Agenda of Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee Meeting

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Te Hui o Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga

Hastings District Council: Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee Meeting

Te Rārangi Take
Report to Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee

Nā:

From:

Rosemary Smith, Pou Ahurea Advisor: Responsiveness, Relationships & Heritage

Dr James Graham, Pou Ahurea Matua - Principal Advisor: Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage

Te Take:

Subject:

Marae Development Fund 2020-2021

1.0 Executive Summary – Te Kaupapa Me Te Whakarāpopototanga

1.1 The purpose of this report is to obtain a decision from the Committee on the 2020/2021 allocation from the Marae Development Fund.

1.2 This request arises from Council’s commitment to support marae and their respective hapū to maintain and develop marae assets and to acknowledge their importance both in the District and in the national interest. Marae are the repositories of material heritage, and the arena for the maintenance and protection of customary practices including whakapapa, tikanga, kawa and kaitiakitanga.

1.3 The Council is required to give effect to the purpose of local government as prescribed by Section 10 of the Local Government Act 2002. That purpose is to meet the current and future needs of communities for good quality local infrastructure, including how to foster the development of Māori capacity to contribute to the decision-making processes of Council. i.e. supporting the maintenance of marae assets, so these facilities can continue to meet the current and future needs of hapū in the district.

1.4 This report concludes by recommending that allocations to the applicants for the 2020/2021 Marae Development Fund be made as follows:

2.0 Recommendations – Ngā Tūtohunga

A) That the report of the Pou Ahurea Advisor: Responsiveness, Relationships & Heritage titled “Marae Development Fund 2020-2021” dated 05 August 2020 be received.

B) That the recommended allocations to the applicants for the 2020/2021 Marae Development Fund be made as follows:

Marae	2020/2021 Funding
*Waimārama Marae*	*$10,278.00*	Sail cloth shades for Kaikaranga/Kaikōrero shelter; window latches replacement; guttering and pipe clearing along rooftops; replacement kitchen equipment upgrade
*Kohupātiki Marae*	*$10,303.00*	Maintenance of exterior carvings & cemetery, alterations to storage container; marae signage
*Mōteo Marae*	*$5,850.00*	Commercial multi-kai cooker & Digital Gas Convection Oven
*Pukehou Marae*	*$3,950.00*	Tables & chairs
*Kahurānaki Marae*	*$4,218.00*	Tables & chairs
*Waipatu Marae*	*$2,250.00*	Modification to the ablution block
*Mangaroa Marae*	*$2,763.00*	Wharekai (kitchen) equipment – chiller, crockery, infrared heaters
*Taraia Marae*	*$8,156.00*	Tables & chairs, wharekai (kitchen) equipment, gazebo shelters
*Mihiroa Marae*	*$10,000.00*	Wānanga costs to host Tohunga (Master) weaver; preparing for tukutuku (traditional wall panels) repairs
*Houngarea Marae*	*$5,128.00*	Multi-kai cooker set, wharekai (kitchen) equipment
*TOTAL*	*$62,896.00*

C) That the remaining budget amount of $53,488.00 remain and be left to support the Marae Fire Safety Project being run in partnership with Te Puni Kōkiri, and a potential 2^nd round of marae development funding for the 2020/2021 year.

3.0 Background – Te Horopaki

3.1 The Marae Development Fund policy (attached) was reviewed and adopted on 18 August 2018 and provides background to this fund. In general, applications for funding are reviewed on a case by case basis, and have frequently included requests for building maintenance and or upgrades, landscaping and grounds maintenance, upgrades to kitchen facilities and equipment, furniture (tables and chairs), and ablution block maintenance / upgrades. These comply with the policy.

3.2 Applicants are required to contribute 50% of the total project cost, and grants should be uplifted within 12 months of approval, and the funding round is held annually.

3.3 The annual Council allocation to the MDF is $75,000.00. As of the beginning of the 2020/2021 year, the total budget in the Marae Development Fund, including carry forward of unused budget from the 2019/2020 year was $116,384.00.

3.4 The Marae Development Fund is one mechanism of Council’s commitment to respond to the needs and aspirations of mana whenua with respect to marae, benefitting marae hapū, and the district. The fund will contribute to the protection of the culture and heritage embodied in marae facilities and relationships, critical to community infrastructure and the ability to exercise whanaungatanga and manaakitanga.

3.5 The Marae Development Fund (MDF) 2020-2021 resumed in March 2020, taking on board a former approach to marae development prior to the successful approach applied to the Marae Whakaute Project that supported marae capability and capacity to host manuhiri at Te Matatini 2017. With the impact of COVID-19 on this process the closing date to receive applications was extended to 30 June 2020.

4.0 Discussion – Te Matapakitanga

4.1 As applications were received into Council’s Smarty Grants funding system, notification of receipt was automatically returned and details were entered allocating an individual reference number.

4.2 Where applications varied from agreed criteria, kōrero between the marae representative and the Pou Ahurea took place and any adjustments were agreed to including the provision of more supporting information to support applications.

4.3 11 marae submitted applications to the fund, in general to replace or upgrade equipment for wharenui (meeting house) and wharekai (dining room), however one of the 11 marae withdrew their application. Total project costs, inclusive of ‘in-kind’ contributions, with itemised quotes, audited financial accounts or a most recent bank statement were submitted.

4.4 Funding amount applications were reviewed by the Pou Ahurea with recommendations being made on the basis that the funded equipment would support the maraes’ ongoing sustainability to practise their tikanga when hosting manuhiri and or their use in supporting local community development projects. 4.5 Table One outlines the summary of funding requests for the 2020/2021 round.

