Exercising Partnership – Council, Tangata Whenua, Mana Whenua

Hastings District Council remains steadfast in its commitment to nurturing and strengthening processes to enable tangata whenua and mana whenua to exercise partnership in decision making across a range of contexts here at Council and in the wider Hastings District.

Titiro ake au ki te hāro o te kāhu tui, tui, tui, tuia. Tuia te rangi e tū nei, tuia te papa e takoto nei. Tuia te here tangata o Heretaunga takoto noa, ka rongo te pō, ka rongo te ao. Tuia te muka tangata i takea mai i Hawaiki-nui, Hawaiki-roa, Hawaiki-pāmaomao. Te hono i wairua ki te whai-ao ki te ao mārama, tihei Heretaunga! Kei ngā mana, kei ngā reo, kei ngā pari kārangaranga o tēnā pito, o tēnā marae, o tēnā hapū o te rohe whānui o Heretaunga, anei ngā kupu whakamiha ki a koutou katoa. E tika ana kia tukuna atu ngā whakaaro ki a rātau mā ko ngā rau-o-piopio kua purea atu e ngā hau maiangi, e ngā hau pūkerikeri ki tua o te ārai. Kāti, rātau te tira mātai pō ki a rātau, waiho ake ko tātau te tira mātai ao ki a tātau. Tēnā rā tātau katoa kei te hapori whānui o Heretaunga e whakamana nei i tō tātau reo rangatira i raro i te āhua o ngā kupu kōrero ā kui mā, ā koro mā me ngā tāhuhu kōrero o te rohe whānui o Heretaunga; tō tēnā hapū, tō tēnā hapū, tō tēnā hapū. Kei ngā marae rua tekau mā whā o Te Kaunihera ā-Rohe o Heretaunga, kei ngā hapū kārangaranga, kei ngā Taiwhenua o te takiwā nei, kei ngā Rōpū Tiriti o Waitangi, nei anō te maioha ki a koutou, ā nō mātau hoki te whakamīharo ki te tukua nei ngā mihi ki a koutou otirā, ki a tātau katoa. Heoi anō, Heretaunga-ara-rau, Heretaunga-haukū-nui, Heretaunga-hāro-o-te-kāhu, Heretaunga-raorao-haumako, Heretaunga-ringahora, Heretaunga takoto noa; tihei Heretaunga! The Council undertakes a number of activities to provide for opportunities for contribution to decision making. These are detailed over the page:

Partnerships and Responsiveness

• The Council has the Hastings District Council Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Joint Committee to focus on strategic priorities for tangata whenua in the District. The Committee comprises six tangata whenua appointments and six Councillors. The

Committee’s terms of reference include input to the LTP, the Annual Plan and the District Plan. • The roles of Pou Ahurea – Principal Advisor/Advisor: Relationships, Responsiveness and Heritage engage with multiple layers and contexts across our wide and diverse community. Relationship building with mana whenua and community to enhance strategic relationships between whānau, marae, hapū, Taiwhenua, Post Settlement

Governance Entities (PSGEs) including Ngāti Pāhauwera Development Trust,

Maungaharuru Tangitū Trust, Hineuru Iwi Trust, Mana Ahuriri Trust, Heretaunga

Tamatea Settlement Trust, and Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated alongside Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga and Te Taiwhenua o Te Whanganui-a-Orotū, and the Council is ongoing. • The HDC Tangata Whenua Wastewater Joint Committee continues to provide sound governance to Council through the development of wastewater solutions integrating tikanga Māori (customary values) alongside the provisions of the Resource Management Act. • The refreshed Te Kura Nui - Māori Relationships Framework and its implementation will allow officers, Council and the Heretaunga Takoto Noa Māori Standing Committee to monitor the organisation’s cultural responsiveness to Māori; to mana whenua, to tangata whenua. The key focus moving forward will be the continuous journey towards Council’s goal for all staff to grow their cultural responsiveness to kaupapa

Māori (Māori position and or viewpoint on issues concerning Māori) and to ‘te ao

Māori’, a Māori worldview. • This last year has also seen the adoption by Council of Heretaunga Ararau, the

Hastings District Council Te Reo Māori Policy and the development of the Heretaunga

Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan to support the place and use of te reo Māori across the whole Council and its facilities. The Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Policy was launched during Te wiki o te reo Māori 2019, which also saw Council celebrate a number of initiatives to champion te reo Māori; both during the week, and ongoing throughout the year.

• Hui are held periodically to give the opportunity for hapu whanui to discuss with Council a range of issues of importance.