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OFFICIAL Wai 215, S7 Wai 215 Tauranga Moana Inquiry THE TANGATA WHENUA EXPERIENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENTS (INCLUDING TOWN AND DISTRICT PLANNING) IN THE TAURANGA MOANA INQUIRY DISTRICT SINCE 1991 A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN TAURANGA MOANA SINCE 1991 Prepared for Corban Revell and Waitangi Tribunal by Boffa Miskell Limited September 2006 A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN TAURANGA MOANA SINCE 1991 Prepared by: Level 2 ____________________ 116 on Cameron Antoine Coffin Cnr Cameron Road and Wharf Street Senior Cultural Advisor PO Box 13 373 Tauranga 3030, New Zealand Telephone: +64 7 571 5511 Facsimile: +64 7 571 3333 and Date: 12 September 2006 Reference: T06096_006 Peer review by: Status: Final ____________________ Craig Batchelar Senior Principal Planner This document and its content is the property of Boffa Miskell Limited. Any unauthorised employment or reproduction, in full or part is forbidden. WAITANGI TRIBUNAL A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN TAURANGA MOANA SINCE 1991 1.0 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Project Brief ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Personnel.......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Methodology................................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 Literature Review........................................................................................................................... 4 1.4.1 Claimant Evidence.......................................................................................................... 4 1.4.2 Local Authority and SmartGrowth Literature....................................................... 6 1.4.3 Public Library.................................................................................................................... 6 1.4.4 NZ Historic Places Trust................................................................................................ 6 1.5 Local Authorities within Inquiry ............................................................................................... 7 2.0 District Plans............................................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Development of District Plans .................................................................................................. 9 2.2 Maori involvement in plan development............................................................................10 2.3 Key aspects of the district plan relating to Tangata whenua.......................................11 2.4 Review of District Plans.............................................................................................................12 3.0 Zoning ...................................................................................................................................... 13 3.1 Overview.........................................................................................................................................13 3.2 Impact of the zones on Tangata whenua ...........................................................................15 3.3 The relevant zones of the remaining significant areas of Maori land in Tauranga ........................................................................................................................................16 3.4 Motiti Island and Tuhua (Department of Internal Affairs)............................................16 4.0 Other Planning Documents................................................................................................. 17 4.1 NZ Coastal Policy Statement ...................................................................................................17 4.2 Operative Bay of Plenty Regional Policy Statement.........................................................18 4.3 Regional Coastal Environment Plan......................................................................................21 4.4 New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register .......................................................................23 4.5 New Zealand Archaeological Association Site Record Scheme....................................24 4.6 Crown sites of significance ......................................................................................................25 4.7 Draft Tauranga Harbour Integrated Management Strategy........................................26 4.8 Regional Land Transport Strategy 2004 & Draft Regional Land Transport Strategy 2006................................................................................................................................26 4.9 Bay of Plenty Regional Waste Strategy June 2004...........................................................27 4.10 Bay of Plenty Regional Pest Management Strategy 2003-2008..................................27 4.11 Marine Protected Area Policy and Implementation Plan...............................................28 4.12 Heritage Strategy ........................................................................................................................28 4.13 Catchment Plans..........................................................................................................................28 T06096_006 Page i WAITANGI TRIBUNAL A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN TAURANGA MOANA SINCE 1991 5.0 Financial and Development Contributions...................................................................... 28 5.1 Local Government Regime 1991 ............................................................................................28 5.2 Recent Changes............................................................................................................................29 5.3 Impact on Tangata whenua.....................................................................................................29 6.0 Case Study - Matapihi........................................................................................................... 30 7.0 Structures for Engagement with Tangata Whenua....................................................... 33 7.1 Environment Bay of Plenty (Bay of Plenty Regional Council)........................................33 7.2 Tauranga City Council................................................................................................................36 7.2.1 Initial relationships......................................................................................................36 7.2.2 Communication with Tangata Whenua...............................................................38 7.2.3 Tauranga Moana Tangata Whenua Collective 2006........................................39 7.2.4 Hapu Protocols ..............................................................................................................41 7.3 Western Bay of Plenty District Council ................................................................................41 7.4 SmartGrowth Combined Tangata Whenua Forum .........................................................42 7.5 New Zealand Historic Places Trust ........................................................................................44 8.0 Tangata Whenua Response to Resource Management Matters ................................ 45 8.1 The role of Iwi Management Plans........................................................................................45 8.2 Other Documents........................................................................................................................46 8.3 Tangata Whenua legal challenges to resource management matters ....................47 8.4 Tauranga Maori concerns about intensive residential housing..................................49 8.5 Concerns about Wahi tapu and cultural heritage............................................................51 8.6 Concerns about Wastewater and Tauranga Harbour.....................................................53 8.7 Key Developments and Resource Management Issues..................................................64 9.0 Local and Central government Co-ordination................................................................. 65 9.1 Local and Central Government Co-ordination...................................................................65 10.0 Observations........................................................................................................................... 66 11.0 Acknowledgements............................................................................................................... 69 12.0 Bibliography............................................................................................................................ 70 T06096_006 Page ii WAITANGI TRIBUNAL A STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING IN TAURANGA MOANA SINCE 1991 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Brief The project brief is outlined in the Waitangi Tribunal direction commissioning research dated 28th July 2006. The commission authorises preparation of a research report on behalf of the Tauranga Moana Claimants examining the Tangata whenua experience of environmental planning and management developments (including town and district planning) in the Tauranga Moana inquiry since 1991. The