2. Mangatawa catchment consents for earthworks, storm water ...

NZ Transport Agency and Tauranga City Council
Mangatawa Drain Flood Bypass and TEM Stormwater AEE
The proposal has the potential to benefit the planned future development of MPBI and the proposed
developments along Truman Lane. Including the effects of the MPBI industrial developments in this
stormwater assessment gives MPBI the potential to gain consent for its future stormwater discharge into the
harbour from its development as part of this process.
8.5 Tangata Whenua
The TEM project crosses environments that are of cultural significance to many iwi and hapu. As such, during
the Notice of Requirement/Designation phase between 1998 and 2000, which included alignment option
selection and assessment of the environmental effects of the preferred alignment, the assessments were
undertaken in consultation with the Tangata Whenua parties.
The summary record of consultation provided with this application is built on consultation undertaken during
the designation phase, the regional resource consent phase of the TEM between Domain Road and Paengaroa
for stormwater and the regional resource consent phase between Te Maunga and Paengaroa for earthworks.
Te Arawa have always requested copies of newsletters and minutes as a watching brief and indicated that they
no longer wanted direct involvement in consultation about the resource consents required for the TEM project.
8.5.1 TEM Project Hui
The Beca team has also made a presentation to the Combined SmartGrowth Tangata Whenua Forum. Initial
calls and hui were held in the December 2007 – January 2008 period to determine the nature of the
consultation then two additional technical meetings were held with each hapu. The exceptions to this process
were Te Arawa who advised that they did not wish to be involved in the hui but would be kept informed of the
process by mail. Nga Potiki intend that the same process is followed albeit with the Hui a Hapu beginning in
May 2008.
Following the initial hui with an introduction to the project and the agreement as to how the consultation
would be undertaken, the first hui a hapu described;
• the earthworks process and the significant volumes of material that are to be moved about the alignment
and brought in from elsewhere,
• the stormwater management system,
• the Kaituna River Bridge, and
• Alterations to the Designation bands.
A draft of the Principal's Requirements that define the contractors' responsibilities for environmental
management during construction was circulated for information. Copies of the archaeological surveys
undertaken of the route and supplied in the assessment of environmental effects for the Designation were
supplied to those that requested additional copies (to that originally received). On the basis of the feedback
received from the first round of meetings a joint hui and bus trip was undertaken on the 25 th March to provide
familiarisation of the alignment as well as discussing further the earthworks process during construction.
The Second hui a hapu discussed:
• The cultural response to the earthworks proposed.
Status: Final Page 78 April 2009
Project Number: 3932036
NZ1-1552092-Mangatawa Drain Flood Bypass and TEM Stormwater AEE