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1/05/2017 Te Arawa is the vessel that my ancestors voyaged upon 37th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment Le Centre Sheraton Montréal Hôtel, Montréal, Canada Ngāti Pikiao are the descendents, the people I belong to 4‐7 April 2017 Matawhaura is our sacred mountain Session: Impact assessment, climate change, and lasting community wellbeing 11am Wednesday 5 April Te Roto ikite ai e Ihenga are our waters Title: Anticipatory adaptation and the Mauri Model Te Rangiunuora is our eponymous ancestral bond Te Puna Whakareia A Rākeiao is our gathering place Dr Kēpa Morgan BE, MBA, PhD, FIPENZ, LMSPPEEx General Manager, Ngāti Mākino Iwi Authority Acknowledgement and Salutations to you all. Anticipatory Adaptation Challenge Geographic Specificity Indigenous Peoples (Durie, 2005) The majority of anticipatory adaptation frameworks applied in developed nations idealize institutional and • Unity with the environment (holistic ontology) cultural readiness for their successful deployment. • Geographic relationship of belonging Anticipatory Adaptation in Marginalized Communities Within Developed Countries • Endurance over many generations (time) Boyle and Dowlatabadi 2011 • Development of a distinctive culture (identity) • System of knowledge Anticipatory Climate Change Adaptation is difficult • A unique language because CC is a global phenomenon, it is realised over • Epitomise Sustainability generations, and requires detailed ways of knowing that are geographically specific. Strategic responses are The enduring relationship that Indigenous Peoples have Legacy decisions (irreversible with longterm implications) with their territories and their ecosystems of origin 1 1/05/2017 Ways of knowing: Waitangi Tribunal pre 1990 Motunui Kaituna Manukau Rangataua Year 1983 Wai6 1984 Wai4 1985 Wai8 1990 Wai3 Claimant Te Ati Awa Ngati Pikiao Ngati Te Ata Tauranga Cmte Rohe Tai Hauauru Waiariki Manukau Tauranga Claim Pollution of reefs Pollution of river; Pollution of Potential pollution pollution of lake harbour: access of Welcome Bay Issue Petrochemical Diversion of Construction of Housing corp industry; Motunui sewage from sewage ponds, development; outfall impact on Rotorua to Kaituna airport, motorway; water right for kaimoana impact on lake use impact kaimoana sewage discharge Objection Impact on food Impact on food Impact on food Impact on food sources; cultural sources; cultural sources; cultural sources; cultural offence offence offence offence Outcome Motunui outfall $12M Scheme Harbour mgmt Sewage discharge abandonedIMPACTSabandoned; ON Land MAURIplan; Kaitiaki plan and water based sewage Removal of ponds; right abandoned disposal Beach remediation THE ATTRACTIVE FORCE BETWEEN THE PHYSICAL MAURI: a way of understanding the life supporting AND META‐PHYSICAL THAT FACILITATES ALL LIFE capacity of water, land, an Iwi, or ecosystem. Mauri Model Decision Making Framework •Four Mauri •Informs Dimensions Indicator Selection Mākino Quantification Model of Worldview Trends for Mauri Meter Dimensions • Assess • Threshold options Definition for Indicators 2 1/05/2017 No Change Tipping Points No Change Sustainability 0 0 Diminishing Enhancing Diminishing Enhancing -1 +1 -+ Mauri heke Mauri piki Mauri heke Mauri piki Exhausted Fully Restored -2 +2 Mauri noho / moe Mauri tuturu / ora Community-Based Observing Systems Ngāti Mākino Iwi Authority are proud to host our International Guest Presenters: Dr. Lilian Na’ia Alessa, International Liaison and Program Lead CBONS-SA, And Dr. Anaru Kliskey, Co-Director, Center for Resilient Communities CBONS are our people recording the character of our moana and whenua so we can understand and show how change is happening in our rohe. 3 1/05/2017 How can Impact Assessment help? Mission and Vision Integrate climate change mitigation and Kia aho matuahia te taketake – Kia tūwaerea e tau a Mākino adaptation considerations with attention to other factors affecting lasting community wellbeing; When intellect evolves to intuition and Knowledge becomes to wisdom Encourage development of climate change mitigation and adaptation plans and projects that And eventually realising our Vision: contribute to lasting community wellbeing. Ngāti Mākino determining our own future as kaitiaki of our culture, our families, and our ecosystem of origin. Listen and Empower the Indigenous Peoples The Aashukan Declaration Ngā mihi! Tēnā Koutou, Tēnā Koutou, Tēnā Koutou Kātoa! 4.