Marae	2020/2021 Funding
*Waimārama marae*	*$10,278.00*	Sail cloth shades for Kaikaranga/Kaikōrero shelter; window latches replacement; guttering and pipe clearing along rooftops; replacement kitchen equipment upgrade;
*Kohupātiki marae*	*$10,303.00*	Maintenance of exterior carvings & cemetery, alterations to storage container; marae signage
*Mōteo marae*	*$5,850.00*	Commercial multi-kai cooker & Digital Gas Convection Oven
*Pukehou marae*	*$3,950.00*	Tables & chairs
*Kahurānaki marae*	*$4,218.00*	Tables & chairs
*Waipatu marae*	*$2,250.00*	Modification to the ablution block
*Mangaroa marae*	*$2,763.00*	Wharekai (kitchen) equipment – chiller, crockery, infrared heaters
*Taraia marae*	*$8,156.00*	Tables & chairs, wharekai (kitchen) equipment, gazebo shelters
*Mihiroa marae*	*$10,000.00*	Waananga costs to host Tohunga (Master) weaver, preparing for tukutuku (traditional wall panels) repairs
*Houngarea marae*	*$5,128.00*	Multi-kai cooker set, wharekai (kitchen) equipment
*TOTAL*	*$62,896.00*

4.6 The total amount requested is $62,896.00, which is within the annual allocation of $75,000.00 by Council to the Marae Development Fund.

4.7 The total amount of funding available for marae development for 2020/2021 is as follows:

Budget carried forward as at 30 June 2019/2020 $ 54,398.00

Less Marae Fire Safety Project expenses June 2019/2020 $ 13,014.00

Budget allocation for 2020/2021 $ 75,000.00

Current balance available for 2020/2021 $116,384.00

Less recommended funding 2020/2021 $ 62, 896.00

Amount remaining for the 2020/2021 year $ 53,488.00

4.8 It is recommended that the remaining budget amount of $53,488.00 be left to support the Marae Fire Safety Project being run in partnership with Te Puni Kōkiri, and a potential 2^nd round of marae development funding for this year.

5.0 Options – Ngā Kōwhiringa

Option One - Recommended Option - Te Kōwhiringa Tuatahi – Te Kōwhiringa Tūtohunga

5.1 To approve the recommendations as outlined above.

Advantages

· The approved funds will help to meet the needs and aspirations of mana whenua, hapū and marae, and their ongoing sustainability to practise tikanga and kawa.

Disadvantages

· N/A.

Option Two – Status Quo - Te Kōwhiringa Tuarua – Te Āhuatanga o nāianei

· That the recommendations are not approved.

Advantages

· N/A.

Disadvantages

· If the recommendations to fund are not approved marae will practise their tikanga to manaaki manuhiri with substandard equipment and facilities.

6.0 Next steps – Te Anga Whakamua

6.1 If the Committee approves the recommendations, funding agreements will be drawn up for each of the 10 marae.

· Upon completion a report will be received from the marae committee.

Attachments:

1 ⇩

Marae Development Fund Policy July 30 2018

STR-1-2-18-377

Summary of Considerations - He Whakarāpopoto Whakaarohanga

Fit with purpose of Local Government - E noho hāngai pū ai ki te Rangatōpū-ā-Rohe

The Council is required to give effect to the purpose of local government as set out in section 10 of the Local Government Act 2002. That purpose is to enable democratic local decision-making and action by (and on behalf of) communities, and to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural wellbeing of communities in the present and for the future.

Link to the Council’s Community Outcomes – Ngā Hononga ki Ngā Putanga ā-Hapori

This proposal promotes the social, economic, environmental and cultural wellbeing of marae, hapū and whānau and of Māori communities in the present and for the future.

Māori Impact Statement - Te Tauākī Kaupapa Māori

The Marae Development Fund policy is underpinned by Te Kura Nui – Council’s Māori Responsiveness Framework – that stems from te ao Māori and Māori oral traditions. Te Kura Nui provides for tikanga Māori to be practised and normalised in a mainstream-centric context that centres all aspects of te ao Māori at Council to mana whenua, Taiwhenua, to Ngāti Kahungunu and to hapū, whānau and marae.

Sustainability - Te Toitūtanga

The Marae Development Fund is renewed annually.

Financial considerations - Ngā Whakaarohanga Ahumoni

The recommendations are within budget.

Significance and Engagement - Te Hiranga me te Tūhonotanga

Although this decision/report is considered significant to the affected communities, it does not trigger the thresholds under the Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy.

Consultation – internal and/or external - Whakawhiti Whakaaro-ā-roto / ā-waho

Kōrero was had with each marae representative and where there was diversion from the original application it was fully discussed and adjustments agreed to.

Risks: Legal - Ngā Tūraru: Ngā Ture

REWARD – Te Utu

RISK – Te Tūraru

The Marae Development Fund incurs multiple benefits for Council in sustaining engagement and relationships with Heretaunga mana whenua/marae-hapū and whānau.

Approved recommendations hold no risk to both Council and/or marae.

Non-approval puts sustainable mana whenua/ marae relationships at risk.

Marae Development Fund Policy July 30 2018

Attachment 1

MARAE DEVELOPMENT FUND POLICY 30 JULY 2018

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Under the Local Government Act 2002, Hastings District Council (Council) is obliged to consider how it will meet current and future needs of communiities for good-quality local infrastructure and how it can foster the development of Māori capacity to contribute to the decision-making processes of council.

1.2 This Policy will contribute to that purpose by supporting the ability of mana whenua in the District to engage with Council and to maintain appropriate infrastrucutre for their communities in a cost-effective and efficient way.

1.3 Mana whenua, through whakapapa as ahi kaa in Heretaunga are responsible for Marae preservation, maintenance and development.

1.4 The Marae Development Fund is Council’s commitment to respond to the needs and aspirations of mana whenua with respect to Marae. This will benefit hapū, the District and the nation. It will contribute to a guarantee of the protection of the culture and heritage embodied in Marae facilities and relationships, which is critical to community infrastructure and ability to exercise tino rangatiratanga, manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga and mana motuhake.

1.5 Council also acknowledges Marae as a social asset for the community as a whole, under the mana whenua of tāngata whenua, and ngā hau e whā where that occurs.

1.6 The policy and procedures for the operation of the Marae Development Fund are as follows.

2.0 THE FUND

2.1 The Council’s Long Term Plan contains an annual funding allocation base of $75,000.00

2.2 The Fund is administered by the Pou Ahurea Matua – Principal Advisor Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage. Other key Council staff are the Pou Ahurea - Advisor Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage and the Building and Parks Project Officer.

