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Whiringa-ā-rangi

Rupene Waaka Mahinarangi Ann-Maree Ellison Chairperson Hakaraia A.R.T Iwi Convenor Representative Representative Te Āti Awa ki Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Ngā Hapū o Ōtaki Whakarongotai

Cherie Carol Reihana Hohepa Potini Seamark Iwi Iwi Iwi Representative Representative Representative Ngāti Haumia/ Ngāti Toa Te Āti Awa ki Ngāti Toa Rangatira Whakarongotai Rangatira

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Report Back 3

Representation to standing committees 4

Haruatai space to harvest rongoā 5

Matariki on the Kāpiti Coast 6-7

Annual marae physical development and maintenance grant 8

The ART confederation of the three coastal iwi, Āti Awa, Raukawa and Toa, was set up in the 1930’s as a forum where iwi could negotiate their affairs. When ART sought a memorandum of partnership with Kāpiti Coast District Council in the 1990’s, they established Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti in 1994.

The Kāpiti Coast District Council and Iwi of this district Cover: have looked after their relationship for more than 20 Kāpiti Island, image courtesy of Pagan Lewis. years, making their collaboration unique in terms of Photographs of the Iwi Representatives from Treaty partnership arrangements in New Zealand. the 2013-16 triennium. From the beginning Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti has focused on harmonising different cultural attitudes to resources and solve local issues according to national editor’s note legislation.

Nau mai haere mai Primarily involved with issues to do with resource management, it has also worked to ensure that the Māori World view is better represented and understood in the broader community. a tatou mahi kia kaha meetings 2016 united efforts win august, october, november report back partnership achievements

It’s been an incredibly busy year for the part- nership committee. Focused on raising councils knowledge and understanding of Te Ao Māori Looking ahead across council, the members have worked On the 23rd August, Te Whakaminen- tirelessly both within council and within the ga o Kāpiti confirmed an annual work community. A key role of the committee is to in- plan that recognises the critical role fluence the matauranga Māori across the many of tāngata whenua across and within activities and critical projects such as: community planning, development and implementation of programmes • Matariki, te wiki o te reo Māori, producing the of work. As kaitaiki, our role is to annual maramataka and work with council to embed tāngata whenua values and aspirations within • District Plan, Water and or town centres pro- the sustainable management of the gramme of works district. Together with council, we aim • The Marae grant was distributed to one mar- to grow the ability of staff to recognise ae this year, the outcomes of this grant are and provide for Māori world view within included in the newsletter. A review of this the programme of works and grow the process was also conducted to review the way relationships both at the district level the grant is distributed. The current contest- and with each iwi organisation. Our able process has been replaced with an order focus will be on: to fund one marae every four years • Māori Economic Development – • Influence a strategic lens of iwi values within developing a revised strategy and strategy, policy and plan grants

• Two commissioners were recertified through • Iwi Management Plans – supporting the Making Good Decisions course iwi to develop iwi management plans

• Māori Economic Development has been a key • Working closely with marae to imple- focus including the distribution of $60,000 ment the marae grants process in grants that assist the Māori economy to • Strengthening the ways that council thrive. At the same time the grants were and iwi engage being administered, a review of the strategy was completed. The recommendations from • Enhancing the way in which council this review will be utilised to develop a revised embeds te reo Māori across pro- Māori Economic Development Strategy for grammes of work Kāpiti. Details of the grant distribution will be provided in subsequent editions of the news- • Emergent issues focused on housing, letter land, rates, treaty settlements

• Māori representation on each of councils • Implementing commemorative standing committees of Regulatory Manage- events with iwi e.g. Waitangi Day, ment Committee, Corporate Business Com- Civic Events, Citizenship Ceremonies mittee and Environment and Community • Building iwi capacity – training and • Regular partnership committee meets six development opportunities weekly representation to standing committees

While legislation stipulates that Councils must make provision for Māori participation in decision-making it does not prescribe how this should be done.

