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TE ARAWA LAKES TRUST

TE ARAWA LAKES TRUST. Overview of Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006. Apology Financial and Annuity Redress Cultural Redress. OTHER TE ARAWA LAKES. Already owned by Iwi/Hapu: Lake Rotokakahi Lake Rotokawa Lake Rotokawau. APOLOGY. Apology and recognition of:

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TE ARAWA LAKES TRUST

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  1. TE ARAWA LAKES TRUST

  2. Overview of Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006 • Apology • Financial and Annuity Redress • Cultural Redress

  3. OTHER TE ARAWA LAKES Already owned by Iwi/Hapu: • Lake Rotokakahi • Lake Rotokawa • Lake Rotokawau

  4. APOLOGY Apology and recognition of: • Breaches of the TOW and its principles • Actions that have had a negative impact on Te Arawa’s rangatiratanga over the lakes and their use of lake resources • Acknowledges the significant contribution that the Te Arawa Lakes have made to tourism and the wealth of the NZ & Rotorua • Acknowledges the spiritual, cultural, economic and traditional importance to Te Arawa • Recognises the longstanding grievances of Te Arawa and that it has failed to deal with those grievances

  5. FINANCIAL • $7.3 million to buy out annuity • $2.7 million for breaches • $400,000 capitalisation on 40 free fishing licences • $7.3 million invested upon signing of AIP • Interest available to Te Arawa • The difference paid once DOS signed

  6. CULTURAL REDRESS Aimed at restoring Te Arawa’s ability to exercise its kaitiakitanga responsibilities in relation to the Lakes: • Ownership of 13 lakebeds - Vesting of the lakebeds in Te Arawa - Negotiate return of Lake Okaro - Propriety rights - Te Arawa/Crown relationship

  7. TE ARAWA OWNERSHIP • Ownership Airspace High water mark Water column “Lake bed”

  8. CULTURAL REDRESS (Cont) Management of the Lakes: • Rotorua Lakes Strategy Group: - Te Arawa Lakes Trust - Environment Bay of Plenty - Rotorua District Council • Formal Protocols with the Crown: - DOC - MFish - MfE - Min Arts Culture & Heritage

  9. CULTURAL REDRESS (Cont) Relationship Redress: • Statutory Acknowledgementsprovide for : - Crown to acknowledge Te Arawa’s cultural, spiritual, historical and traditional association with the Lakes - consent authorities to have regard to the SA - consent authorities to forward to Te Arawa summaries of resource consent applications - Te Arawa to cite to consent authorities, the Historic Places Trust and the Environment Court the SA as evidence of the association - consent authorities to attach the SA to statutory plans for the purpose of public information

  10. CULTURAL REDRESS (Cont) Relationship Redress (cont): • Promotion of Relationships between Te Arawa and other organisations: - Transit New Zealand - National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research - Eastern Region Fish and Game Council - Bay of Plenty Conservation Board • Te Arawa Lakes Trust to meet with these organisations and work with them regarding their roles relating to the Lakes • Placenames – restoration of over 100 significant traditional Te Arawa placenames • Cultural harvests – Crown will encourage relevant local authorities to amend their Plans to enable Te Arawa to take paru and indigenous plants from Lakes without resource consent

  11. CULTURAL REDRESS (Cont) Te Arawa Freshwater Fisheries Regulation 2006 • Provides for regulations to be drafted that will enable Te Arawa to: - manage customary non-commercial fishing of certain species in the Lakes - authorise persons to take certain species for customary non- commercial purposes - draft bylaws, for approval by the Minister of Fisheries, restricting or prohibiting the taking of all or some certain species in the Lakes - establish a management committee - recommend to the Minister that commercial fishing be allowed for all or some of certain species in the Lakes

  12. ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES Rotorua District Council • Te Arawa Standing Committee • Te Arawa Standing Committee Review • Nga Matakokiri Review • Te Whare Taonga O Te Arawa • Iwi Consultative Group • Lakes Structures Protocol • Mayoral Forum • Submissions on Plans & Developments • Conduit between RDC consultants & Iwi • Policy Planning & Implementation

  13. ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES EBOP • Harbour Master (Lakes Closures) • Submissions on Plans & Developments • Conduit between EBOP consultants & Iwi • Policy Planning & Implementation • Research & Monitoring • Water Quality Focus Groups

  14. ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES WBOPDC • Maketu Strategy Committee • WBOPDC Maori Advisory Committee • Drafting of Maketu Community Development Plan • Submissions on Plans & Developments • Conduit between WBOPDC consultants & Iwi • Policy Planning & Implementation • Research & Monitoring • Water Quality Focus Groups

  15. RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT • Mahinga Kai • SWPoA • Freshwater Management • Bioprospecting • Intellectual Property Rights • Te Arawa Tau Koura • Contaminants in Kai • Macrophytes • SHAMK Project • Vermicomposting of Lake Weeds

  16. ENGAGEMENT WITH TE ARAWA • Whanau Development • Te Arawa Single Entity • Joint Registration Project with TKOTAW & TPTOTA • Naumaiplace Website Development • Te Pukenga Koeke O Te Arawa • Tarawera Trail • Te Rangatakapu • Institute of Directors Training • Matariki Celebration • Charitable Status Registration • Electoral Commission Workshop • Puarenga Catchment

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