2.3 Council will work with other funders and stakeholders towards cross sector collaboration to support short, medium and long term aspirations of Marae where and when appropriate, in a strategic way for all Marae in the District.

2.4 Council’s strategic approach is to survey the needs of all Marae and to develop overarching project management in conjunction with other participating funders to resource development needs in specific yet similar areas of interest for marae; for example, health and safety, fire safety and compliance, and or the consenting process.

2.5 The objectives and levels of funding are determined by considering identified issues that affect the Marae in the District. The initial objectives will target Health and Safety matters, including fire and earthquakes.

2.6 The assessments will be used to obtain quotes based on expert information that takes into account the specifications of each task and to allocate funding to a schedule of works to address needs in a coordinated manner. In these cases a signed agreement will be produced between respective Marae trusts and Council to deliver building services, installation of specialized equipment and management systems to meet compliance, under the project management and oversight of Council.

3.0 ELIGIBILITY FOR THE FUND

3.1 To be eligible for the Fund, the applicant Marae will:

i. Be a Marae within the Hastings District.

ii. Be governed by a charter under Te Ture Whenua Act administered by the Māori Land Court.

iii. Have the capacity to make the required contribution to the cost of the work to be carried out.

iv. Deposit the Marae contribution to Council for the work before equipment is ordered and before work commences.

v. Agree to Council’s support in funding coordination, project management and oversight, including coordination between the building services and any suppliers.

vi. Submit all invoices for services, materials and equipment by contractors and suppliers to Council to be approved based on inspection to confirm that the work is of the correct standard.

4.0 GENERAL INFORMATION

4.1 Council is taking a strategic approach to Marae development. All enquiries are welcomed from all Marae constituents on any Marae development issue and advice is available as to the process required to benefit from this policy.

4.2 This policy is dynamic and will apply to the issues that are identified through ongoing Council strategic processes as affecting Marae. In each round prioritization decisions will consider the capacity of a Marae to engage with the policy; and what Council may need to consider doing to enhance the capacity of Marae to engage with the policy.

4.3 Final approval is given by the HDC Māori Joint Committee, based on a schedule of tasks and the costings, for work to be funded under the policy.

4.4 For any further information, please contact in the first instance:

· Pou Ahurea Matua – Principal Advisor Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage, Dr James Graham, jamesg@hdc.govt.nz 8715110 ext 5569, Mobile: 027 616 5589.

· Pou Ahurea – Principal Advisor Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage, Rosemary Smith, rosemarys@hdc.govt.nz 8715110 extn 5519, Mobile: 027 641 6156.

· Building and Parks Project Officer, Tony McHannigan, tonym@hdc.govt.nz 871 5110 ext 5427, Mobile: 027 498 8270.

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Te Hui o Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga

Hastings District Council: Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee Meeting

Te Rārangi Take
Report to Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee

Nā:

From:

Dr James Graham, Pou Ahurea Matua - Principal Advisor: Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage

Te Take:

Subject:

HDC Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan Draft

1.0 Executive Summary – Te Kaupapa Me Te Whakarāpopototanga

1.1 At the end of the local government triennium in 2019, two documents were developed by the Pou Ahurea Matua / Pou Ahurea, 1) Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Policy, which was launched at Council during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, September 9 - 15 (see attachment), and 2) Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan, which remained in draft form (see attachment).

1.2 The purpose of this report is to seek Committee direction with respect to the draft Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan, and how this document / plan’s draft status can become operational across the whole of Council and its affairs.

1.3 The report concludes by recommending to Council that the Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan be adopted and implemented.

2.0 Recommendations – Ngā Tūtohunga

A) That the Committee receives the report titled HDC Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan Draft.

B) That the Committee recommend to Council that the Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan be adopted and implemented.

3.0 Background – Te Horopaki

3.1 At the Council meeting of 6 December 2018, it was moved that Summary of Recommendations from the 28 November 2018 HDC: Māori Joint Committee meeting be received and endorsed. With specific regard to the Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Policy and Strategy, the HDC: Māori Joint Committee recommended that Council endorse and support the development of a Te Reo Māori Strategy and Policy at Hastings District Council that was to be officially launched at Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2019.

3.2 Leading up to September 2019, the Pou Ahurea had consulted with a number of parties including Te Taura Whiri i Te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission), Wellington City Council, Wairoa District Council, Te Kura Whakarauora, Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated, and renowned te reo Māori experts on a te reo Māori policy and action plan for Council with specific regard to content, design, reo accuracy and format. The policy was completed in time as planned, to coincide with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2019 celebrations here at Council.

3.3 Ararau is a metaphorical representation of the district’s diversity, identity, innovation, and is an acknowledgement of place. Ararau is also symbolic in that it forms one part of the iconic pepeha / whakataukī (local proverb) that identifies and represents Heretaunga - Heretaunga haukūnui, Heretaunga ararau, Heretaunga hāro o te kāhu, Heretaunga takoto noa.

3.4 Consequently, Heretaunga Ararau brings together all of the different paths of local government here in the Hastings District including Finance, Planning and Regulatory, Human Resources, Community Facilities and Programmes, Asset Management, Economic Growth and Organisational Improvement, and the Office of the Chief Executive to celebrate, elevate and champion te reo Māori.

4.0 Discussion – Te Matapakitanga

4.1 The Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 2016 (Māori Language Act 2016) reaffirms the status of te reo Māori as an official language of Aotearoa New Zealand. This has particular implications for Government departments, Crown agencies and Crown entities.

4.2 The Hastings District Council acknowledges the importance and significance of te reo Māori. In recognition of the status of te reo Māori as a taonga (treasure) protected under the Treaty of Waitangi, and within the spirit of the Te Ture mō Te Reo Māori 2016, the Hastings District Council will endorse the right of staff to use te reo Māori.

