Te Wai Māori - Q2 Report 2021-22

TE WAI MĀORI Q2 Report For the period 1 January to 31 March 2022

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Executive summary

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Our values

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Priorities update

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Around the motu

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Operational performance against plan

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Communications update

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Financial performance against plan

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This briefing for iwi provides an overview of Te Wai Māori’s work against the 2021/22 Annual Plan and covers the period 1/1/22 - 31/3/2022.

Ko Rangi Ko Papa Ka puta ko Rongo Ko Tāne Mahuta Ko Tangaroa Ko Tūmatauenga Ko Haumia-tiketike Ko Tāwhirimatea Tokona te Rangi ki runga Ko Papa ki raro Ka puta te ira tangata ki te whai ao, ki te ao marama E Rongo, whakairia ake ki runga, Kia Tina! Tina! Haumi e!

Hui e, Taiki e!

1 January 2022 - 31 March 2022

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Donna Flavell - Chair Waikato, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Ruapani

This is Te Wai Māori’s quarter one (Q2) report to iwi against the 2021/22 Annual Plan and covers the period 1 January to 31 March 2022. As with our previous quarterly reports, this report has been developed to give regular insight into the work the Trust undertakes on behalf of Mandated Iwi Organisations.

Tēnā koutou katoa, We are pleased to present to you our quarter report for the second quarter of the 2021/22 financial year.

This year’s work programme supports the strategic priorities and long-term outcomes detailed in the Trust’s annual plan.These include: •

Enhancing the health and wellbeing of indigenous fisheries and their habitat.

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Enhancing the recognition and status of indigenous species.

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Providing better opportunities for the participation of iwi and hapū in resource management decision making processes as they relate to freshwater fisheries and habitat.

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Promoting and sharing indigenous fisheries expertise, knowledge and understanding.

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Increasing the quality and range of information to iwi and hapū on freshwater fisheries and habitat.

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Supporting iwi and hapū capacity and capability in freshwater fisheries.

The annual plan will see the Trust continue to support the Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group in responding to Government’s ongoing resource management reform and freshwater review processes, support freshwater species work programmes and initiatives, targeted freshwater fisheries research, and continue to support iwi and hapū through the Wai Ora and Tiaki Wai funds.

As always, we welcome your feedback on the structure and content of our reporting.

Nāku noa, nā

Donna Flavell Chair, Te Wai Māori Trust

Te Mana o Te WaI Whakapapa Kaitiakitanga

Wai Māori around th Kaituna Pātaka Kai Project Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority About the project The Kaituna Pātaka Kai Project is a collaboration led by tāngata whenua representatives of Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority. It is a way to preserve and revitalise mātauranga, tikanga and kawa pertaining to freshwater taonga, in particular tuna, īnanga, kōura, kōaro, and kākahi.

Te Wai Māori is funding a pilot study to enable hapū and iwi to codevelop and test a freshwater fisheries monitoring plan. It would be guided by koeke and pūkenga interviews, waiata, hītori (i.e. where kaiawa used to be) and mātauranga-based monitoring methodologies (i.e. where kaiawa are now). This would guide habitat restoration planning and establish a framework for future years.

Progress to date •

Formation of a project team; development of a project plan as well as interview questions and protocols.

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Initial research of Treaty settlements, scientific monitoring reports and resource consents. A detailed report has outlined the history of this vast area.

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Preliminary planning of the freshwater fisheries monitoring plan. Maramataka will play a vital role as the foundation for the monitoring plan.

• It is intended that the draft monitoring plan will be ready by the end of May with a view to commence physical monitoring of selected rivers and streams within the Kaituna River Catchment during Matariki.

Target species for the Pātaka Kai Project

Terekaunuku Dean Flavell, Chair of Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority

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1 October 2021 - 31 December 2021

Tuna Monitoring Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō About the project As part of the settlement of Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō with the Crown, the iwi can harvest tuna from Nelson Lakes for customary purposes.

This kaupapa combines cultural revitalisation and conservation—ensuring that tuna harvests are sustainable and increasing knowledge of the tuna populations. Initially, mahi was set to begin monitorWeighing tuna (Photo credit: Naomi Aporo-Manihera) ing the tuna population in Rotoroa during Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō’s September 2021 annual harvest. However, due to COVID, the harvest/monitoring was delayed and instead carried out this year on the 25th and 26th of January, as part of the iwi’s Mana Rangatahi Programme.

Progress to date Working with the Department of Conservation, (DOC), 14 nets were set overnight at a range of locations throughout the lake. The catch didn’t disappoint, with over 1,000 tuna caught, the biggest of which was 6.8kg. The rangatahi were instrumental in weighing and measuring the tuna caught and they had a great time combining traditional practices and modern-day science, learning from and sharing knowledge with DOC staff.

