From: Lisa te Heuheu To: Submissions Cc: Carol Berghan; Bronwyn Bauer-Hunt; Mike Stevens; Steven Sanson; Harry Burkhardt; rangitane Marsden Subject: Te Hiku Collective Submission on the Proposed Plan Change Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2017 3:25:48 PM Attachments: 2017-11-01_NRCSubmission_TeHikuCollective_v2.0.docx Appendix 1_Tai-Tokerau-Maori-Growth-Strategy.pdf Appendix 2_2017 11 09 NRC Regional Plan Submission - Te Hiku Iwi.pdf Appendix 2_THIDT Wellbeing priorities report update 17 07 15_.pdf Tena koe, Please find attached a formal submission from the Te Hiku Iwi Collective on the Northland Regional Council Proposed Plan Change 2017. The following documents are attached: A Copy of Te Hiku Iwi Collective Submission He Tangata, He Whenua, He Oranga – An Economic Growth Strategy for the Tai Tokerau Maori Economy Summary Documents of the Te Hiku Social Accord Should there be any queries regarding this submission please contact myself in the first instance. Naku noa na, Lisa te Heuheu (Technical Support for the Te Hiku Collective) Lisa te Heuheu | Address: PO Box 9, Turangi 3353, New Zealand | Waea: +64 27 931 8813 | TE HIKU IWI COLLECTIVE SUBMISSION: Proposed Regional Plan for Northland 2017 15 November 2017 1/11/2017 Te Hiku Iwi Collective Submission – Proposed Regional Plan for Northland 2017 Page 2 of 15 Contact Details for Submission Contact Person: Lisa Te Heuheu Address for Service: PO Box 9, Turangi 3353 Phone Number: +64 27 9318813 The Te Hiku Collective wishes to be heard in regards to this submission. The Te Hiku Collective may join other submitters if there are similar concerns This submission has been approved for release by: Te Rūnganga o Te Rarawa Te Runanga o NgāiTakoto Te Aupouri Iwi Ngati Kuri Iwi Trust Board Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust 1/11/2017 Te Hiku Iwi Collective Submission – Proposed Regional Plan for Northland 2017 Page 3 of 15 1. Introduction 1.1. This submission on the Proposed Regional Plan for Northland – September 2017 (Proposed Plan) is a collective submission between Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupouri, NgāiTakoto and Te Rarawa Iwi, with the addition of Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust 1.2. The submission represents common views and areas of concern from a collective perspective and, it does not prevent each iwi individually undertaking their own submission. However, in the spirit of unity and strength in the Far North, the Te Hiku Iwi collective provide this submission to further advance areas of concern in regards to the Proposed Plan. 2. Background and Context 2.1. The Te Hiku Claims Settlement Act 2015 (the Act) gives effect to Deeds of Settlement signed between 2012 and 2014 by the Crown and four Far North iwi: Ngati Kuri, Te Aupouri, NgaiTakoto and Te Rarawa. There are also provisions in the Act to protect the interests of the fifth Te Hiku iwi, Ngati Kahu. 2.2. The following components make up the Act: a. Ngati Kuri Claims Settlement Act (Parts 1 – 3); b. Te Aupouri Claims Settlement Act (Parts 4 – 7); c. NgaiTakoto Claims Settlement Act (Parts 8 – 10); d. Te Rarawa Claims Settlement Act (Parts 11 – 13); e. Ngati Kahu Accumulated Rentals Trust Act (Part 14); and f. amendment to the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977 (Part 15).1 2.3. The Te Hiku Deed of Settlement is a binding agreement between the Crown and the four Far North Iwi that settles grievances, provides a 1 Office of Treaty Settlements, 2015. The Te Hiku Claim Settlement – Supplementary Departmental Report 1/11/2017 Te Hiku Iwi Collective Submission – Proposed Regional Plan for Northland 2017 Page 4 of 15 formal apology from the Crown to Iwi, and registers the return of assets and allows for a formal agreement of work to be undertaken to implement the settlement. 2.4. In line with the settlement Te Hiku Iwi have also worked with the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) in 2015 to look at productive potential of their Mori freehold land assets. The purpose of this project was to sustainably increase productivity through the development of a Te Hiku Farming Collective, utilising farms currently in Maori/iwi ownership and farms returned as part of their Treaty settlement. The intention was to form a beef and sheep collective that will build scale through influencing the value end of the market chain. 