4.3 The purpose of Heretaunga Ararau is to recognise the status of te reo Māori as a taonga of whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori, and to create a framework to direct the actions of the Hastings District Council. In doing so, the Hastings District Council will celebrate te reo Māori and support the revitalisation of the language within Council activities and across Hastings city, and the wider Hastings district and thereby:

· Contribute to the revitalisation of the Māori language alongside the work and aspirations of other entities including Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated and its te reo Māori strategy – Kahungunu, kia eke!;

· Enhance our effectiveness to engage and interact with tangata whenua customers, clients and stakeholders;

· Strengthen our identity as a New Zealand organisation anchored to place, to the region and to this country;

· Increase our organisational wellness by growing a confident and capable workforce;

· Meet other organisational priorities that are enhanced by the use of the Māori language such as Crown-Iwi relations, diversity and inclusion, and cultural responsiveness.

4.4 As a territorial local authority the scope of functions is broad and complex as detailed in the Council’s Long Term Plan (LTP). In its planning and delivery of services, the Hastings District Council recognises the importance of partnership with tangata whenua and responsibilities detailed within the Local Government Act 2002. Heretaunga Ararau enables the Hastings District Council to meet its strategic goals and objectives as set out in:

· The Long Term Plan 2018 – 2028, Planning For Our Future;

· Local Infrastructure, which contributes to public health and safety, supports growth, connects communities, activates communities and helps to protect the natural environment;

· Local Public Services, which help meet the needs of young and old, people in need, visitors and locals, businesses and households; and,

· Regulatory functions, which help to prevent harm and help create a safe and healthy environment for people, which promote the best use of natural resources and which are responsive to community needs.

5.0 Options – Ngā Kōwhiringa

Option One - Recommended Option - Te Kōwhiringa Tuatahi – Te Kōwhiringa Tūtohunga

5.1 That the Committee adopt the Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan and endorse the Pou Ahurea to present the Heretaunga Ararau Action Plan to Council for adoption and implementation.

Advantages

· Extrinsic advantages include the fulfilment of statutory obligations; intrinsic advantages include that individuals across the whole of the Hastings district will increase their knowledge and learnings of te reo Māori contributing not only to the personal good but the greater good of the community too.

Disadvantages

· None.

Option Two – Status Quo - Te Kōwhiringa Tuarua – Te Āhuatanga o nāianei

5.2 The status quo prevails and the Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan remains in draft form.

Advantages

· None.

Disadvantages

· We lose time and much progress made as a territorial authority and in doing so, we’ll fall further behind our counterparts who are already leading the way with respect to territorial authorities and the respective te reo Māori policies, strategies and or action plans.

6.0 Next steps – Te Anga Whakamua

6.1 To pursue the direction set by the Committee in order to support the action plan to become a Council ratified and fully operational action plan.

Attachments:

1 ⇩	Strategies & Development Projects - Arts, Architecture, Cultural & Heritage - Strategic Relationships - HDC_Heretaunga_Ararau_ActionPlan	STR-1-7-20-905
2 ⇩	Strategies & Development Projects - Arts, Architecture, Cultural & Heritage - Strategic Relationships - HDC Heretaunga Ararau Policy	STR-1-7-20-900

Summary of Considerations - He Whakarāpopoto Whakaarohanga

Fit with purpose of Local Government - E noho hāngai pū ai ki te Rangatōpū-ā-Rohe

Link to the Council’s Community Outcomes – Ngā Hononga ki Ngā Putanga ā-Hapori

This proposal promotes the social and cultural wellbeing of communities in the present and for the future.

Māori Impact Statement - Te Tauākī Kaupapa Māori

The action plan will have a significant impact on kaupapa Māori and Māori issues moving forward here at Council and will really support the local iwi Ngāti Kahungunu and its te reo Māori strategy - Kahungunu kia eke. In Ngāti Kahungunu and indeed, here in Heretaunga, we have two representatives to Te Mātāwai, the national Board responsible for te reo Māori across the country, Jeremy Tātere MacLeod and our own Councillor, Bayden Barber. Hastings District Council sits in the heart of Ngāti Kahungunu and has the greatest Māori demographic across the iwi.

Sustainability - Te Toitūtanga

The Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Policy and the Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan will ensure and strengthen Council’s contribution to the sustainability of te reo Māori here in the Hastings district and this part of the Ngāti Kahungunu region.

Financial considerations - Ngā Whakaarohanga Ahumoni

N/A as these are covered within the operational budget of the Pou Ahurea / Pou Ahurea Matua.

Significance and Engagement - Te Hiranga me te Tūhonotanga

See all of the above narrative.

Consultation – internal and/or external - Whakawhiti Whakaaro-ā-roto / ā-waho

Will seek direction from the Committee on the level of engagement required if needed.

Risks

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REWARD – Te Utu	RISK – Te Tūraru
Heretaunga Ararau recognises the status of te reo Māori as a taonga of whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori. Through Heretaunga Ararau the Hastings District Council will celebrate te reo Māori and support the revitalisation of the language within Council activities and across Hastings city, and the wider Hastings district.	If the Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo māori Action Plan is not adopted by Hastings District Council, then Council’s credibility becomes a key talking point and will be called to question. That is, Council acknowledges the importance and significance of te reo Māori and if it does not adopt the Action Plan, then Council’s credibility becomes questionable within this context.

Rural Community Board – Te Poari Tuawhenua-ā-Hapori

N/A.

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Te Hui o Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga

Hastings District Council: Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee Meeting

Te Rārangi Take
Report to Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee

Nā:

From:

Dr James Graham, Pou Ahurea Matua - Principal Advisor: Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage

Te Take:

Subject:

Pou Ahurea Update

1.0 Executive Summary – Te Kaupapa Me Te Whakarāpopototanga

1.1 The purpose of this report is to update the Committee about continuing project work that both the Pou Ahurea and Pou Ahurea Matua are leading and / or contributing to.

1.2 This report concludes by recommending that the Committee receives this report.

2.0 Recommendations – Ngā Tūtohunga

A) That the report of the Pou Ahurea Matua - Principal Advisor: Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage titled “Pou Ahurea Update” dated 05/08/2020 be received.

