Maori Values Supplement
The purpose of the Maori Values Supplement is to improve the quality of RMA decision making and resource management practice by increasing awareness of, and better integrating, Maori values, knowledge and aspirations (matauranga Maori and tikanga Maori) into resource management processes and activities.
The Maori Values Supplement helps RMA decision makers and practitioners to:
- Understand key concepts and values underpinning Māori perceptions of the environment.
- Integrate Maori values and dimensions into decision-making at hearings.
- Facilitate practical expression of tikanga Maori in hearing proceedings.
RMA decision makers and practitioners using the Maori Values Supplement will be better able to:
- Contemplate proposals in the context of Maori values.
- Weigh evidence that is based on Maori values.
- Mitigate, avoid or remedy effects on Maori values.
- Impose appropriate resource consent conditions in relation to Maori subject matter.
- Accommodate tikanga Maori in hearing proceedings.
- Enhance participation of Maori in hearings.
- Identify whether or not sufficient information is available to ensure well informed and balanced decision-making in respect of Maori subject matter.
Last updated: 7 April 2011
