AGENDA PAPERS Te Rūnanga Papa Atawhai o Tāmaki Makaurau AUCKLAND CONSERVATION BOARD AGENDA FOR THE 146TH MEETING OF THE AUCKLAND CONSERVATION BOARD TO BE HELD VIA ONLINE VIDEO CONFERENCE, FROM 8.30AM ON WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE 2020 MEMBERS: Ms Lyn Mayes Chairperson Dr Andrew Jeffs Board member Mr Nathan Kennedy Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau – Marutūāhu rōpū Mr Fale Lesa Board member Ms Nicola MacDonald Board member Mr Malcolm Page Board member Mrs Robin Taua-Gordon Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau – Waiohua Tāmaki rōpū Mr Glenn Wilcox Ngā Mana Whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau – Ngāti Whātua rōpū Ms Natalie Hansby Board Member Dr José Derraik Board Member Mr Pengbo Jiang Board Member Ms Kate Waterhouse Board Member Auckland Conservation Board Te Rūnanga Papa Atawhai o Tāmaki Makaurau 3 June 2020 Virtual Meeting Action D Decision Required A Advice Required I Information Only Agenda Item Time Topic Speaking/Lead Action Page 1 8.30am Welcome Chair I Board Administration 2 8.35am Apologies Chair A 3 8.40am Confirm Agenda Chair D 4 8.45am Conflicts of Interest for the Meeting Chair A 1 5 8.50am Minutes Chair D 2 6 8.55am Actions Chair A 11 7 9.00am Correspondence Chair D 16 8 9.05am Budget Chair I (tabled) 9 9.15am Forward Meeting Schedule Chair D 18 Governance 10 9.20am Chair’s Report Chair I 19 11 9.30am Annual Work Plan Priorities Chair D 23 12 9.45am Director’s Report Ops Director I 27 13 9.55am Operation Managers’ Report Ops Managers I 29 14 10.05am Partnerships Group Report Partnerships I 39 10.15am Morning Tea (15mins Break) Governance Continued 15 10.30am Kauri Protection Report Ops Managers I 43 16 10.40am Threatened Species Report Chair I 48 17 10.50am Update on Aotea Conservation Nicola MacDonald I 52 / Kate Waterhouse 18 10.55am Heritage Management Presentation Raewyn Hutchings I 60 19 11.30am CMS Implementation Monitoring John Galilee I 61 Report 20 11.40am CMS Milestones Reporting John Galilee I 68 21 11.50am CMS Supplementary Milestones John Galilee D 78 12.10pm Lunch Break (1 hr Break) Governance Continued 22 1.10pm Concession and Translocation Report Rebecca Rush I 83 23 1.20pm RMA Activities Report Georgia Rastovich I 96 24 1.30pm RMA Presentation Amy Robinson I 99 25 2.10pm Sub-Committee Reports Sub-Committee A 110 • Board Communications Strategy Chairs 26 2.45pm NZCA Report Nicole Anderson I (verbal) ACB – 3 June 2020 Agenda – DOC-6268738 27 2.50pm Liaison Reports Liaison Members I (verbal) 28 2.55pm Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game Andrew Jeffs I (verbal) Council Advocacy 29 3.00pm Public Forum Chair A (verbal) General Business/Reflections 30 3.10pm General Business/Review Chair A (verbal) • Board achievements Meeting Close ACB – 3 June 2020 Agenda – DOC-6268738 Auckland Conservation Board Agenda Item: 4 Meeting No. 146 AUCKLAND CONSERVATION BOARD REGISTER OF INTERESTS and IDENTIFICATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST For meeting on 3 June 2020 Please use this form to update your register of interests and to note any actual or perceived Conflict of Interest with regard to any agenda item for this meeting Name Register of Interests ………………………………………………………………… update ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… Identification of any actual or perceived ………………………………………………………………… conflict of interest with regard to any ………………………………………………………………… agenda item ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… Signed (ACB member) Date DOC-2969085 1 Auckland Conservation Board Te Rūnanga Papa Atawhai o Tāmaki Makaurau 28 February 2020 Meeting Meeting 145, held at 7.30am, ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland Viaduct, Auckland Unconfirmed minutes PRESENT: Lyn Mayes, Chairperson José Derraik Natalie Hansby Andrew Jeffs Pengbo Jiang – from Item 14 Fale Lesa Kate Waterhouse Glenn Wilcox – for Items 1-3 APOLOGIES: Nathan Kennedy Nicola MacDonald Malcolm Page Robin Taua-Gordon WAIKATO CONSERVATION BOARD: Alan Cockle, Chairperson – for Items 1-6 Flora Bartholomew – for Items 1-6 Joyce Birdsall – for Items 1-6 Fiona Gower – for Items 1-6 Pauline Hickey – for Items 1-6 Melissa King-Howell – for Items 1-6 Regan Robinson – for Items 1-6 Clare St Pierre – for Items 1-6 Scott Summerfield – for Items 1-21 IN ATTENDANCE: John Galilee, Department of Conservation Statutory Manager, Auckland Olivia Keane, Department of Conservation Administration Officer, Auckland Andrew Baucke, Department of Conservation Director Operations, Auckland, for Items 1-14 Kirsty Prior, Department of Conservation, Operations Manager Mainland, for Items 1-14 Sam Thomas, Department of Conservation, Marine Policy Manager, for Item 4 Dr Rochelle Constantine, University of Auckland, for Item 5 DOC-6135720 2 2 Mihi Whakatau / Karakia Glenn Wilcox opened the meeting at 8.00 am with a karakia and welcome. Alan Cockle responded. Agenda item 1 – Introductions and welcome from the Board Chairs Lyn Mayes welcomed everyone to the meeting. Members of the Waikato