Ngaruroro Values and Attributes Report 28 October 2016 Te Tira Wai Tuhi Kate McArthur - The Catalyst Group Morry Black - Mauri Protection Agency Marei Apatu - Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga Ngatai Huata – Auaha, Te Runanganui, Waipatu Te Ao Turoa Representative Joella Brown – Te Runanganui, Korongata Te Ao Turoa Representative Ngaio Tiuka - Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated He Rārangi Wai Ūpoko - List of Contents He Rārangi Wai Ūpoko - List of Contents .............................................................................................. ii Rārangi Whakaahua – List of Figures ................................................................................................. v Rārangi Ripanga – List of Tables ....................................................................................................... vi He Waitohu ........................................................................................................................................... vii Te Hononga Māreikura .................................................................................................................... vii He Pepeha ........................................................................................................................................ viii Whakatauki ..................................................................................................................................... viii He Mihi .............................................................................................................................................. ix Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... ix He Kōrero Whakarāpopoto - Executive Summary ................................................................................ x 1 Ngā Ngaru o Ngā Upokororo - Te Awa o Te Atua - Ngaru Roromoko Tuararo ki Rangatira ........ 1 2 High level values ............................................................................................................................. 2 3 Purpose of project, kaupapa and limitations ................................................................................ 5 3.1 Project Background ................................................................................................................ 6 3.2 Project Aims ............................................................................................................................ 6 3.3 Project Scope .......................................................................................................................... 7 3.4 Engagement ............................................................................................................................ 7 4 National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management ............................................................. 8 4.1 Values: a holistic view .......................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Improvements to the NPS-FM for tangata whenua values ................................................ 11 5 Relevant Hawke’s Bay Planning Instruments .............................................................................. 12 5.1 Hawke’s Bay Regional Resource Management Plan ........................................................... 13 5.1.1 Taonga Raranga ............................................................................................................ 15 5.1.2 Taonga Rongoā ............................................................................................................. 15 5.2 Existing descriptions of tangata whenua values in the Regional Policy Statement and Regional Plan .................................................................................................................................... 16 5.3 Hawke’s Bay Biodiversity Strategy ...................................................................................... 16 5.4 Ngaruroro Water Conservation Order ................................................................................. 17 6 The water, the land and the people ............................................................................................ 18 6.1 Tane-Nui-ā-Rangi / Waipureku - the former pathway of the Ngaruroro River to the sea ... .............................................................................................................................................. 19 6.2 Ngāti Hori Freshwater Resources Management Plan “Operation Pātiki” – Kohupatiki Marae December 2012 ..................................................................................................................... 20 6.3 Tūtaekurī Awa Management and Enhancement Plan – Ngā hapū o Tūtaekurī 2014 ........ 21 6.4 Iwi Plans ................................................................................................................................ 21 ii 6.5 Hapū Freshwater Management Units (HFMUs) .................................................................. 22 7 Wāriu Groups ............................................................................................................................... 24 8 Awa-wide wāriu ........................................................................................................................... 24 8.1 Mauri .................................................................................................................................... 25 8.1.1 Ecosystem Health ......................................................................................................... 26 8.1.2 Indigenous Riparian Margin ......................................................................................... 27 8.1.3 Natural Character ......................................................................................................... 27 8.2 Uu – Immersion .................................................................................................................... 28 8.3 Waimāori .............................................................................................................................. 28 8.4 Wairua .................................................................................................................................. 28 8.5 Kaitiakitanga ......................................................................................................................... 29 8.5.1 Ahumoana, Ahuwhenua, Mahinga Kai ........................................................................ 29 8.5.2 Te Hāpai ō … Te Tūturutanga Mahi Pono … ................................................................ 31 8.5.3 Access ............................................................................................................................ 31 8.6 Whakapapa and Ki Uta … Ki Tai … ....................................................................................... 31 8.6.1 Fish Passage .................................................................................................................. 33 9 Site and reach specific wāriu ....................................................................................................... 34 9.1 He Ara Haere ........................................................................................................................ 35 9.2 Heretaunga Muriwaihou - Aquifer recharge ....................................................................... 36 9.3 Indigenous Taonga/Tohu species habitat and spawning.................................................... 38 9.4 Waahi Taonga ....................................................................................................................... 41 9.4.1 Waahi tapu ................................................................................................................... 42 9.4.2 Ahumoana, Ahuwhenua, Mahinga Kai - sites ............................................................. 45 9.4.3 Nohoanga / Pāhī ........................................................................................................... 45 9.4.4 Tauranga waka ............................................................................................................. 45 9.4.5 Heritage and history ..................................................................................................... 46 9.4.6 Wetlands and lakes ...................................................................................................... 46 9.4.7 Māori land .................................................................................................................... 48 9.4.8 Marae / hapū ................................................................................................................ 48 10 Wāriu ki hūanga (values to attributes) .................................................................................... 52 10.1 Selection of relevant attributes ........................................................................................... 52 10.2 The matrix approach: bringing values, attributes, objectives and limits together ............ 56 11. He Kōrero Whakatau – Conclusions and Recommendations ................................................. 57 11.1 National policy direction ...................................................................................................... 57 11.2 Regional application ......................................................................................................... 57 11.3 Further outcomes of