There is a wide range of mechanisms utilised A working group outlined the process for ap- by local authorities for engaging with Māori, in- pointing representatives: cluding Māori committees, appointment of iwi 1 Advertise positions externally seeking Māori representatives to Standing Committees and applicants to committees the establishment of Māori Wards. In 2012, the partnership committee Te Whakaminenga o 2 Applicants submitted curriculum vitae Kāpiti identified preferred options for enhanc- 3 Interviews conducted ing tāngata whenua participation in Council decision-making structures including: 4 Final recommendation confirmed at Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti • Retention of the partnership body

• The Chair (or their alternate) to sit at full The successful applicants were: council meetings • Māori representation to each of councils standing committee; and • Māori wards were considered but not pur- sued (a second review in 2013 also deter- mined the outcome) but retain it as an option for future representation arrangements Reina Solomon Russell Spratt Caleb Royal In 2013, the partnership reaffirmed for another Environment and Corporate Regulatory triennium, the continuation of Te Whakami- Development Business Management nenga o Kāpiti, the Chair in attendance at full Committee Committee Committee council meetings and Māori wards consid- ered for future representation arrangements. Addressing the appointment process for Māori In 2016, appointments will be made following representation to Standing Committees be- the same process above to appoint Māori rep- came the priority. These standing committees resentatives to the new standing committees were: Environment and Development Commit- of council. These committees are now: Strat- tee, Regulatory Management Committee and egy and Policy Committee and Operations and Corporate Business Committee. Finance Committee.

Image courtesy of Billie Taylor haruatai space to harvest rongoā Whatungarongaro te tāngata, toitu te whenua As man disappears from sight, the land remains

The Council’s Long Term Council Commu- nity Plan provides opportunities to ensure that: “ intangible and spiritual connection/association to the land, waahi tapu and natural and physical resources is represented and understood” In 2011 a report was commissioned by Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti into the investiga- tion of Rongoaa in Kāpiti Reserves/Parks. The findings of this report provided the basis for the development of a list of 10 common rongoā plants found on the Kāpiti Coast. Information panels in the Reo and English were also developed to sit alongside the plants providing information about the history, identification, medicinal use and preparation of each of the ten rongoā plants/trees. In July of this year, as a part of our Ma- tariki Celebrations children from local kura, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rito, Whakatupuranga Rua Mano, Ōtaki College and Ōtaki Primary came together to plant a maara rongoā at Haruatai Park. The maara rongoā will provide the com- munity with a space to harvest rongoā in a sustainable and easily accessed way as the planting is alongside the path at Haruatai. Further planting of māra rongoā are planned for Kāpiti Coast. Matariki @ Ngā Purapura: A Community Celebration of the Māori New Year run by Te Puāwaitanga o Ngā Kākano.

Matariki Pool Parties at the Aquatics Centre & Ōtaki Pool.in Tākoha Kai Foodbank drive.

Tāonga Puoro Workshop Librarian at Waikanae Library with Martine & Olly Jerome Kavanagh. making .

Left: Carving Demonstration at Paraparaumu Library with Chris Gerritzen. Teddy Bears Picnic for the littleys at Ōtaki Pool.in No: 8 Wire week . . .

Beekeeping with Pete Mackie.

Composting Otaki.

Pallet building workshop.in Kombucha. annual marae physical development and maintenance grant

Work has begun on the marae atea

Clearing the way for the work to begin

The Marae Physical Development and Maintenance Fund aims to assist marae committees within the Kāpiti Coast District with costs associated with the ongoing maintenance and protection of marae complex buildings. In particular historic buildings such as ; upgrading additional building facilities to better cater for manuhiri, tangi and other events, including the increasing commu- nity and civic use of marae, maintenance associated with urupa and marae atea and the development of papakainga and housing asso- ciated with marae. The fund is administered through a contestable grants process. This year Raukawa marae were awarded the full fund. The appli- a new way of managing the marae cation identified priority work identified in the 2010 OPUS report grant process and fund. The cur- which included: rent contestable process has been · Marae Atea – the report identified uneven paths and cracking to replaced with an order to fund the concrete which posed health and safety problems. The work one marae every four years. This to remedy this has begun with Digga Worx Ltd appointed to re- decision reached follows a review of move existing concrete and construct the new paths. Work on the the marae grants process conduct- marae atea ed for the committee. The review recommended that council grants · Roof survey to evaluate the areas the roof leaks and undertake the full grant to one marae for the repairs to the internal and external areas that are particularly next four years work. The order of problematic. The survey and repairs will proceed once at the funding for the next four years has completion of the construction of new paths. been confirmed as follows: · The grant also provides a minor contribution to the costs to insure this historic facility • 2016/2017 Whakarongotai marae • 207/2018 Katihiku marae 2016/ 2017 signals a change in the way the grant will be distribut- • 2018/2019 Tainui marae ed. On the 23 August 2016, Te Whakaminenga o Kāpiti confirmed • 2019/2020 Raukawa marae