Cultural Framework
The KIWA Group was established by the WMC to work on the Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Enhancement Project.
As part of this work, the KIWA Group produced a cultural framework.
Extracts from this Report:
As part of this work, the KIWA Group produced a cultural framework.
Extracts from this Report:
A CULTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR ADDRESSING WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN TURANGANUI A KIWA
TŪRANGA-A-MUA
TŪRANGA ARARAU
TŪRANGA MAKAURAU
TŪRANGA TANGATA-RITE TŪRANGANUI-A-KIWA
Written by Ian Ruru, Raymond Farmer, Anna Barber, Joanne Pere, Mona Smith (KIWA Group)
Approved by: Ronald Nepe, Pene Brown, LeRoy Pardoe, Tutekawa Wyllie (Tangata Whenua members of the Wastewater Management Committee)
Presented to the Wastewater Management Committee (WMC) June 2017
TŪRANGA-A-MUA
TŪRANGA ARARAU
TŪRANGA MAKAURAU
TŪRANGA TANGATA-RITE TŪRANGANUI-A-KIWA
Written by Ian Ruru, Raymond Farmer, Anna Barber, Joanne Pere, Mona Smith (KIWA Group)
Approved by: Ronald Nepe, Pene Brown, LeRoy Pardoe, Tutekawa Wyllie (Tangata Whenua members of the Wastewater Management Committee)
Presented to the Wastewater Management Committee (WMC) June 2017
SUMMARY
This Report also begins to give effect to the Gisborne District Council’s requirements as stipulated by;
The Wastewater Treatment Plant resource consent clauses:
Clause 18
“The permit holder (the Gisborne District Council) shall establish, administer, retain and be responsible for the Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Enhancement Project.”
Clause 19
“The Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Enhancement Project shall be defined and developed by the Wastewater Management Committee as a vehicle for integrated research, monitoring, planning and specific projects that will aim to improve the mauri and the water quality of Turanganui a Kiwa.” [thus providing the platform for the KIWA Group]
The Purpose of this report is to present the Wastewater Management Committee with an overview of the;
We summarise potential benefits and risks to the overall wastewater project and a manageable process for integrating technical and cultural factors including Matauranga Maori into Gisborne’s wastewater management system.
A key component of the on-going action to implement an improved wastewater treatment scheme is the input from tangata whenua.
This consistent transparent approach to iwi participation in decision making will help build shared understanding on the cultural framework which underpins Gisborne’s wastewater system.
The Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Enhancement Project (TNAK) is an initiative set down in resource consent conditions associated with the upgrade of the wastewater treatment plant. The goal of the project is to provide a ‘vehicle for integrated research, monitoring, planning and specific projects that will aim to improve the mauri and water quality of Turanganui a Kiwa”.
The diagram below summarises the korero from our Kahui Kaumatua (past and present):
This Report also begins to give effect to the Gisborne District Council’s requirements as stipulated by;
The Wastewater Treatment Plant resource consent clauses:
Clause 18
“The permit holder (the Gisborne District Council) shall establish, administer, retain and be responsible for the Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Enhancement Project.”
Clause 19
“The Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Enhancement Project shall be defined and developed by the Wastewater Management Committee as a vehicle for integrated research, monitoring, planning and specific projects that will aim to improve the mauri and the water quality of Turanganui a Kiwa.” [thus providing the platform for the KIWA Group]
The Purpose of this report is to present the Wastewater Management Committee with an overview of the;
- Cultural Framework for wastewater management
- Mauri Compass – a Mauri Assessment Framework
We summarise potential benefits and risks to the overall wastewater project and a manageable process for integrating technical and cultural factors including Matauranga Maori into Gisborne’s wastewater management system.
A key component of the on-going action to implement an improved wastewater treatment scheme is the input from tangata whenua.
This consistent transparent approach to iwi participation in decision making will help build shared understanding on the cultural framework which underpins Gisborne’s wastewater system.
The Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Enhancement Project (TNAK) is an initiative set down in resource consent conditions associated with the upgrade of the wastewater treatment plant. The goal of the project is to provide a ‘vehicle for integrated research, monitoring, planning and specific projects that will aim to improve the mauri and water quality of Turanganui a Kiwa”.
The diagram below summarises the korero from our Kahui Kaumatua (past and present):
The diagram below summarises where the KIWA Group sits:
The diagram below is our Poutama Timeline as set in 2009. As you can see we are behind schedule:
KIWA Group History
In December 2006, the foundations were laid in good faith by the Wastewater Adjournment Review Group (WARG) group for the creation of the Wastewater Management Committee (WMC) and eventually the KIWA Group. The sacredness of the mauri of the sea was stipulated as was the abhorrence of discharging human sewage to any receiving environment. Alternative through land treatment of human waste was to be explored. Here is the 2006 Turanganui a Kiwa Water Quality Position Statement:
Here is the KIWA Group Terms of Reference:
NEWs
These maps feature the assessed waterbody [in purple] and sites of significance to the waterbody.
This image features waahi tapu and archaeological sites relevant to the waterbody.
Waipaoa River upstream at Kanakanaia
https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/gisborne-region/river-quality/waipaoa-river/waipaoa-river-at-kanakanaia/
https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/gisborne-region/river-quality/waipaoa-river/waipaoa-river-at-kanakanaia/