Cultural Impact Assessment of the Proposed Waikeria Prison expansion Prepared by Te Onewa Consultants for Department of Corrections 6 March 2017 Prepared by Antoine Coffin, Consultant Te Onewa Consultants Limited Reference Coffin, Antoine. Cultural Impact Assessment of the Proposed Waikeria Prison expansion File name: Final Draft Waikeria Cultural Impact Assessment_v1.5_ 17032017 Address for service Boffa Miskell Ltd PO BOX 91 250 Level 3, IBM Centre 82 Wyndham Street Auckland Prepared for Boffa Miskell Ltd Ultimate client is the Department of Corrections Image front cover Waikeria Prison for WW1 objectors, c.1923 by Archives New Zealand Tokonui Blocks Copyright The right of Antoine Coffin to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright Act 1994. © Te Onewa Consultants Limited, 2016. Page 2 of 130 Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 5 1.1 Proposal and Purpose .................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Cultural Impact Assessments ........................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Methodology ................................................................................................................................. 8 2.0 Statutory Context ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) ....................................................................................... 9 2.2 Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Act 2014 ...................................................................... 10 2.3 Protected Objects Act.................................................................................................................. 10 2.4 Otorohanga District Plan ............................................................................................................. 11 2.5 Te Ture Whaimana - Vision and Strategy .................................................................................... 11 2.6 Te Rautaki Taiao a Raukawa ........................................................................................................ 12 2.7 Ko Tā Maniapoto Mahere Taiao .................................................................................................. 13 2.8 Maniapoto Priorities for Restoration of the Waipa River ........................................................... 14 2.9 Tai Tumu Tai Pari Tai Ao (Waikato-Tainui Environmental Plan) .................................................. 14 3.0 Background ............................................................................................................................... 16 3.1 The site ........................................................................................................................................ 16 3.2 The proposal ................................................................................................................................ 16 3.3 Tangata Whenua ......................................................................................................................... 19 3.4 Te Kaumatua Roopu o Waikeria .................................................................................................. 22 3.5 Known history of the site and area ............................................................................................. 22 3.6 Ngā wai – rivers and streams ...................................................................................................... 23 3.7 Wāhi tapu and sites of significance ............................................................................................. 25 3.8 Ngahere me ngā rākau – forests and flora .................................................................................. 31 3.9 Ngā mahinga kai – fisheries and food gathering ......................................................................... 31 4.0 Assessment of Iwi Management Plans and Relevant Planning Documents ............................. 33 4.1 Raukawa Iwi Management Plan .................................................................................................. 33 4.2 Maniapoto Environmental Plan .................................................................................................. 33 4.3 Maniapoto Priorities for the Restoration of the Waipā River Catchment .................................. 34 4.4 Waikato-Tainui Iwi Environmental Plan ...................................................................................... 35 4.5 Otorohanga District Plan (Heritage Section) ............................................................................... 35 5.0 Key Consultation Outcomes ...................................................................................................... 35 5.1 Environmental Issues .................................................................................................................. 36 5.2 Wāhi tapu and sites of significance ............................................................................................. 37 5.3 The expression of tikanga and kawa through protocols ............................................................. 37 5.4 Treaty Settlements and return of ownership of lands to Iwi ...................................................... 38 Page 3 of 130 5.6 Design, Facilities and Construction ............................................................................................. 41 5.7 Rehabilitation, training and programmes ................................................................................... 41 5.8 Partnerships with iwi ................................................................................................................... 42 6.0 Assessment of Effects ............................................................................................................... 44 6.1 Effects on the relationship of tangata whenua with their ancestral lands ................................. 44 6.2 Effects on the relationship of tangata whenua with their waters .............................................. 44 6.3 Effects on the relationship of tangata whenua with their forests .............................................. 44 6.4 Effects on the relationship of tangata whenua with their wāhi tapu, sites of significance and historic heritage ................................................................................................................................ 45 6.5 Effects on the relationship of tangata whenua with their other taonga .................................... 45 6.6 Having particular regard for Kaitiakitanga .................................................................................. 45 6.7 Taking into account the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi ..................................................... 46 6.8 Issues raised by Iwi and Kaumatua Roopu o Waikeria ................................................................ 46 7.0 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................. 46 8.0 Recommendations .................................................................................................................... 48 8.1 Recommended Measures to avoid, mitigate or remedy effects of the proposal ....................... 48 8.2 Other Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 48 Key References ...................................................................................................................................... 50 Appendix A – Statutory Acknowledgement for the Pūniu River ........................................................... 53 Appendix B – Māori Design Principles ................................................................................................. 55 Appendix C – Wāhi tapu protocols ....................................................................................................... 57 Appendix D – Relevant Historic Heritage section of the Otorohanga District Plan (pp36-37) ............. 69 Appendix E – Responses to Te Rautaki Taiao a Raukawa - Raukawa Environmental Management Plan .............................................................................................................................................................. 74 Appendix F – Responses to Ko Tā Maniapoto Mahere Taiao – Maniapoto Environmental Management Plan 2015 .............................................................................................................................................. 83 Appendix G – Responses to Waikato-Tainui Environmental Plan 2013 ............................................... 99 APPENDIX H – High level Assessment of Te Ture Whaimana / Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River (Objectives) ......................................................................................................................................... 118 APPENDIX I – Map showing former land blocks taken for the purposes of the Tokanui Hospital / Waikeria Prison ................................................................................................................................... 128 Page 4 of 130 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Proposal and