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Palmerston North hui

2 February 2005

1. Karakia/Mihimihi

2. Introductions

Sue Powell, Livia Hollins, Andrew Luke, Teneti Ririnui (Ministry for the Environment); Rebecca Martel (Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry); Arnu Turvey (Te Puni Kōkiri); Matthew Hall (Ministry for Economic Development);); Willie and Linda Te Aho (Facilitator and minute secretary - Indigenous Corporate Solutions Limited).

3. Introductions of those in attendance

(There is no attendance sheet as those in attendance wished to remain anonymous.)

4. Presentation (Sue Powell)

5. Discussion

A concern was raised from the floor regarding the transfer of consents, for example, if a user is no longer going to use water, then it could be banked and reallocated at a later stage.

There needs to be more teeth to allocation models and limits need to be firmer, because some councils do a good job and some don't. More accountability is needed on councils.

A reference was made to Lake Horowhenua and the work being done there. There has been some good work, but had the relationship been stronger in the first place with iwi, not so much remedial work would be needed now.

Government needs to do more to develop Māori capacity, and fostering Māori concepts. For example, a limit on taking is no different to the Māori concept of rāhui. So why has this concept not been fostered before?

6. Reflection on key points (Sue Powell)

  • Notes concern about any move towards allocation to those persons who can pay the most
  • Hears the strong call for councils to have stronger teeth or to use powers more robustly
  • Notes the concern raised about Local Government relationships with Māori
  • Likes the idea of using the idea of rāhui in planning.

Meeting closed 11.40am

Last updated: 25 November 2008