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Hutt Consultation Results Summary During 2010, a consultation was carried out in the Wellington region in preparation for a second generation regional plan. The first part of the public engagement was carried out between 1st July and 31st October, and this report contains the results in their original form. The engagement process consisted of a series of public workshops and a web survey. Each workshop involved a number of working groups of 3-8 people. Each working group followed through a facilitated discussion and completed a workshop template using post-it notes. Copies of the workshop agendas and a list of facilitators working for Greater Wellington are contained in the report appendices. In each section of this report, the templates are reproduced as photographs followed by transcripts of the post- it note contents. A subsequent report in the first quarter of 2011 will summarise and collate the results further. The subsequent report will also contain the results of the current series of workshops with territorial authorities and partner iwi organisations. The summary of the report provided here is based upon the numerical scales that formed the initial part of each template and that were in the web survey. Two scales were used by workshop participants, one for the natural resources in the best condition and one for the natural resources in worst condition. Individual workshop participants first selected the natural resources that they wished to evaluate in each category and then they scored the state of that resource using a visual scale. In this summary the assessments of resource state have been converted to a 1-7 scale and averaged for each workshop. The Hutt and Wainuiomata River communities met at workshops in Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt and Wainuiomata. Their combined results are shown in Figures 1 and 2. Air was consistently the resource selected as being in the best condition. Generally, water was selected as the resource in the worst condition and needing improvement. In Upper Hutt, soils were also considered to require policies aimed at improving their condition. In Upper Hutt, air was selected most commonly, as the natural resource in the best condition. Both soils and water were equally identified as the natural resources in the worst condition. Biodiversity was sometimes considered as the resource in the best condition, but more commonly considered to be in poor condition. In the Lower Hutt workshop results, natural resources were considered to be in either a very good or a very poor condition with not much inbetween. Overall, air was most often considered to be in good condition and so needing protection. Water and biodiversity were most often considered to be in poor condition and so needed improvement. Wainuiomata only had one subgroup operating at their workshop. They identified air as the resource in the best condition, and water as the resource in the worst condition. i 7 Soils 6 Air Water 5 Landscape Coastal areas f orm 4 Biodiversity 3 Average score Average 2 1 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Total observations Figure 1: A combined evaluation by the Hutt River catchment workshops of the natural resources in good condition using a 1-7 scale -7 Biodiversity -6 Soils Landscape Water -5 form -4 Coastal areas -3 Average score Average Air -2 -1 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Total observations Figure 2: A combined evaluation by the Hutt River catchment workshops of the natural resources in poor condition using a 1-7 scale ii When the results from all the workshops across the whole Wellington region are combined, air is quite definitely the natural resource most often considered to be in the best condition. The current condition of the region’s air needs to be protected for the future. Across the whole region water was most commonly considered to be the natural resource in the worst condition. The state of the region’s fresh water bodies needs to be improved for the future. The condition of the other natural resources was considered by the workshop participants to be ambiguous. Some people and some workshop groups were quite concerned by the state of the region’s biodiversity, landscape form, coastal areas and soils. Others were less so. The next report on this stage of the public engagement is due in 2011. It will explore more fully some of the suggestions from the workshops on how Greater Wellington Regional Council could improve the condition of natural resources in the region. Acknowledgements Greater Wellington acknowledges the support and energy members of the public throughout the consultation and their interest in continuing together with us in preparation of the regional plan. iii Contents Summary i 1. Upper Hutt 1 1.1 Upper Hutt group: Silver 1 1.2 Upper Hutt group: Blue 5 1.3 Upper Hutt group: Purple 9 1.4 Upper Hutt group: Orange 14 1.5 Upper Hutt group: Green 18 2. Lower Hutt 23 2.1 Lower Hutt group: Black 23 2.2 Lower Hutt group: Gold 28 2.3 Lower Hutt group: Orange 33 2.4 Lower Hutt group: Green 38 2.5 Lower Hutt group: Blue 42 2.6 Lower Hutt group: Yellow 46 2.7 Lower Hutt group: Silver 50 2.8 Lower Hutt group: Purple 54 3. Wainuiomata 58 3.1 Wainuiomata group: Orange 58 4. Appendix A: Workshop Programme 62 5. Appendix B: Workshop Facilitators 64 1. Upper Hutt 20 July 2010 1.1 Upper Hutt group: Silver Figure 3: Workshop template results for the silver group Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Relationship with Greater Wellington A score of 4 includes people who “don't know” Figure 4: Scores for the relationship between us and the Regional Council on natural resource management WGN_DOCS-#856113-V3 PAGE 1 OF 64 Scores +7 (very good) +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 Natural Air Soils Water Coastal Landscape Biodiversity Resources areas form Figure 5: Scores for the state of the best (most well looked after) natural resource in our area Natural Air Soils Water Coastal Landscape Biodiversity Resources areas form -1 -2 Whiteman -3 Valley -4 -5 -6 -7 (very poor) Figure 6: Scores for the state of the worst (most poorly looked after) natural resource in our area PAGE 2 OF 64 WGN_DOCS-#856113-V3 The benefits (and values) that we expect from local natural resources when they are in a very good state Good river trail - getting better as well! Pest animal control (some)! Clean reliable water supplies Clean drinking water Assistance from Streams Alive programme Possum control to maintain bush cover Air monitoring – clean air Clean nostrils and lungs Tourists Time out, time to reflect in bush Better use of public transport and clean air Good water quality for fish and eels Possum control minimises bird predation Clean drinking and irrigation waters Clean coast – good fishing, swimming, other water activities Tree planting – maintaining soil form geography form – maintaining or improving water quality Contemplation of the meaning of life whilst in the bush The problems that we experience from local natural resources when they are in a very poor state Major loss of productive farm land Loss of biodiversity – extinction of species Subdivide farms more traffic on roads Storm water run off Paying rates on native bush that everyone enjoys Subdivisions reduce farming capability Artesian supplies contaminated by house and road run off Pest animals Any amount of 1080 – too much What our communities can do to improve the state of natural resources in our area Keep road side tidy of rubbish Rubbish along river bank Minimise fires Get rid of pests to look after native flora and fauna. Land to replace Make more use of public transport Reduce rubbish generated Getting rid of pests, possums, rabbits, stouts, hares, weasels Be more active maintaining improving what native habitat that is left. Create more areas of native. Rates relief for dedicated regeneration areas. – meaningful relief/rebate Support neighbourhood action House water tanks WGN_DOCS-#856113-V3 PAGE 3 OF 64 Conserve water Soak pits for storm water run-off What the Regional Council can do or be, to reinforce our communities’ efforts at improving the state of natural resources Pest animal control, very haphazard Tougher measures for polluters Prevent urban sprawl onto productive farm land Control subdivisions to reduce bad environmental effects Co-ordinate volunteer groups Continue support Streams Alive Continue support Streams Alive Encourage fur trade Rate relief for landowners with mature bush Support QE II Cheaper public transport fees Support for Streams Alive Supplying seedlings for rejuvenating and replacing bush areas Work with communities to make things work Monitor streams and lakes for environmental quality Wider range of pest control services supplied Support for weed control Streams Alive Support weed control PAGE 4 OF 64 WGN_DOCS-#856113-V3 1.2 Upper Hutt group: Blue Figure 7: Workshop template results for the blue group Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Relationship with Greater Wellington A score of 4 includes people who “don't know” Figure 8: Scores for the relationship between us and the Regional Council on natural resource management WGN_DOCS-#856113-V3 PAGE 5 OF 64 Scores +7 (very good) +6 +5 +4 +3 +2 +1 Natural Air Soils Water Coastal Landscape Biodiversity Resources areas form Figure 9: Scores for the state of the best (most well looked after) natural resource in our area Natural Air Soils Water Coastal Landscape Biodiversity Resources areas form -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 (very poor) Figure 10: Scores for the state of the worst (most poorly looked after) natural resource in our area PAGE 6 OF 64 WGN_DOCS-#856113-V3 The benefits (and values) that we expect from local natural resources when they are in a very good state Management of parks by the community PD workers and rangers Lots more wood pigeons and tui Protection of our waters, hills, forests, and fauna Places for families to swim and picnic Two small marine reserves Streams with trout Increasing native bird life Control of possums Access in immediately adjacent wild areas Access to the hills and forests Wind turbines generating electricity Rivers can be swam in Preservation of natural areas, e.g.
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