• Waiora
  • Homai te Waiora ki Ahau
• Committee Representation
• Harataunga
  • Marae
  • Subdivision
  • Mahi a te Rehia
  • Te Kura
• Other
  • ANZASW
  • Ko Taku Iwi Tuaroa Tena
  • Nga Maia

Sub-division

The Cultural Impact of Sub-Division in Harataunga

This report presents the outcomes of a technique for cultural impact assessment within the context of local government decision-making about RMA issues of relevance for Māori. In this instance, the issue was sub-division of whenua tuku in Harataunga. We are currently seeking a meeting with Thames Coromandel District Council to (1) table the report, (2) request they formalise a process/policy for Cultural Impact Assessment in future decisions about RMA issues that impact on Māori and (3) acknowledge the overwhelmingly negative outcomes of this particular assessment and incorporate the findings in future decisions about the development of these papatipu lands.

For over a decade Ngāti Porou ki Harataunga whānau and whānau have been trying to stop the sale and sub-division of papatipu lands that should never have gone into individual ownership. Te Puni Kōkiri has recently funded a process which has allowed us to assess the impact of these sub-division from a Māori perspective using the waiora construct of Māori wellbeing. The following presentations provide some of the background information Tumana has prepared and presented over the years.

• Hobson-Downs Presentation (.ppt) - this presentation was prepared for a so-called "settlement meeting" in Auckland, 2006. At this meeting, Robert McLeod (Hobson-Downs) said:

1. he would not sub-divide the land for 13 years
2. when he did decide to sell the iwi would have first priority to buy (at market rates of course), and
3. the reserve contribution would be vested in the names of the whānau who had been wrongfully alienated from the land.

At the end of the meeting we (tangata whenua) were told no formal record or minutes would be kept.

• Rationale, Process & Agenda(.ppt) - this powerpoint describes the design of our process for cultural impact assessment.
• Consultation Process 1996-2006(.ppt) -this powerpoint was prepared as background information for the Cultural Impact Assessment process held at Harataunga Marae on 4 December, 2010. It describes the huge voluntary burden that tangata whenua carried in their efforts to stop the establishment of these sub-divisions.