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Protocols

  1. Most settlements provide for protocols to be signed with the Minster of Conservation. Many settlements provide for protocols with the Minister of Fisheries and the Minister of Culture and Heritage. Some settlements provide for protocols with the Minister of Economic Development and the Minister of Energy.

  2. Only the Te Arawa Lakes settlement provides for a protocol to be signed with the Minster for the Environment. This protocol may have implications for the Proposed National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management.

Te Arawa Lakes Environment Protocol

  1. The Te Arawa Lakes Deed of Settlement specifies that the Minister for the Environment must issue to the Governance Entity, by or on the Settlement Date, a Protocol that sets out how the Ministry for the Environment and the Governance Entity will interact in relation to the matters specified in that Protocol (section 9.13). The protocol has been issued and the full text is attached as Appendix 6.

  2. The text in the protocol relating to the development of a national policy statement is:

    NATIONAL POLICY STATEMENTS

    Under the Resource Management Act 1991 the Minister can issue a National Policy Statement to state objectives and policies for matters of national significance that are relevant to achieving the purpose of the Act (section 45).

    If the Minister decides to issue a National Policy Statement specifically relating to:
    • any one or more of the Te Arawa Lakes; or
    • any river or stream flowing into any one of the Te Arawa Lakes,

    the Minister will consult with the Lakes Trust (in accordance with section 46(a) of the Resource Management Act 1991) before preparing the proposed National Policy Statement. The Minister will also consult the Lakes Trust on whether to appoint a board of inquiry and, if the Minister decides to appoint a board of inquiry to determine the application, on appointments to the board of inquiry (section 47).

    If the Minister decides to issue a National Policy Statement relating to lakes or freshwater bodies in general, the Minister will consult with the Lakes Trust (in accordance with section 46(a) of the Resource Management Act 1991) before preparing the proposed National Policy Statement.

    In the case of a National Policy Statement relating to lakes or freshwater bodies in general, the Minister will balance Te Arawa’s views with those of other persons with interests in lakes or freshwater bodies.

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