3.0 Background – Te Horopaki

GOVERNANCE

3.1 Heretaunga Takoto Noa Committee Representation

An opportunity for Committee members to present updates from their respective Committees to the Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee.

As of 5 August 2020 and due to the global pandemic impact across the world, the country as well as Council business, there will have only been five committees to meet since the start of the year, indeed, the triennium:

i) Standing Committees:

· Strategy and Policy Committee (Tania Eden)

· Operations and Monitoring Committee (Mike Paku)

ii) HDC Sub-Committees:

· Risk and Assurance (Robin Hape)

· District Planning and Bylaws Subcommittee (Marei, Ngaio, Tania: 1^st meeting 5 August 10.30am)

· Civic and Administration Subcommittee (Tania)

iii) Committees yet to be fully convened and meet:

· District Development Subcommittee (Te Rangihau: - will require replacement)

· Eco District Subcommittee (Ngaio)

· Great Communities Subcommittee (Te Rangihau: - will require replacement)

· Hearings Committee (Robin)

3.2 Hastings District Council Long Term Plan 2021 - 2031 Update

As Council embarks on its journey of developing the Long Term Plan (Years 2021-2031) over the next 6 months, there will be a programme to complete this process, including an invitation to the chairs of both the Rural Community Board and the Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee to attend these sessions if they wish to.

Alternatively there may be other approaches that may better integrate the work of the Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee with this process which would be good to discuss (one option would be to have a separate session with the Committee later in August after the first Council workshop. For example, this is an approach that the Rural Community Board is taking so that focus can be placed on their particular areas of interest and input can then feed into the August LTP Workshop.

In brief the Council programme sees 4 set of workshops as follows:

· July 22-23 – broad overview of all the key drivers of Council business (predominantly asset focused issues) (22 Jul 10.00am to 1.15pm) (23 Jul 9.00am to 4.30pm)

· August 25-26 – Starting to piece together the Council investment portfolio across its activities

· October 27-28 – Refinement, staging and prioritisation of the investment portfolio to link with Council’s Financial Strategy

· December 8-9 – Broad Draft Plan completion

3.3 Te Kupenga -– symbolic of bringing our region together

Council Pou Ahurea have collaborated with Wairoa District Council, Napier City Council, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Central Hawke’s Bay District Council and the local New Zealand Police Māori Iwi Liaison Officer to come together under the banner of Te Kupenga. This is a regional approach and offshoot of the local government Māori strategic managers and advisors’ group Te Pae Urungi. Currently, Te Kupenga meets by ‘Zoom’ every Tuesday morning to discuss and collaborate work to ensure consistent approaches across the region are shared.

Among the collaborative projects being planned at present is a digital cultural toolkit application to advise on pōhiri / whakatau protocol, strategies on how best to engage with mana whenua, iwi, hapū, marae and te ao Māori. This is currently being developed and soon to be finalised. The Digital App would be accessed via mobile phone and there are current examples, not many, but some examples around the country at present that Territorial Authorities and or Māori organisations are using with great success. We are seeking advice and guidance from a reputable digital technology company who have a growing track record of this work in recent years. We have also used our own Council’s cultural toolkit booklet as the foundation to planning the development of a digital application that will be applicable across all five Territorial Authorities / Councils.

3.4 Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust

With respect to high level engagement and in particular with our statutory partners, Council is at various stages of ‘partnership’ with its partners given each other’s respective aspirations, objectives and as well as the reality of time and timing. At present, Hastings District Council are looking to collaborate with the Heretaunga Tamatea Settlement Trust to develop a Memorandum of Understanding to support each organisation’s vision and goals with respect to housing across Hastings. The Trust have recently purchased significant parcels of land with the aspiration to develop housing, which while serving their economic, social and cultural interests, will also support Council’s aspirations regarding housing. Consequently, formalising an arrangement that will replicate a Tiriti partnership will support each other, our respective communities and our statutory obligations. This level of engagement will also have positive spin-offs for other contexts here at Council including, Planning and Regulatory issues, Asset Management projects and initiatives, Economic Development and High Priority Projects, and Community Programmes.

3.5 HPUDS

The Heretaunga Plains Urban Development Strategy Implementation Working Group (IWG) recently met over lockdown, having not since November 2018. The purpose of the April meeting was to give effect to the reestablishment of the IWG as per the 2019 triennial agreement with the purpose of having to inform the IWG on current members nominated by the respective partner Councils, as of November 2019. Table 1 outlines the current members of the HPUDS Implementation Working Group (IWG), noting that at this stage the mana whenua appointments have yet to be made. Past mana whenua membership has featured a member from the Ahuriri area and the other from the Heretaunga area.

· At the last IWG meeting it was discussed /resolved that NCC and HDC seek nominations to the IWG through their respective Māori committees, and put those nominations forward for confirmation at the next IWG meeting.

· The purpose of this update is to present this information to the Committee and allow you time to discuss both in this forum and off-line what your suggestions for HPUDS IWG might be with regard to process (consultation and engagement as well as mana whenua representation across the Napier City and Hastings District Councils).

· The number of meetings and frequency of these are unknown at this stage but given that there is to be a review of HPUDS this year, mana whenua representation to the IWG will be important to ensure representation, place and partnership with regard to decision-making as per the impending review of HPUDS.

· Table 2 outlines the current members of the HPUDS Technical Advisory Group (TAG). The TAG’s role is to support provide technical advice to the IWG, and so TAG have raised the mana whenua representation take to the IWG with the Pou Ahurea to seek further advice.

