E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā karangatangamaha o Te Moana ā Toi Te Huatahi
tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.
E ngā iwi me te hāpori Māori, mai Ngā Kurī a Whārei ki Tihirau,
mai Maketū ki Tauhara huri noa i te rohe o Toi Moana kei te mihi. A panui to share what Komiti Māori and Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council is doing around the rohe that is relevant to iwi, hapū and marae.
Kia hiwa ra, kia hiwa ra
Nau mai, haere mai ki tenei huiKomiti Māori hui are held on marae across the region to promote marae, enhance participation, and strengthen hapū/iwi engagement. We sincerely encourage tangata whenua and the general public to participate. Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council invites you to the next
Komiti Māori hui to be held: Wāhi: Taharangi Marae, 26 Tārewa Road, Rotorua
Te rā: Rātū, 24 o Paenga-whāwhā – Tuesday 24 April 2018
Whakaeke: 9.30 i taua ata
Rārangi take – AgendaRegional Council are privileged to be invited to hold our Komiti Māori hui at Taharangi Marae of Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara. Presentations from local hapū and iwi: - Ngāti Kea Ngāti
Tuara (host hapū) will formally lodge their Iwi Resource Management Plan
- Formal lodgement of He Mahere Putahitanga – a pan-tribal planning document for the Central North Island Forests Iwi Collective (CNI)
Staff updates on: - Brown bullhead catfish - Rotoiti incursion
- Geothermal
management provisions - Regional Plan review
- Regional Pest Management Plan review
- Lake and stream water quality in the Rotorua catchments
- Successful recipients of the Toka Tumoana Scholarship
The full agenda will be available online from 20 April. See our Komiti Māori web page for previous meeting agendas and reports.
Resource Management Act workshops for Māori kaitiakiThe Toi Moana Maori Policy and Consents teams have teamed up to offer training for your and your whānau to learn more about the Resource Management Act (RMA). We now offer a series of three workshops, that seek to empower Tangata whenua to participate as treaty partners in the management of our natural resources. Each workshop takes about five hours to complete; there are three blocks RMA 101-102 and the advanced RMA 103 workshop. The workshops have been trialled and attendees have provided positive feedback about the kaupapa. If you have a group of whanau that would like to attend a workshop, please contact one of our Maori Policy Advisors by calling 0800 884 880 and they can arrange one for you. The advisors from each constituency are: - Reuben Gardner (Mauao) Tauranga
- Sandy Hohepa (Kohi) Eastern bay
- Rawiri Bhana (Ōkurei) Rotorua
Workshops can be hosted by our Māori policy team or we can come to your preferred location. For us it’s all about participation and whatever we can do to help make it work for you. Attendees will receive strengthened
knowledge and a certificate of completion to mark the commitment shown in attending. We look forward to seeing you at an RMA workshop soon!
Long Term Plan 2018-2028 updateSubmissions to the Bay of Plenty Regional Council Long Term Plan (LTP) 2018-2028 closed on 19 March 2018. We would like to thank all of those who attended our consultation sessions and met with staff. We value the information you have provided through submissions. Next step - hearings and deliberations: Hearings are being held 16-20 April 2018. All submitters that asked to present at hearings have been contacted with the specific date and time for their submission presentation. Following the formal hearings, Council will hold deliberations on 22-23 May and make decisions on the LTP submissions by 30 June
He aha ou whakaaro?The Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council Iwi Perceptions Survey closes at 5pm on Thursday 3 May 2018. Please complete the survey, so that you can help guide Toi Moana in a direction that empowers whānau and improves the services we
provide. The short, easy, online survey focuses on: - the experiences you or your iwi, hapū and marae have had with Regional Council and district council resource consents processes, and
- the usefulness of iwi resource management policies and methods in the Bay of Plenty Regional Policy Statement (RPS).
This is a really good opportunity for iwi, hapū, whānau or land trust representatives to provide feedback on how well iwi resource management policies are being implemented by your city, district and regional councils. Current RPS policies recognise that only tangata whenua can identify and evidentially substantiate their relationship (and that of their culture and traditions) with their ancestral lands, water, sites, waahi tapu and other taonga. This first Iwi Perception Survey was rolled out in 2016. Komiti Māori approved the undertaking of
the second iwi perceptions survey during their 12 December 2017 meeting.
Freshwater Flash - subscribe & win!Looking for regular updates about Toi Moana’s work on water in the Bay of Plenty? Check out our March Freshwater Flash e-panui here>> Click ‘subscribe’ and supply your details to receive future editions direct to your inbox every two months. Everyone who subscribes in April will be entered in the prize draw to win a high quality umbrella (retail value $60).
Green light for Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi restorationRegional Councillors voted last month to proceed with a $13.5m construction contract for the Kaituna River re-diversion and Te Awa o Ngatoroirangi / Maketū Estuary enhancement project. The project will restore freshwater flows into the dying estuary. Read more>> Meetings are being scheduled this month to update tangata whenua and introduce the contractors. A public drop-in session (3.30-5.00pm) and meeting (5.30-7.00pm) will be held at Whakaue Marae, 721 Maketū Rd, on Wednesday 2 May.
Summer advocacy reaches 600 lake usersBay of Plenty Regional Council staff have connected with more than 600 lake users this summer, to help prevent the spread of unwanted freshwater pests such as catfish, hornwort and didymo around the Rotorua lakes. Read more>>
11,000 catfish caught in Lake RotoitiTe Arawa whānau and everyone who uses the Rotorua lakes are being reminded to check and clean their boats, trailers, fishing and other watersports equipment between waterways to prevent the transfer of catfish from Lake Rotoiti into other waterways. Regional Council staff have been working to control brown bull-head catfish (a pest that can affect water quality, koura, and native fish) since they were first discovered in
Lake Rotoiti in March 2016. Despite efforts to cordon, capture, and develop new methods to manage the unwanted pest, catfish numbers in Lake Rotoiti appear to have increased, posing a real risk of spread into other waterways. Read more>>
Toi Moana is proud to support the... Red Tide Summit
International Indigenous Climate Action Summit1-6 May 2018
Te Kaha, East Coast Join us to collaborate in stimulating discussion and strategies combining Indigenous environmental science, activism and scientific observations in this summit, which will feature keynote speakers, interactive sessions and a festival of artists. https://www.redtidesummit.com/
Situations vacant: Kaiārahi - Waste Advisor for Tauranga MoanaPara Kore are looking for a new kaiārahi to join their team of waste advisors in Tauranga. Applications close on 27th April 2018.
Kei te kimi kaimahi a Para Kore. Ko te mahi a te kaimahi nei, he āwhina i ngā marae, ngā kōhanga reo, ngā kura me ngā rōpū Māori ki te whakaiti para. Kei te kimi mātau i te hunga e ngākau nui ana ki te tiaki taiao, e pakari ana hoki ki te tū ki te whakaatu kaupapa, ki te whakahaere wananga hoki. Heoi, ka whakangungutia te kaimahi. Tēnā whakapā mai mēnā ki ō whakaaro he mahi pai tēnei mōu.
About Para Kore and the role
Para Kore is a not-for-profit Māori organisation, (by Māori, for Māori) with charitable status. Para Kore is a zero waste organisation with a kaupapa based on whakapapa to Papatūānuku and is expressed through an experienced and skilled team who work regionally delivering the Para Kore programme to marae and Māori communities. The Para Kore whānau are passionate about, and committed to, achieving a zero waste Aotearoa.
They are looking for a kaiārahi (waste advisor) who will deliver the Para Kore programme to marae, organisations, kōhanga, kura in Tauranga.
More information on the role and instructions on how to apply are available here>>
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