Christchurch West Melton Water Management
Zone Committee
Agenda
Notice of Meeting:
A meeting of the Christchurch West Melton
Water Management Zone Committee will be held on:
Date: Thursday 25 May 2023
Time: 6pm
Venue: Te Hapua Halswell Library, Piharau Room,
341 Halswell Road, Halswell
Membership
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Chairperson
Deputy Chairperson
Members
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Annabelle Hasselman - Community
Representative
Mike Patchett - Community Representative
Helen Rutter - Community Representative
Brynlea Stocks - Community Representative
Cailin Richardson-Hall - Community
Representative
Clare Piper - Community Representative
Councillor Mark Peters – Councillor
Christchurch City Council
Tyla Harrison-Hunt - Te Taumutu
Rūnanga
Councillor Greg Byrnes - Councillor
Environment Canterbury
Councillor Phil Dean – Councillor
Selwyn District Council
Arapata Reuben – Te Ngāi
Tūāhuriri Rūnanga
Vacancy -
Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke/Rapaki
Oscar Bloom – Youth Representative
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22 May 2023
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Committee Advisor
Luke Smeele
Tel: 941 6374
Christchurch City Council
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Zone Facilitator
Shelley Washington
Tel: 027 294 5219
Environment Canterbury
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Principal Advisor
Diane Shelander
Senior Policy Analyst
Tel: 941 8304
Christchurch City Council
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Members’ Register of Interests – 2023
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Name/Organisation
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Interests
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Annabelle Hasselman
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Chair Ōpāwaho Heathcote River
Network
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Shareholder Fulton Ross Team Architects
o Director and Shareholder (Spouse)
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W H Fulton Family Trust – Trustee
(Spouse) – Shares in Fulton Hogan
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Arapata Reuben
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Trustee – Tuahiwi Marae
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Trustee – Tuhono Trust
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Trustee – Mana Waitaha Charitable Trust
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Member – National Kiwi Recovery Group
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Oscar Bloom
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Student at the University of Canterbury
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Mike Patchett
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Chair, Water and Wildlife Habitat Trust
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Trustee, The Eco-Action Nursery Trust
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Brynlea Stocks
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Employed by Environment Canterbury
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Clare Piper
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Employed by Christchurch City Council
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Cailin Richardson-Hall
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Passion for Sustainability
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Tyla Harrison-Hunt
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Christchurch City Council Councilor
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Mahaanui Kurataiao Taumutu representative
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Kaitaikitanga portfolio holder - Taumutu
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Greg Brynes
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General Manager Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara
Trust
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Member Enviormental Defence Society, Forest
& Bird
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The Sydenham Socialist & Motorcycle
Enthusiast Society
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Karakia Tīmatanga
1. Apologies......................................................................................................... 4
2. Declarations
of Interest..................................................................................... 4
3. Identification
of General Public Contribution........................................................ 4
4. Deputations
by Appointment.............................................................................. 4
5. Presentations
by the Community........................................................................ 4
6. Confirmation
of Previous Minutes....................................................................... 4
7. Matters
Arising from the Minutes........................................................................ 4
8. Identification
of Urgent Items by Committee Members........................................... 4
Reports
C 9. Pūharakekenui-Styx
Stormwater Management Plan..................................... 11
C 10. Erosion
and Sediment Control Update........................................................ 25
11. Other
Matters................................................................................................. 28
Karakia Whakamutunga
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Christchurch West Melton Water Management
Zone Committee
25 May 2023
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Christchurch West Melton Water Management
Zone Committee
Open Minutes
Date: Thursday 23 March 2023
Time: 7.09pm
Venue: Ōtākaro Orchard, 227 Cambridge
Terrace
Present
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Deputy Chairperson (Acting Chair)
Members
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Mike Patchett - Community Representative
Helen Rutter - Community Representative
Brynlea Stocks - Community Representative
Cailin Richardson-Hall - Community
Representative
Clare Piper - Community Representative
Vacant –
Councillor Christchurch City Council
Tyla Harrison-Hunt - Te Taumutu
Rūnanga
Councillor Greg Byrnes - Councillor
Environment Canterbury
Councillor Phil Dean – Councillor
Selwyn District Council
Arapata Reuben – Te Ngāi
Tūāhuriri Rūnanga
Oscar Bloom – Youth Representative
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Zone Facilitator
Shelley Washington
Tel: 027 294 5219
Environment Canterbury
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Principal Advisor
Diane Shelander
Senior Policy Analyst
Tel: 941 8304
Christchurch City Council
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Committee Advisor
Luke Smeele
Tel: 941 6374
Christchurch City Council
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www.ccc.govt.nz
Karakia Tīmatanga: Tyla Harrison-Hunt
The agenda was dealt with in the following
order.
1. Apologies
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Committee Resolved CWZC/2023/00001
That the apology received from Annabelle
Hasselman be accepted.
Oscar
Bloom/Brynlea Stocks Carried
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2. Declarations
of Interest
Arapata Reuben
declared an interest in item 10.
3. Identification
of General Public Contributions
There were no
public presentations.
4. Deputations
by Appointment
There were no deputations by appointment.
6. Confirmation
of Previous Minutes
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Committee Resolved CWZC/2023/00002
That the
minutes of the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee
meeting held on Thursday, 24 November 2022 be confirmed.
