HE WHAKAMŌHIOTANGA KŌRERO
5.0 PIPIRI - HŌNGONGOI 2024
Karakia
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Ka noho ko Ranginui ki runga, ko Papatūānuku ki raro,
Ka heke iho ko ngā roimata i a Ranginui,
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Ka ora tāua i te ao, i te pō, Tūturu whakamaua kia tīna! Tīna!
Hui ē! Tāiki ē!
Ngā ihirangi | Contents
Tō mātou poari
Our Board
Ko te whakakitenga me te kauapa
Our vision and purpose
Ā mātou pou
Our strategic pillars
Ngā arotahi matua
Strategic priorities
Ngā whāinga me ngā inenga
Key performance indicators
He kupu nā Te Mātārae
From the Chief Executive 10 11
Te tāpae pūrongo
Reporting
Mō mātou poari | Our Board
Pahia Turia
Tumu Whakarae | Chair
Ngā Wairiki, Ngāti Apa, Whanganui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Gail Thompson
Kaitohu | Director
Ngāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Waitaha
Dean Moana
Kaitohu | Director
Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui
Dion Tuuta
Tumu Whakarae Tuarā | Deputy Chair
Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Te Ātiawa, Taranaki
Bayden Bayber
Kaitohu | Director
Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi
Kim Skelton
Kaitohu Tuarā | Alternate Director
Te Ātiawa, Taranaki, Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga
Bella Takiari-Brame
Kaitohu | Director
Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato
Nicole Anderson
Kaitohu | Director
Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Te Aupōuri
Maru Samuels
Kaitohu Tuarā | Alternate Director
Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Rarawa, Ngāi Takoto
Ko te whakakitenga | Our vision
Ko te ora o te whānau e kotahi ana ki a Tangaroa
Thriving whānau determining their relationship with Tangaroa
Ko te kaupapa | Our purpose
Ka tautoko mātau i ngā iwi ki te tiaki, ki te whakahaumako hoki i ā tātau taonga mā te hautūtanga, te taunaki me te auahatanga
We support iwi priorities to protect and enhance our taonga through leadership, advocacy and innovation
Ā mātou pou | Strategic pillars
Pou tuatahi
Pou tuarua
Pou tuatoru
By the end of 2026 we have advocated for transformational change to the legislative and policy system impacting iwi fishing and our relationship with Tangaroa
To ensure our programmes assist in increasing the capability of iwi to determine management of their fisheries and marine interests
Pou tuawhā
To invest in research and innovation that supports an iwi perspective in fisheries management and their relationship with Tangaroa
To ensure our efforts in protecting the Deed of Settlement have resulted in positive and resilient outcomes for iwi
Ngā arotahi matua | Strategic priorities
Arotahi matua tuatahi
Te Ohu Kaimoana is a tikanga led, kaupapa iwi organisation
Arotahi matua tuarua
This year's annual plan identifies five main priorities, which together contribute to the four pou of the fiveyear strategic plan.
This objective is ensuring that we are leading with tikanga and an iwi perspective (individually and collectively) and we are building the capability of our staff and leadership to continually improve our delivery as a kaupapa Māori organisation.
Te Ohu Kaimoana is an advocate for iwi in their relationship with the moana
Arotahi matua tuatoru
Te Ohu Kaimoana upholds the trust of iwi
Arotahi matua tuawhā
This objective is not just about our delivery on the fisheries and aquaculture Settlements, but we are being an advocate for the spectrum of interests that iwi have with the moana and assisting them to have all the right information to make the best decisions they can in their relationship with the moana.
Te Ohu Kaimoana is future focused and we amplify impact for iwi in oceans
Arotahi matua tuarima
This objective is about our visibility and engagement, and that we have amplified both our communications and transparency in information for iwi to have continued trust in what we do on their behalf.
To ensure that we don’t become complacent and that we are looking to the horizon and being proactive, this objective requires us to be future focused in our mahi and when we find opportunities, we are amplifying the impact of those opportunities. We are an organisation that has multiple partnerships, but we can do more to get value from those partnerships. This objective will prompt us to explore and deliver new possibilities.
Te Ohu Kaimoana ensures operational efficiency
This objective ensures that Te Ohu Kaimoana maintains a sustainable and high performing organisation that effectively manages its resources, priorities the well-being of its workforce, ensures financial stability, optimises the investment portfolio and is committed to operational efficiency.
Ngā whāinga me ngā inenga | Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Key priorities and KPIs
Arotahi matua tuatahi
Te Ohu Kaimoana is a tikanga led, kaupapa iwi organisation
KPIs
1. Deliver an evolved brand identity for Te Ohu Kaimoana.
2. Te Kawa o Te Moana is developed and endorsed by iwi, and reflected in the work of Te Ohu Kaimoana.
3. Invest in the development of our staff to foster their growth and contribution to Te Ohu Kaimoana.
Arotahi matua tuarua
KPIs
4. Invest in the continual performance of Te Ohu Kaimoana as a Māori organisation.
Te Ohu Kaimoana is an advocate for iwi in their relationship with the moana
1. Te Ohu Kaimoana has led and supported opportunities for iwi in the moana, including related to fisheries and aquaculture.
