The dawn blessing of Albert Street and Te Komititanga before its opening ceremony
CRL Mana Whenua Partnership A partnership between CRL Ltd and Mana Whenua has been established through the CRL Mana Whenua Forum
Paoa ki uta, Paoa ki tai, Paoa ki tua
Ngāti Maru
This partnership began in 2012. Over the years the contribution of Māori mātauranga (cultural values) from Mana Whenua has been significant and has benefited the project as a whole. The CRL Mana Whenua Forum, made up of eight Auckland iwi, provides a structure to realise the partnership between iwi Mana Whenua and CRL Ltd. The contribution of Māori mātauranga and sharing of cultural values continues to deliver better sustainability, environmental, design, health and safety outcomes.
ISC rating to align with Te Ao Māori Mahi Rauora Aratohu (guidance for the work on the health of all things) is a world-first, custom-made ISC Infrastructure Sustainability technical manual that incorporates Mana Whenua cultural values.
Link Alliance in 2019 when construction on the project’s main works began. The manual ensures that as the project drives its sustainability outcomes and measures its performance, it takes the cultural context of Aotearoa into account and uses sustainability criteria that is compatible with Te Ao Māori. This year a sustainability sub-group of the CRL Mana Whenua Forum was re-established to support and guide the Link Alliance as it gives effect to cultural criteria embedded within the technical manual. Establishing processes for Mana Whenua involvement in project decision-making, procurement, cultural monitoring and accidental discoveries protocols are some of the mahi undertaken by the sub-group.
Developed together with the CRL Mana Whenua Forum in 2016/2017, Mahi Rauora Aratohu was adopted by the
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