendations

TE TAIWHENUA O HERETAUNGA TANK SUBMISSION