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Effective use of iwi management plans

These workshops are designed to enhance the use and understanding of iwi management plans within councils and other agencies. The workshops provide practical examples of using iwi management plans under the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), using recently developed iwi management plans within the region where the workshops are held.

The workshops support the update of Whakamau ki nga kaupapa - Making the best of iwi management plans under the RMA and cover:

  • An introduction to iwi/ hapū values and interests in resource management;
  • The role of iwi management plans (an iwi perspective);
  • The effective use of iwi management plans – opportunities from the RMA;
  • How to use an iwi management plan.

The Ministry for the Environment in conjunction with the Ngatiwai Trust Board and the New Zealand Planning Institute, ran three one-day implementation workshops on 24, 25, and 26 June 2008 in Orewa, Kaikohe and Whangarei, respectively.

Workshops were also held in Queenstown and Invercargill in April 2008 to support the implementation of Te Tangi a Tauira – The Cry of the People - Ngāi Tahu ki Murihiku Natural Resource and Environmental Management Plan 2008. Around 60 participants attended the workshops.

Three workshops were also held in May 2006 in Queenstown, Dunedin, and Kaikoura, with over 70 participants. The workshops looked at the effectiveness of iwi management plans under the RMA and focussed on two recently released iwi management plans from Ngāi Tahu Papatipu Rūnanga - Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura and Kāi Tahu ki Otago (made up of the four Papatipu Rūnanga of Otago).

Last updated: 16 January 2009