Minutes – Murupara Community Board 29 June 2020 MURUPARA COMMUNITY BOARD MEETING AT THE Details of MURUPARA SERVICE CENTRE, CIVIC SQUARE, MURUPARA Meeting: ON MONDAY, 29 JUNE 2020 COMMENCING AT 10.02 AM Board Members J K Te Amo (Chairperson), O K Hynes, B G Present: Rangiaho and Councillor A R Silcock T Chapman (Debt Management/Māori Land Rating Officer) In attendance: and H J Storey (Governance Support Advisor) L Graham, C Merriman, A Heather, M Merriman, T Savage, R Visitors: Brown, N Aramoana, S Marama, K Paul Apologies: Board Members M M N Jenner and A W O’Brien

The meeting was opened with a Karakia from Kaumatua J Tupe

1 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

No conflicts of interest were recorded.

2 PUBLIC FORUM

2.1 L Graham – Galatea Playcentre Ms Graham said that the Playcentre were asking for financial help, noting that they were an individual operation under the BOP Regional Association of NZ Playcentre Federation and were licenced as an early childhood centre. She advised that they were whānau led so were not in the business of earning an hourly fee caring for children and their primary source of income was bulk funding from the Ministry of Education based on an hourly attendance. Ms Graham said that 50% of the grant was provided to the national organisation and the remaining income was for all costs related to running the centre. Ms Graham noted that the Centre were seeking funding from external providers to put towards the running costs but with the recent health and safety compliance regulations, the costs went over budget and the reserves they had in hand had to be used. She noted that with the Covid lockdown, the centre had been closed so the funding that they would have normally had coming in during this time did not come in. Mr Graham advised that the Playcentre values were about learning filters and sessions included unstructured learning by doing and playing and was community led by teachers and parents. She said this was what kids did best, being children, playing with access to resources and materials and at the same time parents learnt to see how the children interact around these. There were currently 19 children and 12 families at the Playcentre and the direct need was to cover all costs so that they could meet the needs of the community and enable the parents to spend more time on resources and spend time with the tamariki and less on time on compliance costs. Ms Graham said that the group asking for a contribution of $2,700 which was equal to the cost of running the centre for one term. She noted that the power costs were $1,500 per annum and said that an approach to the power company last year for assistance had not been successful. Attendance: L Graham left the meeting at 10.14 am

A1739642 Page 1 of 5 2.2 C Merriman – Waikakariki Ltd Refer to pages 4a-c of the tabled documents Mr Merriman tabled a precise of the personnel involved with the local firm Waikakariki Limited and said that they were working in and around Murupara and had extensive experience in wetlands, with 6 full and some part time workers. The group were working with DOC, Regional Council, local Kohanga Reo and the Kindergarten and were asking for assistance to create a partnership with the Council to move forward in the area. Mr Merriman said that there was a lot of potential workers in the area, especially youth who they wanted to see gainfully employed. In response to a question relating to the recent clearing of some empty sections in the town, Mr Merriman said that the workers had nothing to do and had noticed that no maintenance had been done on the sections for a long time so they cleaned them up.

2.3 Aroha-Rose Heather and Marie Merriman Ms Heather said that she and her husband had moved back to manage the Ngāti Manawa farm in 2011 and since then had been picking up rubbish from various sites around the area on a regular basis. She said that people needed to be educated to do the right thing and as there was a free dump there was no excuse for people to randomly dump their rubbish. Ms Heather advised that she put regular posts on the “You know you are from Murupara” facebook page and had posted a message earlier in the day to encourage people to report offenders to the Police and made a plea to those dumping rubbish to stop. She cared deeply for the whenua with the rivers and hills it was paradise, but future generations needed to be taught not to dump their rubbish for others to pick up. Ms Heather said when she found rubbish she searched through it to find names and had been known to put the rubbish back onto their property. She advised that she had spoken about rubbish years ago and nothing seems to have been done. Ms Heather said that some empty sections in town had rubbish and burnt out homes and this was not a good look for the town and suggested that Waikakariki Limited be given work to tidy these up. Ms Heather said that she and her family were out there doing it and would continue to be out there without any thought for money, but noted that it was important to share awareness and education in schools so that the tamariki go home and teach their parents a thing or two about caring for the environment. Ms Heather noted that the behaviour of some people in the town was dangerous, especially those who were constantly doing burnouts and asked that judder bars be installed to stop this from continuing to occur. She said she believed that it was the individuals themselves that had to take care of the town and residents needed to be educated on how to do this. Ms Heather said that she did not want to see people getting hurt because of the bad behaviour of some. Ms Heather advised that to detract illegal dumping at the Baily Bridge, a fencing contractor was going to fence off the access areas. She noted that all sorts of rubbish and carcases were being dumped in the area and it was leaching into the awa where locals drink and swim and this was a big concern. Ms Merriman advised that they had come full circle and the only solution seemed to be to put rocks by the parks and the church on Miro Drive to stop people doing wheelies on the grass and damaging these areas. She said she did not like going out and seeing the grass all ripped up and asked why we had to lock and chain everything up when it came back to the individuals and families to stop it from happening in the first place. Ms Aramoana noted that the same problem was happening at the Matahina dam where the toilets had been burnt down and there were no longer any rubbish bins. She said that she walked the land a lot and was always picking up cans, plastic and rubbish bags from the land to stop it from going into the awa. Water was life and there were general concerns that there needed to be processes in place to manage waste for the betterment of the area.

