{"id":463,"date":"2019-12-27T10:10:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T21:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/?p=463"},"modified":"2021-12-14T10:29:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T21:29:38","slug":"environment-court-interim-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/environment-court-interim-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment Court Interim Decision (December 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Background\nto the Environment Court Interim Decision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2019, the Environment Court heard an appeal from ourselves,\u00a0 Department of Conservation (DOC),\u00a0\u00a0Te Korowai Tiaki O Te Hauauru Inc, Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust and D&amp;T Pascoe\u00a0against the independent\u00a0Commissioner's Decision and the NOR Decision regarding resource consent for an alteration\u00a0of the current designation for SH3 (to enable the construction and operation of a new 6km section of highway to bypass the existing 7.4km section).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our appeal was on the grounds that, while we had\nbeen in discussions with New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) on reaching\nagreement on measures to address the adverse cultural effects of the Project,\nwe had not yet a final agreement, and, in order to preserve our position, we\nsought provisions to address the adverse cultural effects. We also opposed the\nconditions that provided for the direct involvement of others (in this case Mr\nand Mrs Pascoe) in a Kaitiaki Forum Group.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key points from the Environment Court findings for\nus are that:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u2018Ng\u0101ti Tama has mana\nwhenua over the Project area and it is appropriate that it be the only body\nreferred to in conditions addressing cultural matters\u2019. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>NZTA \u2018has (correctly in\nour view) proceeded on the basis that it would be wrong to once again use the Crown's\ncoercive powers against Ng\u0101ti Tama in order to re-acquire their land. It has\ninstead proceeded on the basis that the Project will only go ahead if it were\nable to gain the consent of Te R\u016bnanga for the Ng\u0101ti Tama Land. Extensive\nmitigation and compensation proposals have been negotiated, and the iwi will\ndecide whether or not to accept them\u2019.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>'Mrs Pascoe is not\nkaitiaki in the sense the term 'kaitiakitanga' is used in the Act. The\nrelationship the Pascoes have with their land is one of stewardship.'<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>'The adverse social impact\nof the Project on the Pascoes is severe. We consider, however, that proposed\ncondition 5A will mitigate those effects to the extent possible if the Project\nis approved and proceeds and the Pascoes accept the Agency's offer to buy their\nhouse, the land on which it sits, and the other land that is required for the\nProject.'&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Court noted\nthat while there is no statutory obligation on requiring authorities or consent\napplicants to consult, the Transport Agency's consultation was \u2018extensive and\ndetailed.\u2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u2018Poutama are not tangata\nwhenua exercising mana whenua over the Project area. It follows, therefore,\nthat it is not appropriate that it be recognised in any consent conditions\naddressing kaitiakitanga that may issue.\u2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The proceeding is adjourned to 31 March 2020, and\non that date NZTA is to file a memorandum advising the Court of the state of\nnegotiations with the R\u016bnanga.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For the complete&nbsp;Summary of findings, refer to\npages 108 \u2013 112.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-NZEnvC-203-Director-General-of-Conservation-Ors-v-New-Zealand-Transport-Agency-1.pdf\">To download the full court document of [2019] NZEnvC 203 Director-General of Conservation &amp; Ors v New Zealand Transport Agency <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-NZEnvC-203-Director-General-of-Conservation-Ors-v-New-Zealand-Transport-Agency-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background to the Environment Court Interim Decision In July 2019, the Environment Court heard an appeal from ourselves,\u00a0 Department of Conservation (DOC),\u00a0\u00a0Te Korowai Tiaki O Te Hauauru Inc, Poutama Kaitiaki Charitable Trust and D&amp;T Pascoe\u00a0against the independent\u00a0Commissioner's Decision and the NOR Decision regarding resource consent for an alteration\u00a0of the current designation for SH3 (to enable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ngatitamaotaranaki.iwi.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}