and Auckland Conservation Board introduced themselves to Minister Sage. They noted that this was their first joint meeting since 2011. Agenda items 2 & 3 – Minister Sage – Key Discussion Items & Open Forum Marine issues Andrew Jeffs introduced the topic. There is frustration at the lack of progress towards halting the decline of the marine environment. The Sea Change report has a number of recommendations that should be moved forward. He identified a number of issues such as impacts on seabirds, the “Niagara” wreck, marine dumping, and lack of protection for marine mammals such as Maui’s dolphin. An update on progress by the Sea Change Ministerial Advisory Committee was sought. Minister Sage acknowledged all those present and noted she shared the frustration at the slow progress in the marine space. She listed some of the key elements of Sea Change and the work that was being done to give effect to them. The Ministerial Advisory Committee was appointed in 2019 and is working hard with agencies to present a report to Ministers outlining a strategy and priorities for responding to Sea Change. She noted the lack of progress with no new marine protected areas in the Hauraki Gulf, that there was good information about the Gulf available such as the State of the Gulf report, and that more resources for monitoring were required. She welcomed the Hauraki Gulf Forum’s move to a Co-Chair arrangement. She noted that work was being done on the review of the Hectors and Maui Dolphin threat Management Plan, on a review of the National Plan of Action for Seabirds, and more funding had been secured for fisheries monitoring. A discussion document about marine protected areas legislation reform is expected to be released in the next few months. Members asked questions about the support that could be given to this work by Conservation Boards, extending the Cape Rodney – Okakari Point (Leigh) Marine Reserve, and wider application of the recent Court of Appeal decision about protection off the waters off Motiti Island (Bay of Plenty). Minister Sage provided an update on the “Niagara” wreck. Maritime New Zealand has done some work but requires additional funding to bring a specialist wreck inspector over from the United Kingdom. Treaty Partnerships Melissa King-Howell introduced this topic. She noted the marine issues and the current consultation on whitebait management. The focus on the environment was acknowledged, but there may be different tools required for different places and situations. It was important to look at the whole environment, to align with mātauranga Māori, and to have tools such as rāhui. She asked about representation by Māori on the technical advisory group working on whitebait. Minister Sage confirmed that Māori were represented on the advisory group, and that there had been a lot of discussion with Māori in the lead up to development of the whitebait discussion document. She noted that the new Biodiversity Strategy tried to better integrate mātauranga Māori and western science. The whitebait discussion paper does not address the commercial sale of whitebait but that may be looked at further at a later point in time. Glen Willcox introduced a discussion about the Treaty relationship. The Treaty is for all New Zealanders, and for everyone to talk about. Māori are seeking a partnership. He asked how the conservation boards can be part of these conversations. The landscape has changed with recent 3 3 court decisions about how agencies need to engage with Māori. All iwi cannot be approached in the same way and a conversation needs to happen with each iwi. Minister Sage noted that after the Ngai Tai ki Tāmaki Supreme Court decision a big programme of work has been established to look at how to better give effect to the Treaty in the Department (DOC), including amendments to the two General Policies. This work could include looking at conservation boards, as the work programme evolves. She noted that boards could influence DOC’s four-year plans which are currently being set up under its Mahi Oranga work programme. Andrew Baucke advised that DOC does have to work with Treaty Partners differently and confirmed that there was a national programme of work looking at this. Locally new Treaty implementation rangers have been appointed to work with iwi to better give effect to Treaty settlements. Members expressed concerns including that the Department is still not fully giving effect to the principles of the Treaty and needed to do more than just consultation, and the inadequacies of a number of the milestones in the Auckland and Waikato conservation management strategies. Climate change Scott Summerfield introduced this topic. It is a huge issue, but conservation boards can help make it a regional conversation. He had seen DOC’s draft climate change adaptation plan and noted it had a lot abouts impacts on biodiversity and infrastructure but little on mitigation. He felt DOC could be a leader with mitigation including reforestation, stopping grazing on reserves, and promoting a low visitor numbers model.