Ten tuna were harvested (<0.01% of those caught); these were smoked and enjoyed at the hākari at the completion of the week. Otoliths or ‘ear bones’ were collected from the harvested individuals, and these will be used to age these tuna. Information was also gathered on the tuna population structure (tuna length), relative abundance (catch per unit effort (CPUE)), and condition of tuna in the lake (weight). Additional information was collected on community diversity (different species captured), and habitat features of importance (habitat notes from sites sampled). This information will enable Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō to understand how abundant tuna are in the lake and to see if there are any size classes of tuna missing. The data will also provide insight into the following questions: Does the lake have good recruitment? Are there plenty of big tuna? Is there high mortality in the lake? Are the tuna in good condition?

The intention is for this kaupapa to be continued on an annual basis with plans to extend the scope of work overtime as the mahi progresses.

Releasing tuna (Photo credit: Naomi Aporo-Manihera)

Setting tuna (Photo credit: Naomi Aporo-Manihera)

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operational Performance against plan The following summarises what Te Wai Māori worked on during Q2 across each of the following key actions detailed in the FY 2021/22 annual plan.

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Enhance the health and wellbeing of indigenous fisheries and their habitat

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Enhance the recognition and status of indigenous species

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Providing better opportunities for the participation of Iwi and hapū in resource management decision making processes as they relate to freshwater fisheries and habitat

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Promote and share indigenous fisheries expertise, knowledge and understanding.

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Supporting Iwi and hapū capacity and capability in freshwater fisheries.

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Enhance the health and wellbeing of indigenous fisheries and their habitat

Freshwater species specific research The Trust continues to engage with Cawthron Institute on a multi-year research programme looking at understanding how freshwater fish (including introduced/pest species) are valued across Aotearoa and how fish, their ecosystems, and our relationships with them might change into the future.

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Enhance the recognition and status of indigenous species

Īnanga The Trust is continuing work looking at how the whitebait regulations interact with customary fishing provisions under the Fisheries Act and this quarter received further legal advice from Oceanlaw. Next steps are now being considered.

Te Mana o Ngā Tuna This quarter Te Mana o Ngā Tuna through staff and the Chair of the rōpū engaged with various agencies to investigate tuna deaths on the Whanganui River over the summer period. A hui was held attended by DOC, FNZ, Biosecurity NZ, Horizons Regional Council, and tuna advocates to explore environmental factors that should be considered in the collective investigation into these deaths, the best process to follow to ensure disease can be ruled out and the responsibilities and obligations of various organisations.

Next steps include developing a mortality response framework; creating a communications framework outlining the process to be followed; and, speaking to those at place on their experiences with mass mortality.

National strategy for longfin tuna Hui have continued this quarter with Fisheries NZ to determine their priority actions for the work programme and get an indication of revised deadlines and expectations moving forward. The Trust continued to seek that Fisheries NZ remunerate tangata whenua/iwi for contributions to this mahi.

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Providing better opportunities for the participation of Iwi and hapū in resource management decision making processes as they relate to freshwater fisheries and habitat

Resource Management Reform Te Wai Māori staff continue to work with Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group technicians engaging with Crown officials on freshwater rights and interests, implementation, and resource management reform.

Throughout the quarter Freshwater Iwi Leaders and their technicians, supported by the Trust continued to work to progress a number of priority areas across the reforms including: •

Governance, participation, and decision-making within the new National and Built Environments system.

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System inclusion for hapū, iwi and Māori entities within the RM system.

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Iwi and hapū rights and interests in freshwater.

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Ensuring the resource management system upholds Te Oranga o Te Taiao, enables iwi representation and iwi/ hapū participation throughout the system, and protects rights and interests in freshwater.​

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Implementation of Te Mana o Te Wai and ensuring iwi and hapū and whānau are supported and resourced to implement this in their own way.

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Promote and share indigenous fisheries expertise, knowledge and understanding

Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference 2022 The upcoming conference will be held in Taupō and hosted by Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Staff are continuing to progress planning and arrangements for the event which is proposed to be held over two days on 31 August and 1 September at the Great Lakes Event Centre.

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Supporting Iwi and hapū capacity and capability in freshwater fisheries

Wai Ora Fund The Trust is working with five Wai Ora funding recipients to complete their project milestones for FY21/22. This quarter has seen several projects move forward with online hui, development of monitoring plans and project plans.

However due to COVID-19 there were delays in holding kanohi ki te kanohi hui, and planting and monitoring dates have been pushed out to later in the year.