2.5. The key benefits from the project were to: a. Identification of opportunities for bringing together Maori farms in the Far North district (Northland); b. Enabling Maori farm owners to make an informed decision as to whether to participate in a Te Hiku Beef and Sheep collective that influences the market end of the value chain; c. Leveraging off nearby farms and encourage better connection; and d. Establishing a beef and sheep collective that will build scale to influence the market end of the value chain.2 2.6. In 2015 the Iwi Chief Executives Forum published; He Tangata, He Whenua, He Oranga – An Economic Growth Strategy for the Tai Tokerau Māori Economy (attached as Appenidx 1) . It outlines five tikanga mahi strands which create a platform of strategic interventions: 2 Ministry of Primary Industries, 2015. Maori Agribusiness: Pathway to Productivity Programme - Te Hiku Farm Collective Project 1/11/2017 Te Hiku Iwi Collective Submission – Proposed Regional Plan for Northland 2017 Page 5 of 15 . Mana is the assertion of influence to advocate for a political and policy setting that enables the Maori economy to grow . Whai pono is the pursuit of growth from an informed evidence based position . Matauranga builds the capability and capacity for whanau to create their own intergenerational wellbeing and independence . Whai rawa is the leadership platform of cultural and commercial excellence to build intergenerational equity . Mahi Ngatahi collaborates with trusted friends of similar ideologies to pursue shared outcomes3 2.7. He Tangata, He Whenua, He Oranga focuses on these five high level strategic interventions, intended to stimulate the necessary shift in pathology required to create an environment that reinforces Maori prosperity and wellness in Te Taitokerau4. 2.8. In 2013 MPI produced a report titled ‘Northland – Potential for Primary Industry Growth”. The report was to start a conversation with regions in achieving their potential in primary industries. Within the report t identified success factors which by 2025 would show an increase in: . Household income (2012 annual average household income $60,000). Employment (2012 unemployment 9.5%) . Primary Industry Jobs (4,450 in 2012) . Qualifications of school leavers (in 2011, 68% of 18 year olds attained NCEA L2 or higher) . Value of exports out of Northport ($766 million in 2012)5 2.9. One of the pillars indentified to achieve these targets is Optimise Māori Land Use. The report outlines that optimising 116,000 hectares of Māori freehold land in Northland over the next years has the economic potential to produce: 3 Far North District Council, 2016. Three Year Economic Development Action Plan 2016 – 2018. 4 Tai Tokerau Iwi Chief Executives Forum, 2015. He Tangata, He Whenua, He Oranga – An Economic Growth Strategy for the Tai Tokerau Mori Economy. 5 Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation, 2013. Economic Activity Report 1/11/2017 Te Hiku Iwi Collective Submission – Proposed Regional Plan for Northland 2017 Page 6 of 15 . $714 million gross output; . $331 million gross contribution to GDP; and . 331 FTE jobs created6 2.10. In 2017 Te Taitokerau Māori Forestry Collective with support from the Whenua Māori Fund of $266,000 is trialling a prototype and attracting new investors. Te Taitokerau Māori Forestry Collective has a current membership of 10 Māori Trusts/Incorporations who collectively own over 32,000ha of land. The funded project is a prototype that will plant up to 813ha in exotic pine between five of the trusts and will enable the collective to capture key learnings and information for its other members to begin bringing their lands into production. The collective seeks to increase the productive use of Māori owned assets, increase employment and skills in the region by trialling this prototype to attract new investors. Their vision statement ‘kua oti to tātou whare whakairo’ emphasises self-determination and self-reliance7. 2.11. It is within this context that Te Hiku Collective focus their submission on the Proposed Plan. The settlement has provided for the return of significant assets that are in their development phase. The ability to achieve production potential relies on appropriate rules within the Proposed Plan. The Proposed Plan and its implementation needs to support the development potential of the Te Hiku Collective and their assets, as well as the wider Northland Region. 2.12. The Te Hiku Collective also have social outcomes across the four Far North Iwi through the development of the Te Hiku Social Accord, a summary of the key aspects of the Accord are provided in Appendix 2. Te Hiku Social Accord is about empowering whanau living in Te Hiku o Te Ika and helping them to improve the quality of their lives. The Accord was Signed by the Prime Minister and his Ministers in Waitangi 5th February in 2013. 6 Price Waterhouse Coopers for Ministry of Primary Industries, 2013. Growing the Productive Base of Māori Freehold Land. 7 Te Puni Kōkiri, 2017. https://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/mo-te-puni-kokiri/our-stories-and-media/whenua- maori-fund-2017#.WgpaW7aB1sM 1/11/2017 Te Hiku Iwi Collective Submission – Proposed Regional Plan for Northland 2017 Page 7 of 15 2.13. The Accord is about Crown agencies working collaboratively with Te Hiku iwi on the co-design of solutions for our whanau and community in Te Hiku. Te Hiku has been and will continue to meet regularly with Government Departments to ensure they are meeting their obligations to remove disparities and create socio-economic equity for our iwi, hapu and whanau.