Tangata Whenua views considered

A recommendation is being put to Wednesday’s Hawke’s Bay Regional Council meeting asking for a working group to be set up to help review how the Council is doing with its relationships with iwi and incorporating Tangata Whenua views into its work.

Members of the Council’s Maori & Regional Planning Committees are asking for the review to determine how HBRC can best incorporate Tangata Whenua values and support the Regional Planning Committee.

The Regional Planning Committee was established in April 2011 as Treaty of Waitangi redress for Tangata Whenua groups. It oversees the review and development of the regional planning documents for the Hawke’s Bay region as required by the Resource Management Act 1991. It comprises equal membership of Regional Councillors and Treaty Claimant Group representatives.

The review would look at what HBRC is doing now and how it is structured with the Maori and Regional Planning Committees and marae/hapu engagement in Council projects. It would also review how well those actions incorporate Tangata Whenua views for all stakeholders.

The working group would include councillors and Maori Committee and Regional Planning Committee members who would assist staff in the review.

The recommendation will be considered at Wednesday’s Regional Council meeting.

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