Appendix N: Kaitiaki Plan The Kaitiaki Plan with Ngati Te Ata dated 1 March 2011 is appended to this Agreement in accordance with Designation condition 123. Its attachment to this Agreement does not impose contractual obligations on either party and is not intended to alter either party’s rights or obligations under this Agreement. DOC REF 14063992_8 Kaitiaki Plan 16 Kaitiaki Plan Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitu te whenua People come and go, the land remains For the Purpose of the PPP Prison Project at Wiri Ngāti Te Ata 1 March 2011 1 Contents 1. Purpose of the Kaitiaki Plan .............................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Mana whenua and the Wiri site .............................................................................................. 4 1.2 Why a Kaitiaki Plan? ............................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Relationship between this Kaitiaki Plan and the Land Designation (RMA) process ................... 5 2. What's important to us ..................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Meaningful relationships ......................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Kaitiakitanga outcomes ........................................................................................................... 6 3. Protocols and assumptions guiding engagement .............................................................................. 7 3.1 Guiding principles.................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 Assumptions ........................................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Mana whenua engagement in the process .............................................................................. 7 4. Whakapapa – genealogy and association to the land ....................................................................... 9 4.1 Ngāti Te Ata and Te Ākitai’s common ties to Matukutureia ..................................................... 9 4.2 Pepeha .................................................................................................................................. 10 4.3 Te Kaitiakitanga o Matukutureia ............................................................................................ 10 5. Te Ao Māori (Māori worldview) ...................................................................................................... 11 5.1 Mana whenua ....................................................................................................................... 11 5.2 Kaitiakitanga ......................................................................................................................... 11 5.3 The evolution of kaitiakitanga ............................................................................................... 11 6. Relationship expectations ............................................................................................................... 12 6.1 Ngāti Te Ata / Te Ākitai and the Department ......................................................................... 12 6.2 Ngāti Te Ata / Te Ākitai and the Contracted Firm ................................................................... 12 6.3 The Contracted Firm and sub-contractors.............................................................................. 12 2 7. Expressing kaitiakitanga at Wiri ...................................................................................................... 13 7.1 Our approach to kaitiakitanga suggestions ............................................................................ 13 7.2 Ideas are the starting points for future discussions ................................................................ 13 7.3 Incorporating tikanga ............................................................................................................. 13 7.4 Rehabilitation and reintegration for prisoners ....................................................................... 15 7.5 Contribution to community capacity building and partnerships ............................................. 16 8. Glossary of Māori terms used ......................................................................................................... 18 APPENDIX ONE – Recognition of mana whenua................................................................................... 19 APPENDIX TWO – Mandate from Ngāti Te Ata..................................................................................... 20 3 1. Purpose of the Kaitiaki Plan 1.1 Mana whenua and the Wiri site Ngāti Te Ata and Te Ākitai are the recognised mana whenua iwi of the Wiri prison site1 and surrounding land including Matukutureia, the maunga (mountain) directly adjacent to the site. As we understand it during the procurement process for the Public Private Partnership (PPP) of the men’s prison at Wiri (PPP Prison Project), there is an expectation that the Department of Corrections (the Department) and the firms bidding for the prison contract (Bidders) will engage with us as mana whenua iwi in order to establish the nature of relationships if the proposed prison goes ahead. The recognition of our mana whenua status acknowledges the special ancestral, cultural and spiritual association that we have to the Wiri site and the surrounding land. Our relationships with the Department and Bidders should observe our role as mana whenua or 'Kaitiaki', guardians over the land. The Kaitiaki role carries certain obligations regarding kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga – guardianship and protection of the land and certain hosting and welfare responsibilities for the people that occupy the land (our manuwhiri or visitors). From Ngāti Te Ata and Te Ākitai’s perspective, an ongoing relationship with both the Department and the firm contracted to design, build and operate the prison (Contracted Firm), will go some way towards upholding the Crown’s responsibility to Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. Of course, the nature of these relationships, and therefore how well the Crown is discharging its Treaty of Waitangi obligations with regards to the activity at Wiri, is yet to be determined. 1.2 Why a Kaitiaki Plan? This Kaitiaki Plan is a result of the joint efforts of individuals affiliated to both Ngāti Te Ata and Te Ākitai. We have drafted this Kaitiaki Plan to ensure that our views as mana whenua iwi are clearly expressed and well understood by the Department and the Bidders with regard to the PPP Prison Project. We believe that this Kaitiaki Plan should be used as a starting point to inform further discussions on the nature of any relationships established going forward. This is important given that there is a Request for Proposal (RFP) requiring the Contracted Firm to establish and maintain a relationship with us. At a practical level the Kaitiaki Plan can: 1. Be used by Bidders to inform further discussions with us on the nature of any relationship we may have with the Contracted firm and the prison; 2. Enable Bidders to build kaitiakitanga suggestions included in the plan into their proposals where appropriate; 3. Allow visibility around what is important to us as the mana whenua iwi participating in New Zealand's first PPP; and 4. Enable the Department to ensure a level playing field for the Bidders by distributing this plan to all Bidders. 1 See Appendix One for reasons for recognising Ngāti Te Ata and Te Ākitai as mana whenua for the purpose of the PPP Prison Project. 4 1.3 Relationship between this Kaitiaki Plan and the Land Designation (RMA) process The proposed prison site is located on land that is currently designated under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) for the current Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Facility (ARWCF). To enable the proposed men’s prison to be constructed and operated, an amendment to the existing RMA designation is required. This involves a publicly notified process under the RMA, and a hearing will be held in May 2011. As part of that process, consultation on various mana whenua and cultural issues has occurred, resulting in a Cultural Impact Assessment Report being submitted with the Department's RMA application in October 2010. Since that time, evidence has been prepared in January 2011 to provide an update on this process and a further draft cultural impact report has been prepared in consultation with members of Ngāti Te Ata and Te Ākitai. While this Kaitiaki Plan has been informed by that RMA consultation process, and is consistent with it, the predominant focus of this plan is to address the perpetual Kaitiaki practices at the site, and the relationships arising with the Contracted Firm. 5 2. What's important to us “The prison should be an asset to the community”. 2.1 Meaningful relationships The Department has specified in the RFP that the Contracted Firm must have a meaningful relationship with mana whenua iwi. In our view any relationship established requires discussion and understanding about what is important to both parties. We set out below what is important to us in having a relationship with the Contracted Firm: 1. The Contracted Firm ought to acknowledge Ngāti Te Ata and Te Ākitai as the iwi who have mana whenua status of the Wiri site for the purpose of the prison development and operation; and 2. Any relationship