2. Provide iwi with the information required to make their own decisions pertaining to legislative policy system changes impacting their relationship with the moana.
3. Litigation strategy and rights based framework tested and developed.
4. Bi-monthly updates on legislative changes and showcase Te Ohu Kaimoana’s involvement in those processes.
Arotahi matua tuatoru
Te Ohu Kaimoana upholds the trust of iwi
KPIs
1. Deliver the Annual Report.
2. Deliver the Annual General Meeting and wānanga.
5. Te Ohu Kaimoana assists iwi to meet their compliance obligations.
3. Bi-Monthly panui and communications to iwi on Te Ohu Kaimoana’s events and progress on kaupapa.
4. Te Ohu Kaimoana staff and leadership have regular in-person engagements with iwi to progress opportunities and challenges in the moana.
5. We have been proactive in protecting and enhancing the reputation of Te Ohu Kaimoana.
Ā mātou pou
Key priorities and KPIs
Arotahi matua tuawhā
KPIs
Te Ohu Kaimoana is future focused and we amplify impact for iwi in oceans
1. Te Ohu Kaimoana has invested resource into research programmes in the moana.
Arotahi matua tuarima
Te Ohu Kaimoana ensures operational efficiency
KPIs
2. Te Ohu Kaimoana has worked with iwi to understand and prioritise research aspirations in the moana.
1. Te Ohu Kaimoana provides financial transparency through regular reporting.
2. Te Ohu Kaimoana ensures financial sustainability whilst investigating growth of our assets.
3. Te Ohu Kaimoana attract, develop and retain a diverse and skilled workforce.
4. Te Ohu Kaimoana maintain a safe and healthy workplace for all kaimahi.
Ā mātou pou
He kupu nā Te Mātārae | From the Chief Executive
Tēnā koutou e ngā rangatira,
This is the fifth of our regular reports to iwi, measuring our progress against our key priorities and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as identified in our annual plan, which contribute towards achieving our five-year strategy.
The aim of these reports is to provide you with more regular insight into our strategic and operational activities, as well as the performance of Te Ohu Kaimoana and Takutai Trust.
Please note that we have opted to report to you on the key priorities and KPIs that will hold the most interest and relevance and have omitted reporting to you on internal KPIs for our organisation.
This reporting period covers from June to July 2024.
We welcome your feedback and questions via email at: ika@teohu.maori.nz
Ngā manaakitanga,
Graeme Hastilow Te Mātārae | Chief Executive
Te tāpae pūrongo | Reporting
Objective 1. Te Ohu Kaimoana is an influential tikanga-led māori organisation
KPI - Te Kawa o Te Moana is developed and endorsed by iwi and reflected in the work of Te Ohu Kaimoana
We have commenced engagement with iwi representatives, as per the next steps from the iwi wānanga held in March in Tāmaki Makaurau.
The purpose of the engagement at this stage is to further socialise the direction of Te Ohu Kaimoana with iwi and cover some of the detail of Te Kawa o te Moana (working title), while gaining further iwi input into the document.
This includes a roadshow planned for August combining Te Kawa o Te Moana, our Annual Plan, and key Te Ohu Kaimoana updates as agenda topics.
The first draft of Te Kawa o Te Moana has been completed, and the next stages of development will commence engaging a professional writer to deliver a final draft by 30 September.
KPI - Deliver an evolved brand identity for Te Ohu Kaimoana
Over the past two years Te Ohu Kaimoana has been working on both a brand refresh and brand strategy.
The brand refresh was developed in reponse to iwi feedback from the 2021 roadshow and the our first strategic priority, 'Te Ohu Kaimoana is a tikanga led, kaupapa iwi organisation'. It is important to us that our iwi see and feel Te Ohu Kaimoana as a proud Māori organisation and incorporate more Māori design into its website and public facing brand.
We have been working with renowned artists Kereama Taepa and graphic designer Tim Walter-Hansen on this brand refresh and plan to implement this change before the end of the calendar year.
Alongside this project, we have also been working on a cohesive brand strategy for Te Ohu Kaimoana. This brand strategy will determine the official narrative that is used to describe Te Ohu Kaimoana in a consistent and intentional fashion into the future.
Objective 2. Te Ohu Kaimoana is an advocate for iwi in their relationship with the moana
KPI - Te Ohu Kaimoana has led and supported opportunities for iwi in the moana, including related to fisheries and aquaculture
Ahumoana
Iwi continue to wait for the Crown to deliver their counteroffer for Te Moana a Toi. Te Ohu Kaimoana is working to support the with the 12 iwi to reach a collective agreement.