Muriwhenua Kaitiaki, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Kea Ngāti Tuara Trust, Te Ani Waata Whānau Trust, Te Maru o Kaituna River Authority and Te Rākatō Marae Trust are all working towards planning their hui, monitoring, and planting dates.

Tiaki Wai Fund The Trust is working with five Tiaki Wai funding recipients to complete their project milestones for FY21/22. There has been very little movement with most of these projects due to COVID-19 causing dates to be pushed further out.

During this quarter the Trust has worked with Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō receiving extensive monitoring and project plans.

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga, Te Rūnanga o Ngā Wairiki Ngāti Apa, Environs te Uri o Hau, Te Aitanga o Ngā Uri o Wharekauri are all working towards their end milestones.

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communication Update

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Keep iwi informed on the work of the Trust and issues pertaining to freshwater and freshwater fisheries, deliver accountability from the Trust to iwi.

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Key comms this period: This quarter, the content of our communication has focussed on promoting our recently published annual report, the appointment of Trust director, Maria, Nepia to the Three Waters Reform iwi Māori group, and remembering the life of Moana Jackson who worked with the Trust over many years in the freshwater rights space.

Promote the work of the Trust and our stakeholders and educate our audience freshwater fisheries and their habitat •

He Reo He Whakamana: During this quarter, the Trusts’ tuna resources page, ‘He Reo Whakamana’ received 172 unique visitors in the first quarter with 9 recorded downloads of resources.

Further promotion of these resources is scheduled for this fiscal year.

Te Hā - Te Kāhui o Te Ohu Kaimoana’s annual report

Grow brand awareness, increase engagement, and strengthen the relationship between the Trust, iwi, and freshwater fisheries •

Social media: The Trust increased its following on social media with 222 new followers gained in the first quarter, bringing our total social media following to 2,829. During the period, the Trust received a jump in engagements totalling 235, which can be attributed to an increase in social media posting.

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Website: This quarter, the Trust’s website received 1,194 web sessions, of which 89.5% were new users. During this period, we also saw a slight increase in its downloads of resources, reports and materials and video views with 207 downloads of documents (e.g., tuna resources) and a spiked increase on video views (tuna documentaries) at 407.

Protect and build the reputation of the Trust •

Press and Media: The Trust received one media mention regarding Trust director, maria Nepia’s, appointment to the Three Waters Reform iwi Māori group.

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financial performa Summary of Annual Plan FY 2021/22 Goals and objectives Areas

Quarter 2 activity (1 January 2022 – 31 March 2022) Actual

Budget

Difference

Responding to legislative reform and policy

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1,251

1,251

Indigenous freshwater species (tuna, piharau/kanakana/īnanga)

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22,077

8,748

Targeted research

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9,999

9,999

Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference

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75,000

75,000

Supporting iwi and hapū through freshwater funding (Wai Ora and Tiaki Wai funds)

26,047

74,824

41,277

Governance

22,125

27,249

5,124

Human Resources

118,681

119,697

1,016

Facilities

23,316

23,316

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Operations

10,261

11,526

1,265

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-

-

200,430

364,979

143,680

2022 Māori Fisheries Conference sponsorship TOTAL Summary of Annual Plan FY 2021/22 Goals and objectives Areas

Financial YTD (1 October 2021 – 30 September 2022) Actual

Budget

Difference

146

2,502

2,356

3,142

44,154

41,012

Targeted research

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19,998

19,988

Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference

-

80,000

80,000

Supporting iwi and hapū through freshwater funding (Wai Ora and Tiaki Wai funds)

56,387

130,337

73,950

Governance

39,362

51,498

12,136

Human Resources

244,879

259,008

14,129

Facilities

46,223

46,223

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Operations

18,549

21,054

2,505

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-

-

408,687

654,774

246,087

Responding to legislative reform and policy Indigenous freshwater species (tuna, piharau/kanakana/īnanga)

2022 Māori Fisheries Conference sponsorship TOTAL NB: the figures shown in the tables above have not been audited.

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ance against plan COMMENTS ON Q2 VARIANCES •

There was an underspend in indigenous freshwater species and targeted research due to a delay in projects commencing. The reforecasting process will realign these costs.

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Due to the Māori Freshwater Fisheries Conference being delayed until Q4 there is no spend on this area this quarter.

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Due to varying timing of Wai Ora and Tiaki Wai project milestones being completed, and invoices received.

Staff continue to keep in contact with applicants.

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Governance cost are below budget due to director training and travel costs being budgeted but not yet utilised.

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Human Resources is favourable to budget as consultant costs have not been utilised this quarter.

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Operations materially align with budget.

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