November 09, 2022
Taranaki council seeks iwi input into environment plan
Taranaki Regional Council is funding two pou taiao or environmental officers to work with iwi and hapu.
Spokesperson Sam Tamarapa says it’s keen to form meaningful partnerships with iwi over things like freshwater management.
The council wants input from Māori for is new natural resources plan – which sets the rules it operates under.
“We’re looking for what does te mana o te wai mean to you, right down to hapu level? What parts in matauranga Māori do you think could feed into helping develop this plan? And of course tied to that is mahinga kai, so there are those key conversations around those three aspects,” Tamarapa says.
The council also needs to work with iwi and hapu on establishing a standard set of Treaty principles in a Taranaki context.