Table 1: Implementation Working Group membership (IWG)

Organisation	Member-type	Previous IWG	Current IWG
HB Regional Council	HBRC appointee	Tom Belford	Martin Williams
HB Regional Council	HBRC appointee	Peter Bevan	Jerf van Beek
HB Regional Council	Ex-officio (HBRC Chair)	Rex Graham	Rex Graham
HB Regional Council	Ex-officio (CE)	James Palmer	James Palmer
Hastings District Council	HDC appointee	Tania Kerr	Tania Kerr
Hastings District Council	HDC appointee	George Lyon	Alwyn Corban
Hastings District Council	Ex-officio (Mayor)	Sandra Hazlehurst	Sandra Hazlehurst
Hastings District Council	Ex-officio (CE)	Neil Taylor (interim)	Nigel Bickle
Napier City Council	NCC appointee	Faye White	Sally Crown
Napier City Council	NCC appointee	Tony Jeffery	Rhonda Chrystal
Napier City Council	Ex-officio (Mayor)	Bill Dalton	Kirsten Wise
Napier City Council	Ex-officio (CE)	Wayne Jack	Neil Taylor (Interim)
Mana whenua member	Mana whenua member	Barry Wilson
Mana whenua member	Mana whenua member	Robin Hape

Table 2: Core Technical Advisory Group personnel (TAG)

Mark Clews	Hastings District Council, Principal Advisor District Development
Dean Moriarity	Napier City Council, Policy Team Leader
Gavin Ide	Hawke's Bay Regional Council, Principal Advisor Strategic Planning

3.6 Progressive Procurement Toolkit

Pou Ahurea are advising the Hastings District Council Procurement team, working in collaboration with Height Project Management, Auckland, to develop a Council Progressive Procurement Toolkit. The toolkit is modelled on a Sustainable Outcomes Toolkit that was developed by Auckland City Council. Our role is to advise the cultural pathway to achieving positive:

· Economic;

· Social; Environmental; and,

· Cultural outcomes that reflects the change in government’s procurement focus from ‘value for money’ to ‘public value’.

We have inserted the Te Kura Nui Māori Responsiveness Framework korowai into the toolkit as the cloak that wraps the four pou together. Te Kura Nui is the philosophical framework that stems from te ao Māori and Māori oral traditions, and that has its roots in the Hawke’s Bay region – Te Matau-a-Māui. Sustainable outcomes focus areas and challenges for our region are to have genuine partnership with mana whenua, to provide equal opportunities so prosperity is shared across our community, to build a diverse and prosperous economy and to prevent and reverse environmental degradation. At a district and regional level the goals align with the Council Long Term Plan 2018 - 2028, Te Kura Nui Māori Responsiveness Framework, Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Policy and the Council Procurement Policy and Strategy 2020.

3.7 Three-Waters and ‘Wai’

In July 2020, the Government announced funding to provide immediate post-COVID-19 stimulus to maintain and improve water networks infrastructure, and to support a three-year programme of reform of local government water services delivery arrangements. Central and Local Government consider it is timely to apply targeted infrastructure stimulus investment to enable improvements to water service delivery, progress reform in partnership, and ensure the period of economic recovery following COVID-19 supports a transition to a productive, sustainable economy.

While the Government’s starting intention is for publicly-owned multi-regional models for water service delivery, with a preference for local authority ownership, final decisions on a service delivery model will be informed by discussion with the local government sector and the work of the Steering Committee. Initial funding will be made available immediately to those councils that sign up to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and associated Funding Agreement and Delivery Plan for the first stage of the Three Waters Services Reform Programme.

The Reform Programme is designed to support economic recovery post COVID-19 and address persistent systemic issues facing the three waters sector, through a combination of:

· Stimulating investment, to assist economic recovery through job creation, and maintain investment in water infrastructure renewals and maintenance; and

· Reforming current water service delivery, into larger scale providers, to realise significant economic, public health, environmental, and other benefits over the medium to long term.

On 8 July, the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on a visit to Hastings, announced a $761m package for three waters investment over the next twelve months, the first of several expected tranches, with $50m earmarked for Hawke’s Bay’s councils.

3.8 PGF Marae Renovation Fund

At least $600 million of Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) money was recently targeted to support regional economies as they recover from COVID-19. The funding is repurposed Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) money and unallocated funding from the Regional Investment Opportunities Contingency, and has three clear objectives:

· Jobs – investments must create immediate redeployment and new employment opportunities and income growth. This adjusted criteria will see investments in skills programmes, sectors and infrastructure which will support regional economies as they change in the wake of COVID-19.

· Timelines – projects will need to be contracted and underway as soon as possible. The special Resource Management powers made available during the recovery will be used to ensure projects can progress quickly.

· Visibility – PGF projects need to be visible and active to give people in regions confidence that our social and economic recovery is underway.

Of the new projects to be funded is up to $70 million for upgrades of marae, town halls, Pasifika churches and war memorials. Council has collaborated with Te Puni Kōkiri to support Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga and Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui-a-Orotū in a joint application for marae across the two Taiwhenua and Hastings district (see attachments).

Following direction from the informal Heretaunga Takoto Noa meeting in May (over Zoom), the Pou Ahurea engaged with Te Puni Kōkiri, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga and Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui-a-Orotū to work out how to progress a collaborative PGF Marae Renovation Fund application. The team had one week to complete a substantial application that included getting the consent of up to 23 of our marae across the Hastings district and the two Taiwhenua. Pou Ahurea and Te Puni Kōkiri staff pulled the application together and submitted it by the due date of June 12.

Governance of this project will be provided by the Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga Board of Trustees represented by CEO George Reedy and Te Whanganui-a-Orotū Taiwhenua Board of Trustees represented by General Manager Tania Eden. The governance group is supported via a Steering Group comprising Hastings District Council officer (Pou Ahurea) representation (HDC), Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK), Ministry Social Development (MSD), Youth Potential and Mahi for Heretaunga (HDC) and Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT).

The application titled Te Tū Marae ki Te Matau-a-Māui was submitted under Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga and its Chief executive George Reedy, and is a joint Taiwhenua governed cluster model approach. Te Tū Mare o Te Matau-a-Māui is essentially for the renovation of our Marae where the twin Taiwhenua governed model has the capacity to coordinate multiple Marae work streams, invest allocated funds appropriately for the upkeep of Marae assets, and importantly, deploy individuals and vulnerable groups impacted by COVID-19.

A special Infometrics Report on the economic impact of COVID-19 on the Hawke’s Bay region forecasts that employment will decline by -8.3%, or 7,000 jobs, between March 2020 and March 2021. The highest number of job losses is expected in the low-skilled category. The general age and skills profile of Hawke’s Bay Māori is skewed towards high levels of both younger and lower skilled employees. Job losses therefore are forecast to have a disproportionate impact on lower income Māori households.