We are supporting Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato Tainui in their negotiations with the Crown for the Waikato West regional settlement.
This settlement obligation is considered a new space settlement obligation generated by a consent that wasn’t in the new space forecast. It is important to note that the Crown has not yet recognised all the settlement obligations in this region.
Settlement obligations derived through the reconciliation process, through the existing regional agreements and Aquaculture Settlement Act have been signed off by Ministers and letters sent to the relevant iwi of those regions.
Many regions had no outstanding obligations while the following regions have an additional settlement obligation on the Crown:
• Auckland
• Marlborough
• Wellington
The aquaculture team are in the midst of facilitating discussions between iwi, and iwi and the Crown, to reach collective agreements on the form of assets iwi wish to receive.
KPI - Provide iwi with the information required to make their own decisions pertaining to legislative policy system changes impacting their relationship with the moana
Resource Management Act reforms
We presented at the Select Committee on the 17th of July on the Resource Management (Fresh Water and other matters) Bill, with a focus on ocean health and the need to uphold cultural impact assessments within the marine environment.
We have been contacted about the pending, further, RMA reform. This will cover off much of the consenting processes in the marine environment and also the interface between the RMA and managing fisheries.
We expect to be working with iwi to inform the crown prior to the legislation being developed as well as providing a response to the Crown in their formal processes.
Through a number of reforms, we have observed the reduction in the importance and recognition of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Deed of Settlement, the Maori Fisheries Act 2004 and the Māori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004.
Decision making powers previously held by Chief Executives of various Government departments and ministries or councils has been lifted to Ministerial level. It is our concern that this is creating a situation where political will is influencing decisions rather than using evidence and best advice.
KPI - Bi-monthly updates on legislative changes and showcase Te Ohu Kaimoana’s involvement in those processes
28N rights proceedings
Te Ohu Kaimoana’s case against the Crown on the issue of 28N rights was heard in the Wellington High Court 8 to 10 July.
Our legal team is pleased with how the hearing unfolded and we should reasonably expect the Judge to issue declarations which reflect that the current regime is inconsistent with the Fisheries Settlement because it expropriates settlement benefits without compensation. In this regard, our litigation strategy is playing out very positively.
On an unfortunate note, the Judge is reluctant to release a rushed decision and has advised that we should anticipate a decision to come after the 1 October
2024 TACC increases.
Objective 3. Te Ohu Kaimoana upholds the trust of iwi
KPI - Iwi engagement survey
Te Ohu Kaimoana recently received its results from this year’s iwi engagement survey.
This was the first iwi engagement survey carried out since 2021 and was commissioned to gain insight from iwi on our performance and understand the priorities of iwi in regard to fisheries, aquaculture and the health of the ocean with the ultimate aim to use this information to better inform the annual plan and activities of Te Ohu Kaimoana.
The survey was completed by 52 respondents (23% of the total audience invited), consistent with previous years (19%, 22% and 26% completion rate).
The survey was constructed to measure performance, knowledge (awareness) and importance, relationships and trust, policy and decision making, communication and engagement and help inform direction.
The full findings of the iwi engagement survey will be published in this year’s Annual Report.
KPI - Bi-monthly panui and communications to iwi on Te Ohu Kaimoana’s events and progress on kaupapa
We sent five campaigns to iwi throughout the course of June and July, covering topics such as: the third reading of the Māori Fisheries Amendment Bill, the outcome of our online wānanga regarding the Bill, an invitation to Uhi Tai at Te Wharewaka, our iwi roadshow announcement and an invitation to comment on the four year audit for Te Kāhui o Te Ohu Kai Moana.
KPI - We have been proactive in protecting and enhancing the reputation of Te Ohu Kaimoana
Māori fisheries settlement documentary
The production team are conducting their final interviews, with the filming of Moana New Zealand fisher Roger Rawlinson scheduled to take place on the weekend of 13 and 14 July.
The editing team are reviewing and digitising archival footage and photographs from both TVNZ and Te Ohu Kaimoana.
Production of the film has been scheduled for completion in December 2024.
Four year audit
Te Ohu Kaimoana has engaged Mark Hickford and Anaru Mill to conduct the four-year audit of Te Ohu Kai Moana Group (the Kāhui).
A letter has been sent to iwi advising that the fouryear audit has commenced and invites them to provide feedback either in writing or via an interview with the auditors.
Interviews with any iwi seeking to provide comments will be scheduled for late July-early August.
The Kāhui entities are currently completing selfassessments to assist the auditors to focus on key areas. In addition, the self-assessments will help inform auditor interviews with entity Chairs and CEOs. Entity interviews will be scheduled for August.
The auditors will advise initial key findings in midSeptember to allow time to incorporate these into the annual plans for 24/25, where appropriate. Draft audit reports will be received in late September with the final audit reports issued on 11 October.
Te Ohu Kaimoana intends to distribute the audit reports and entity response plans to iwi by midDecember, in line with statutory timeframes.
