New Zealand Conservation Authority Te Pou Atawhai Taiao o Aotearoa Meeting 30 November and 1 December 2015 Agenda and meeting papers Photo: Canterbury knobbled weevil Photographer: Warren Chinn NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY (NZCA) TE POU ATAWHAI TAIAO O AOTEAROA 30 November & 1 December 2015 One hundred and forty sixth meeting, to be held at Conservation House, 18 -32 Manners St, Wellington, starting at 10.00am. # D means Decision required, A means Advice required, I means Information only AGENDA Item # Priority Pages 1 Welcome and Chairperson’s Introduction I - - 2 Apologies – receive A - - 3 Conflicts of Interest for the Meeting – identify A - 1-2 4 Minutes 4.1 – approve minutes for the meeting held on 6 October D J 3-10 2015 4.2 – approve “in-committee” minutes for the meeting held on 6 October 2015 (expected to be taken “in-committee” D J 11-18 with public excluded) Status report – note progress in actioning resolutions 5 I J 19-26 from the meeting held on 6 October 2015 NZCA work programme 2015-2017 – summary of 6 I J 27-28 planned elements 7 Director-General’s report – Lou Sanson I E 29-46 8 Canterbury (Waitaha) CMS – Report on progress D A 47-50 9 Otago CMS – Report on progress D A 47-50 10 Southland Murihiku CMS – Report on progress D A 47-50 11 CMS monitoring paper – Marie Long I A/I 51-58 12 CMS Rapid Prototype and Paparoa NPMP – Marie Long A A/B 59-66 13 Management Planning update – Marie Long I A/B 67-76 Update on the proposed Conservation Law Reform – 14 Sarah Bagnall (expected to be taken “in-committee” with A A/B/E/I 77-82 public excluded) 15 Stewardship land reclassification: bi-monthly update I C 83-86 Stewardship land: finalising paper on net conservation 16 D C 87-94 benefits Science Board and Environment/Conservation 17 D E 95-128 Science Roadmap – Ken Hughey Think Piece: The Role of NZCA in the Post-Treaty 18 Claims Settlement Era – Finalising the Terms of D B/D 129-134 Reference 19 Freshwater fish conservation – Paula Warren I H 135-142 Report on the Tahr Management Plan 2014-15 – Neil 20 A F/I 143-180 Bolton Update on NZ marine reserves and the MPA 21 I G 181-188 programme – Sean Cooper Abel Tasman Foreshore Scenic Reserve Management 22 D B 189-196 Plan partial review submission DOCCM-2567914 Stretch goals – discussion paper on each stretch goal 23 A E - at each meeting – Lou Sanson Tourism research: response to question “does visiting 24 the DOC estate lead to increased interest in I I 197-202 conservation?” – Gavin Walker 25 Conservation board appointments 2016 D J 203-206 26 NZCA reviews 26.1 NZCA review of performance D J 207-214 26.2 Strategic Priorities review D J 215-220 26.3 Review policies approved by NZCA over the years D J 221-226 27 Code of Practice for NZCA D J 227-234 28 Members’ Environmental Scan I E - 29 Annual Report for 2014/2015 - confirmation D J 235-236 30 Representation and Liaison 30.1 Chair’s report I J 237-238 30.2 Conservation Board liaison reports I J - Correspondence – receive the inwards and approve the 31 D J 239-242 outwards correspondence Meeting close Strategic Priorities A Conservation Management Strategies B National Park Management Plans C Land Status change e.g. Stewardship land D Treaty of Waitangi Strategic advice to the Minister and DG in the context of conservation in today’s E economy and strategic advice on public policy documents and legislation F Game Changers for Conservation: Pest control/biosecurity G Marine H Rivers and Freshwater I Effectiveness of the Department’s conservation management J NZCA’s performance Meeting timetable Monday 30 November Start: 10am Lunch: 12:30pm Afternoon tea: 3:15pm Dinner: 6:00pm Tuesday 1 December Start: 8:30am Morning tea: 10:00am Close and lunch: 12:00pm DOCCM-2567914 New Zealand Conservation Authority Agenda Item: 146.3 Meeting No. 146 NEW ZEALAND CONSERVATION AUTHORITY REGISTER OF INTERESTS and IDENTIFICATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST For meeting on 30 November and 1 December 2015 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 (NZCA member) Date DOCDM-352637 1 DOCDM-352637 2 New Zealand Conservation Authority Agenda Item: 146.4.1 Meeting No. 146 REPORT Meeting Date: 30 November and 1 December 2015 Prepared By: Rick McGovern-Wilson, NZCA Executive Officer Subject: October 2015 meeting minutes NZCA Strategic NZCA’s performance (Priority J) Priority and/or the Relevant DOC SOI Goal Recommendation or It is recommended that the Authority: Action Required a) Approve the 6 October 2015 minutes as a true and accurate record. Context The draft minutes from the NZCA meeting on 6 October 2015 were circulated to members by email on 19 October as a draft for comment. Once the minutes are approved they will be uploaded to the NZCA website www.conservationauthority.org.nz