Māori who have lost their jobs will need assistance to engage with the labour market and re-skill to take advantage of job opportunities as they emerge. To achieve this, organisations across the region are working collaboratively to identify affected employees and provide assistance to support them get back into the workforce. Community support services, such as those provided by Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui-a-Orotū and the local Councils, are working with Māori to identify and assist affected whānau. There is a strong and close relationship with MSD to identify affected persons and support them into employment.

A social procurement approach will be a compulsory requirement when awarding contracts. It will be a condition of any contract that a specified number of employees must be persons redeployed from COVID-19 affected employment. A further contract condition will be the recruitment of apprentices to enable unemployed Māori to upskill or re-skill in a new trade. The Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), Taradale, will be engaged and vocational pathways will be established to support people upskilling. As part of the project management, employment and training outcomes will be monitored and reported.

3.9 Waiaroha Water Project

As part of the Hastings Drinking Water Strategy 2018, Hastings District Council (Council) is undertaking significant infrastructural works to enable delivery of safe drinking water across Hastings City and Suburbs. The work involves construction and operation of two new water treatment and storage facilities, built around new and existing bores, within Hastings. The new facilities will provide enhanced barriers to contamination, improve existing continuous online monitoring and control of source water, create supply resilience, buffer peak demand, minimise drawdown on the aquifer and enable more effective pressure management within the reticulation network.

Through the project scoping process for the Eastbourne site, the project team identified a significant opportunity to add value to this infrastructure through the incorporation of community benefit elements, such as:

· Educational facilities that tell the story of the water treatment process and/or natural water cycle.

· Narratives that help reinforce the cultural meaning and importance of water.

· Enhanced building and site architecture that is attractive and unique, adding to the character of the surrounding city landscape.

· Opportunities to engage with the public in the water treatment process.

· Provide aspirational targets for our drinking water beyond the immediate infrastructural work.

Through exploring these elements the “Waiaroha” concept has been born, this being a separate (but related) project to the core infrastructure work required. A series of objectives have been developed to help shape the project team’s thinking about the added-value opportunity:

· Provide good community infrastructure that is contemporary, of quality construction and appropriate for the CBD site.

· Enhance community understanding of Council's safe drinking water objectives.

· Recognise and enhance the cultural value of water.

· Add to the profile, character and identity of Hastings through creating a unique facility.

· Create a multi-purpose facility with space for other complimentary initiatives.

The Waiaroha concept is still being developed and Council have engaged a cultural advisor to join the project team and develop the cultural context of the concept appropriately.

Pou Ahurea, in collaboration with the Major Capital Projects team and Wayfinder Landscape Architects, have engaged Hira Huata (Ngāti Rahunga i te Rangi, Ngāti Paahu, Ngāti Poporo) to provide cultural context and input into the vision document and concept plan for the formerly ‘named’ Ipukarea project. Agreed deliverables include a review of the current Ipukarea document with recommendations to improve, assist with cultural detail to lodge a publically notifiable resource consent application, assist with mana whenua engagement, draft the cultural context section and assist with other educational elements around the story of te wai (the water) using a Ki uta ki tai (mountains to sea) theme for the project.

3.10 Hawke’s Bay Regional Collection and Hawkes Bay Museums Trust

Hawke’s Bay Museum Storage: - the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust owns, manages and cares for the regional collection, which includes a significant taonga collection. The current storage arrangements are not fit for purpose with the collection split between the MTG basement and the BAT Building in Ahuriri. A Joint Working Group has been established to work through a number of issues in relation to the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust, including finding a fit for purpose storage solution.

Included on the JWG are members from Napier City and Hastings District Councils; Richard Grant, Chair of the HBMT and Mike Paku, Iwi representative to the HBMT, are also part of the JWG. The JWG have settled on a preferred solution in the Hastings CBD and commercial negotiations are currently being undertaken to see if this is a viable option to progress further. The Hastings CBD option would provide a fit for purpose storage solution for the taonga, create an opportunity for a research function to be created and possibly make available space at the Hastings City Art Gallery and the Hastings Central Library for the taonga to be displayed.

There is currently a funding gap to enable this project to be delivered and a funding pitch has been presented to the Prime Minister’s Office as the Minister for Culture and Heritage.

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3.11 Te Wiki o te Reo Māori

Pou Ahurea are planning ahead for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2020 - September 14^th - 20^th and to have activities in place to celebrate and acknowledge te reo Māori revitalisation initiatives across Heretaunga. We are planning with the Transportation Operations team and Parks and Reserves to light up four intersections around Hastings with pedestrian crossing haka poses and to have stencil markings applied to areas that have high numbers of foot traffic. The theme remains the same from year to year with minor modifications around ‘Kōrero Māori’ and ‘Karawhiua – Give it a go!’ These initiatives are external to the Council buildings, and align with our Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Policy and draft Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan.

In collaboration with the other Territorial Authorities across Hawke’s Bay we are also investigating the development and commissioning of te reo Māori flags that each Council can use and employ during Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and other prestigious events. Wairoa District Council initiated a project for Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori 2017 to have ‘pennant flags’ imprinted with kīwaha (local sayings) posted on flagpoles throughout Wairoa’s main street. These would be erected on lamp posts where flags are currently flown on throughout the district. We are also investigating and planning our own internal initiatives that can be promoted throughout our work spaces where Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori can be celebrated every day with a national collaboration during the second week of September.

Semester One Te Reo Māori classes felt the Covid-19 impact and numbers suffered accordingly. Nonetheless, this class, while smaller than it was in March 2020, concluded in mid-June 2020 having taken up ‘Zoom’ in order to meet online and complete their respective te reo Māori programme. We are not formally undertaking te reo Māori study as an organisation this semester and instead will pick up at the start of the 2021 academic year with Te Aho a Māui (EIT).

