(I) Ngati Te Ata Cultural Values Assessment
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NGATI TE ATA WAIOHUA CULTURAL VALUES ASSESSMENT REPORT Prepared By: Ngati Te Ata Waiohua Prepared For: Lomai Properties Ltd Date: July 2020 Table of Contents 1. WHAKATAUKI ......................................................................................................................................... 4 2. FOREWARD ............................................................................................................................................. 4 3. INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL VALUES FOR MANA WHENUA ................................................................ 6 3.1. WHAKAPAPA ............................................................................................................................................. 6 3.1.1. Ng āti Te Ata ................................................................................................................................ 6 4. SCOPE AND ROLE OF THIS CULTURAL VALUES ASSESSMENT ................................................................... 8 4.1. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................. 8 5. STATUTORY .......................................................................................................................................... 10 5.1. PRINCIPLES OF TE TIRITI OR WAITANGI (T REATY OF WAITANGI ) ........................................................................ 10 5.2. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 .......................................................................................................... 11 5.3. AUCKLAND UNITARY PLAN (O PERATIVE IN PART ) ............................................................................................ 12 5.4. AUCKLAND PLAN 2050 AND PAPAKURA LOCAL BOARD PLAN 2017 .................................................................. 14 6. OUR CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: TRADITIONAL RELATIONSHIP, USE AND OCCUPATION AND HISTORIC HERITAGE VALUES ......................................................................................................................................... 18 6.1. DEFINING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES ................................................................................................................ 18 6.2. OBJECTIVES RELATING TO OUR CULTURAL LANDSCAPES .................................................................................... 19 6.3. CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN OUR CULTURAL LANDSCAPE ............................................................................... 20 7. TE KAITIAKITANGA O TE TAIAO ............................................................................................................. 23 7.1. PRINCIPLES AND KAITIAKI APPROACH ............................................................................................................ 23 7.1.1. Managing effects ...................................................................................................................... 25 7.1.2. The highest target or measure in planning rules and regulations .................................... 26 7.2. ELEMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 26 7.2.1. Heritage protection and recognition ...................................................................................... 27 7.2.2. Whenua ..................................................................................................................................... 33 7.2.3. Wai (Water) ............................................................................................................................... 45 7.2.4. Biodiversity ............................................................................................................................... 64 7.2.5. Open Space and Greenways plans ...................................................................................... 74 7.2.6. Sustainability ............................................................................................................................ 77 7.2.7. Infrastructure ............................................................................................................................ 84 7.2.8. Urban Design ........................................................................................................................... 87 7.2.9. Hauora ....................................................................................................................................... 90 7.2.10. Economic Development .......................................................................................................... 98 8. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................................................................... 100 8.1. LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASPIRATIONS ............................................................................................ 102 Heritage protection and recognition ..................................................................................................... 102 Whenua .................................................................................................................................................... 103 Wai ............................................................................................................................................................ 105 Biodiversity .............................................................................................................................................. 107 Open Space and greenways plans ...................................................................................................... 109 2 Sustainability ........................................................................................................................................... 109 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................................... 110 Urban Design .......................................................................................................................................... 111 Hauora ..................................................................................................................................................... 111 Economic Development ......................................................................................................................... 112 9. APPENDICES ....................................................................................................................................... 113 9.1. APPENDIX A: LIST OF PREFERRED PLANTS .................................................................................................... 113 3 1. Whakatauki Mā te whak ātu, ka mohio, m ā te mohio ka marama, m ā te marama ka matau, m ā te matau ka ora. With discussion comes knowledge, with knowledge comes light and understanding, with light and understanding comes wisdom, with wisdom comes wellness. Hingaia The ariki (chief) Hingaia . The Hingaia area, stream and its catchment, this is an area, which was, formerly, densely populated by Maori. Hingaia was an ariki (woman of high rank) who is buried at Maketu (near Stevensons quarry). The stream, which bears her name, represents her. The stream and surrounding area therefore have special meaning for Maori. Any further development needs to be considered by Iwi very carefully as any major impact on the value of traditional land and waterways will not be supported by tangata whenua. 2. Foreward This cultural values assessment is but a starting point for further engagement and dialogue given the scale, scope and future implications of the proposed Lomai Properties Ltd subdivision. Initial discussions among Ngati Te Ata have raised the following issues: Will the proposed subdivision process? • conflict with our values and our traditional and spiritual relationship to the Hingaia and Papakura footprint, the pā maunga, the Manukau Harbour and its many tributaries, and the receiving catchment? • degrade or adversely impact upon wāhi taonga and mahinga kai areas? • visually and physically compromise the integrity of maunga view shafts, landscapes and natural features including landforms, ridgelines, trees, bush, wetlands, waterways, and any other natural outstanding features? • provide an opportunity for us to reinvest in cultural, environmental, social and economic wellbeing with the intention and commitment to developing and maintaining an interactive and positive, long-term working relationship with Lomai Properties Ltd to establishing a process for working together for the purpose of achieving mutual and respective objectives. The ultimate goal is the protection, preservation and appropriate management of natural and cultural resources in a manner that recognises and provides for our interests and values, and enables positive environmental, social and economic outcomes. 4 Ngati Te Aa supports engagement and involvement that respects and provides for our cultural and traditional relationship to these areas, its unique cultural identity, and input into shaping the physical, cultural, social and economic regeneration of the Hingaia-Papakura areas. This cultural values assessment uses a lot of M āori words, as such a glossary has been provided at the end of this document. 5 3. Introduction to cultural values for mana whenua Ngati Te Ata acknowledges that there are multiple mana whenua customary interests in Hingaia-Papakura,