DOCCM-2639479 3 4 New Zealand Conservation Authority (NZCA) Te Pou Atawhai Taiao O Aotearoa 6 October 2015 meeting 145th meeting, held at 8:30am, in the Chamber Room, Gisborne District Council, 15 Fitzherbert St Gisborne Unconfirmed minutes Present: Warren Parker, Chairperson David Barnes Jo Breese Mick Clout Sandra Cook Waana Davis Judy Hellstrom Devon McLean Mike Simm Apologies: Mark Christensen Rauru Kirikiri Gerry McSweeney Jan Riddell In attendance: Rick McGovern-Wilson, Executive Officer, NZCA, Department of Conservation (DOC) Katrina Edwards, NZCA servicing staff, DOC Lou Sanson, Director-General, DOC Chris Berry, Planning Manager, DOC De-Arne Sutherland, Conservation Partnership Manager, DOC John Wauchop, Chair, East Coast/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board Jo Blakeley, East Coast/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board Jenny Mauger, East Coast/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board Penny Shaw, East Coast/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board Tui Warmenhoven, Te Runanga o Ngati Porou Board trustee Karakia Gisborne District Council Mayor, Meng Foon, opened the meeting with a karakia and welcomed the Authority to Tairawhiti. Agenda item 1: Welcome and Chairperson’s introduction The Chair, Warren Parker, formally thanked the Gisborne District Council and the local Department of Conservation staff, in particular De-Arne Sutherland, for the venue and meeting organisation. In his overview of the meeting, he identified the following key issues: progress reports on the three CMSs under consideration, development of advice on Stewardship Land for the Minister, and Section 4 responsibilities of both the Department and the Authority. DOCCM-2614129 5 Agenda item 2: Apologies Apologies were received from Mark Christensen, Rauru Kirikiri, Gerry McSweeney and Jan Riddell. Agenda item 3: Conflicts of interest Devon McLean identified that he is involved with judging the WWF Innovation awards. Agenda item 4.1: Approve minutes for the meeting held on 3 & 4 August 2015 The Authority resolved to approve the minutes of the meeting held on 3 & 4 August 2015 as a true and accurate record, subject to an addition to Item 9 of reference to the Nature Heritage Fund assessment process as possible criteria for reclassification of Stewardship Land. Mick Clout/Judy Hellstrom/carried Agenda item 5: Status report Rick McGovern-Wilson gave updates on the items in the status report. There was discussion on the timing of Conservation Management Strategies (CMSs) coming to the Authority for consideration and the pressure it puts on members when more than one CMS comes to the Authority at once. When there are three CMSs with the Authority at one time, members are limited in their capacity to mostly only contributing to the CMS that they are a Committee member for. Members of the East Coast/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board, John Wauchop, Chairperson, Penny Shaw, Jo Blakeley and Jenny Mauger, arrived during the item. The Chair welcomed the members of the East Coast/Hawke’s Bay Conservation Board and formally thanked them for the fieldtrip the day before. Agenda item 6: Authority work programme 2015-2017 The Authority discussed the work programme. The timetabling was discussed, with it being critical that the Tahr Management Plan report is delivered in time for the December meeting. It was decided that the February 2016 meeting would be in Wellington and the April 2016 meeting would be held in Nelson. Other items for the work programme were: • Final NZCA position on Stewardship Land (December 2015) • Cultural materials and section 4 discussion (February 2016) • Outside In project in respect to cultural materials (February 2016) • Role of NZCA in post-Treaty Settlement era and the potential changing shape of National Parks (Jo Breese, Waana Davis, Sandra Cook and Rau Kirikiri to draft a terms of reference sheet for the December 2015 meeting), with the Department delivering a substantive paper in April 2016 • Refresh of the NZCA strategic priorities (June 2016) • Conservation Board appointments discussion (February 2016) The NZCA resolved to go “into-committee” with the public excluded for agenda items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 and 15. Warren Parker/Devon McLean/carried Agenda item 7. Director-General’s report The Director-General’s report was taken as read. Lou Sanson spoke to this item and there was additional discussion on items in the report, including: the Tane Mahuta DOCCM-2614129 6 vandalism, landscape conifer control and the good neighbour rules, marine protection, Te Urewera secondments, and the growth in international tourism. It was requested that Section 4 responsibilities be reported on in the Director-General’s report.