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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Matenga <[FOI #14868 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2021 10:59 pm
To: Mailbox - TPK Info <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - The iwi authority mandating
process being used and advice to local authorities - Te Ati Awa and Kapiti
Coast District Council

 

Dear Ministry of Māori Development,

 

Kapiti Coast District Council says it uses TPK advice to limit its Maori
consultation to three 'whakaminenga' groups in the kapiti area (Ati Awa,
Toa, Raukawa) and has chosen to discharge its duties with - one of them
being Te Ati Awa Charitable Trust. Since the 'mandated iwi authority'
terms have recently turned up in RMA legislation, it seems councils are
taking an iwi saying it is 'mandated' as an excuse to ignore other iwi
groups/Maori and their relationship with the whenua, particularly with
regard to the RMA.

 

Under the official information Act would you provide any specific advice
TPK has provided to KCDC regarding this over the past three years or
whenever the 'mandated iwi authority' terminology from the RMA came into
being (whichever is longer). More particularly could you provide a copy of
any information you have access to which explains how Te Ati Awa ki
Whakarongotai Charitable Trust is regarded as an iwi authority for
purposes of the RMA as noted on your website Te Kahui Mangai or any other
formal channels that KCDC may be informed by. What process does TPK have
in any such recognition (other than iwi groups self-claiming).

 

Aside from the disclaimer on the TKM website - what other information do
you hold that would lead KCDC to report TPK has advised it to only deal
with said trust instead of other Maori in the related rohe. What
information do you hold regarding a process that enables other iwi or hapu
groups to be recognised as authorities for RMA purposes?

 

Happy to have any information electronically.

 

Ngga mihi

Chris Matenga

 

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