3.12 Te Kura Nui - Māori Responsiveness Framework

Te Kura Nui is the Māori cultural responsiveness framework for HDC. The original process for measuring improvement included a self-assessment procedure, followed by an agreed action plan for implementation and then monitoring and reporting progress.

With Te Kura Nui being the backdrop for the organisation’s cultural competency improvement an action plan is being designed by the Pou Ahurea team to sit across all group services. The name and action plan also serves as the draft action plan to implement Heretaunga Ararau - Te Reo Māori Policy. We have listed opportunities for success in accomplishing goals and objectives to build momentum, confidence, hope and commitment.

When te reo Māori outcomes are implemented and improved across an organisation the intrinsic values of a culture are achieved. Underlying this action plan is a level of consistency with other major cities, and that is the goal to be a te reo city by 2040.

Aligned with this work is the direction from Council’s Lead Team for each staff member to have cultural indicators included in performance objectives. Māori Language Planning elements are included in Heretaunga Ararau and are:

• Te Mārama Pū/Critical Awareness. When people accept the need for language revitalisation and understand the ambitious role that Council has in achieving the goal to be a te reo city by 2040.

• Mana/Status. When people understand the value of te reo Māori and accept it as an integral part of our city and national identity.

• Te Whakamahi/Use. People can speak, listen to, read, write and comprehend te reo Māori at a level that supports their use and have access to reo-rich environments and domains.

• Ako/Acquisition. Council supports people to have increased opportunities to acquire te reo Māori at a level that supports their use.

• Te Puna/Corpus. Quality new words, terms and standards are developed and available to support the use of te reo Māori.

The approach for delivering the Te Kura Nui portal via SharePoint Online was agreed to after Information Leadership Design Services Ltd (ILDSL) provided a demonstration of the proposed functionality. The work will:

• Confirm the core data needed to be collected for filtering and grouping (action or outcome, phases) including the relationships between the data.

• Set up the core SharePoint site collection, search configuration, content types, navigation, branding and security.

• Build the supporting lists and libraries in SharePoint.

• Build display templates for reporting with style indicators for status or progress bars for each action.

• Configure dashboard pages as required and set up management of views.

3.13 Te Ara Kahikatea Sculptures

Engagement with mana whenua and local artists continues with regard to Te Ara Kahikatea and the cultural enhancement of this arterial route. The concept is that three sculptures will be placed at strategic positions along the arterial; at Pākōwhai, at the Mangateretere end, and one near the centre alongside the industrial area at Whakatū. The sculpture designs reflect the nature and history of the area and mana whenua endorsement to progress these concepts to the next stage has just been attained through a series of hui facilitated by the Manaaki Taiao team at Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga. A recently designed 3m high prototype or Marquette to represent the three sculptures was recently agreed to by mana whenua and so the artists / fabricators have been given the go ahead to commence work on the 3 x 6m high sculptures.

Te Ara Kahikatea along with the East Clive Wastewater Treatment Plant are two examples of partnership leading to highly successful whole community outcomes; the latter actually achieved international recognition status. The commissioning, development and eventual unveiling of these taonga / sculptures will represent another significant partnership journey between Council, mana whenua and the community.

3.14 Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga

The Tika Tonu exhibition opens at 12pm, Saturday August 8^th at the Hastings City Art Gallery. Tika Tonu brings emerging and established contemporary painters and sculptors from across Ngāti Kahungunu, uniting together in an exhibition of artwork derived from, but beyond the tradition.

This will be a significant exhibition acknowledging and celebrating Ngāti Kahungunu. Council are fortunate too in that Dr Sandy Adsett has pulled this exhibition together and we have engaged with him in order to ensure a successful exhibition that will run from August 8^th through to November 1^st 2020.

Attachments:

1 ⇩	Heretaunga Cluster PGF Application	CG-16-5-00026
2 ⇩	PGF Marae Calculations	CG-16-5-00020
3 ⇩	Three Waters Reform Programme A3	CG-16-5-00029
4 ⇩	Three Waters Reform Programme Presentation	CG-16-5-00031

Te Rā Hui: Meeting date:	Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Te Wā: Time:	1.00pm
Te Wāhi: Venue:	Council Chamber Ground Floor Civic Administration Building Lyndon Road East Hastings
Te Hoapā: Contact:	Democracy and Governance services P: 06 871 5000 \| E: democracy@hdc.govt.nz
Te Āpiha Matua: Responsible Officer:	Pou Ahurea Matua Principal Advisor: Relationships Responsiveness and Heritage – Dr James Graham

Mematanga: Membership:	Koromatua Chair: Robin Hape (Chair) Ngā KaiKaunihera Councillors: Councillor Bayden Barber (Deputy Chair) Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst Councillors Henare O’Keefe, Peleti Oli, Ann Redstone and Geraldine Travers Marei Apatu, Tania Eden, Te Rangihau Gilbert, Mike Paku and Ngaio Tiuka Councillor Alwyn Corban (Councillor Alternate) Kaumātua: Jerry Hapuku
Tokamatua: Quorum:	at least 3 Councillors and 3 Tangata Whenua appointees
Apiha Matua Officer Responsible:	Pou Ahurea Matua Principal Advisor: Relationships Responsiveness and Heritage – Dr James Graham
Te Rōpū Manapori me te Kāwanatanga Democracy & Governance Services:	Lynne Cox (Ext 5632)

1.0	Prayer - Karakia
2.0	Apologies & Leave of Absence – Ngā Whakapāhatanga me te Wehenga ā-Hui At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received. At the close of the agenda no requests for leave of absence had been received.
3.0	Conflict of Interest – Mahi Kai Huanga
4.0	Confirmation of Minutes – Te Whakamana i Ngā Miniti Minutes of the Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee Meeting held Wednesday 26 February 2020. (Previously circulated)
5.0	Resignation of Te Rangihau Gilbert from the Committee	9
6.0	Marae Development Fund 2020-2021	11
7.0	HDC Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan Draft	21
8.0	Pou Ahurea Update	71
9.0	Minor Items – Ngā take iti
10.0	Urgent Items – Ngā take nonoi

Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee – Terms of Reference