A1739642 Page 2 of 5 Discussion ensued and it was noted that with the Covid lockdown there were no tourist in the area but the dumping of rubbish still occurred which indicated that it was coming from within the communities. The Pare Kore recycling programme was introduced to Marae to help teach the families good practices. It was agreed that collectively there was a need for the community to work together as a team to come up with some community led solutions. All present agreed form a working party to progress the matter and to arrange a community meeting as the first step forward. A working party meeting was set for Monday, 13 July 2020 at 10 am to provide a strategy to address the issues raised at a public community meeting. Attendance: Members of the Public left the meeting at 10.52 am

3 CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES:

3.1 Murupara Community Board 25 May 2020 Refer to pages 5-11 of the agenda. RESOLVED: THAT the minutes of the Murupara Community Board meeting held on Monday, 25 May 2020 be confirmed as a true and correct record. Silcock/Rangiaho CARRIED

4 REPORTS

4.1 Activity Report to June 2020 Refer to pages 12-67 of the agenda. Kaumatua Tupe left the meeting while Members discussed arrangements for koha. It was noted that while the Kaumatua did not expect any payment, Members needed to be mindful of ensuring that he had adequate notice of meetings, transport to meetings and events out of town and was included in any social events put on by the Board. It was agreed that a gift be provided at the end of each year as a mark of appreciation for his support and for ensuring that Members had appropriate cultural support. Kaumatua Tupe returned to the meeting. Members noted that they valued his role as Board Kaumatua and respected his input and cultural support. It was requested that in future reports, the solid waste figures include comparisons with the previous year. It was also noted that due to the high contamination rate, an article be included in the next newsletter providing information on the correct materials for the recycling bins. Discussion ensued on accumulation of rubbish and unkempt empty sections in Murupara and it was requested that this be included in the community hui. The Debt Management/Māori Land Rating Officer advised that the maintenance of the sections were the owners responsibility and although the Council were perusing rates for these sections, abandonment and rating sales could take six years. It was requested that a letter be sent to the owners of 55 Tawa Street, pointing out the dangers of the burnout house and asking them to clear their property. It was also noted that there was an active walking group in the area and requested that contact be made by staff regarding the Active Whakatāne programme.

A1739642 Page 3 of 5 RESOLVED: THAT the Activity Report to June 2020 be received. Silcock/Rangiaho CARRIED

4.2 Requests for Funding Refer to pages 68-106 of the agenda. RESOLVED: 1. THAT the Request for Funding – Galatea Playcentre, Ruatāhuna Youth Group report be received; and 2. THAT $2,700 be allocated from the Murupara Community Board Discretionary Fund to the Galatea Playcentre towards the cost of running the centre. Hynes/Bicknell CARRIED RESOLVED: THAT $2,000 be allocated from the Murupara Community Board Discretionary Fund to the Ruatāhuna Youth Group towards the cost of the Rural Tamariki on Bikes programme. Rangiaho/Bicknell CARRIED

5 CHAIRPERSON AND SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS

5.1 Chairperson’s Report – June 2020 Refer to pages 107-109 of the agenda. Members noted that they wished to receive training on the Long Term Plan, the RMA, basic Te Reo and Climate Change. The Chairperson advised that she would translate the Board’s Strategic Plan into Te Reo Māori. It was agreed that a focus also needed to be made on positive events that were occurring in the ward area and how people come up with solutions for issues that concern them. An example was a group picking the buds of flowers before they opened on a privet hedge in Waiōhau so that it did not cause health problems for those living around it. RESOLVED: THAT the Chairperson’s Report – June 2020 be received Te Amo/Hynes CARRIED

5.2 Minutes – Combined Community Board Meeting 21 May 2020 Refer to pages 110-116 of the agenda. Correction: It noted that Councillor Silcock attended the Zoom meeting regarding the contamination of the Murupara water supply. RESOLVED:

A1739642 Page 4 of 5 THAT the minutes of the Combined Community Board meeting held on Thursday, 21 May 2020 be received. Silcock/Rangiaho CARRIED

5.3 Next Meeting It was agreed that the next Board meeting be held at the Galatea Hall on Monday, 14 September 2020.

THE MEETING CLOSED WITH A KARAKIA FROM KAUMATUA J TUPE AT 12 NOON

Confirmed this day of

CHAIRPERSON

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