Oscar
Bloom/Clare Piper Carried
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7. Matters
Arising from the Minutes
There were no
matters arising from the minutes.
8. Identification
of Urgent Items by Committee Members
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Acting Chair Mike Patchett identified the
Wealthy Water Ways Partnership as an urgent item.
Mike
Patchett identified the reason that the Item was not on the Agenda and why
the discussion of the item cannot be delayed until a subsequent meeting.
Committee Resolved CWZC/2023/00003
Oscar
Bloom/Clare Piper Carried
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9. 2023
Election of Chair and Deputy Chair, and Committee Meeting Dates
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The
Committee accepted the Officer Recommendations with the inclusion of the
names of the Committee members elected to the roles of Chairperson and Deputy
Chairperson.
The
Committee resolved to use voting option B when electing a Chair and Deputy
Chairperson motion was moved by Mike Patchett and seconded by Brynlea Stocks.
Annabelle
Hasselman was nominated for Chairperson there were no other nominations.
Mike
Patchett was nominated for Deputy Chairperson there were no other
nominations.
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Committee Resolved CWZC/2023/00004
That the Christchurch
West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:
1. Elect Annabelle Hasselman as the Chair and Mike Patchett as the
Deputy Chair for 2023 in accordance with the CWMS Zone Committees Terms of
Reference (Attachment A to this Report).
2. Meet in 2023 between 6-8.30pm on the following Thursdays:
a. 23 February (meeting and workshop)
b. 23 March (meeting and workshop)
c. 27 April (joint workshop with Banks Peninsula Zone Committee and
Whaka Ora Healthy Harbour, with other key stakeholders invited)
d. 25 May (meeting and workshop)
e. 22 June (TBC)
f. 27 July (TBC)
g. 24 August (TBC)
h. 28 September (TBC)
i. 26 October – (TBC)
j. 23 November – (TBC).
k. And that the Committee discusses at the conclusion of the 25 May
meeting, whether to continue the format of a meeting and workshop at each
date or whether to go back to alternating between a meeting one month and a
workshop the next. Discussion to include feedback from all committee members
present as well as Committee Advisor and Zone Facilitator.
Mike
Patchett/Oscar Bloom Carried
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Attachments
a Healthy
Water Ways Partnership
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10. CWMS Action
Plan Budget allocations and adjustments
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The Committee noted
the excellent work done by the Te Tuna Tāone project and Jenny Bond.
The Committee noted
the staffing expenses faced by the project.
The officer
recommendation was accepted without change.
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Committee Resolved CWZC/2023/00005
That the Christchurch
West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:
1. Receive the presentation given on 23
February by Jenny Bond of the Christchurch Envirohub Trust about Te Tuna
Tāone project.
2. Recommend that Environment Canterbury approves the expenditure for
the following project to the following organisations:
a. $5,000 to the Christchurch Envirohub Trust as a contribution
towards Te Tuna Tāone project.
3. Approves Christchurch Envirohub Trust spend the $3,000 it received
in 2021-2022 for administration of the Community Waterways Partnership
virtual hub on the facilitation of the Stormwater Superhero trailer instead.
Tyla
Harrison-Hunt/Oscar Bloom Carried
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11. Community
presentation - Avon Ōtākaro in river clean - litter collection
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The Committee
acknowledged the excellent work done to clean the river.
The officer
recommendation was accepted without change.
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Committee Resolved CWZC/2023/00006
That the Christchurch
West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:
1. Receive the presentation of 23 February from Hayley Guglietta of
the Avon Ōtākaro Network about the Avon/Ōtākaro in river
clean – litter collection project.
2. Provide the Avon Ōtākaro Network
with a letter of support for their future funding applications for this
project.
Mike
Patchett/Tyla Harrison-Hunt Carried
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12. Other Matters
Healthy
Waterways Partnership
The Committee
noted that a report was being prepared by Belinda Margetts on the Health
Waterways Action plan to go before the Christchurch City Council in the coming
months to seek recommendations.
The Committee
discussed what a collaborative partnership would look like acknowledging the
following problematic issues:
· There are already ties amongst the existing bodies.
· Engagement by the CWMZC with the Health Water Ways action plan would
be impractical if there is not commitment by Environment Canterbury or the
Christchurch City Council.
· The statutory authorities have a much greater amount of influence on
outcomes.
· The partnership might not necessarily come from the Zone Committees.
Karakia
Whakamutunga: Tyla Harrison-Hunt
Meeting
concluded at 8.13pm.
CONFIRMED THIS 25th DAY
OF MAY 2023
Annabelle Hasselman
Chairperson
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9. Pūharakekenui-Styx
Stormwater Management Plan
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Reference Te Tohutoro:
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23/774881
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Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :
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1. Purpose of Report Te Pūtake Pūrongo
1.1 To inform the Committee about the development process for the Pūharakekenui-Styx
Stormwater Management Plan and to ask if the Zone Committee wishes to be
consulted with, and how.
2. Officer
Recommendations Ngā Tūtohu
That the Christchurch
West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:
1. Receive the information in the Pūharakekenui-Styx Stormwater
Management Plan Report.
2. Request to be consulted with in the following way:
3. Background
3.1 Christchurch
City Council is developing a stormwater management plan (SMP) for the
Pūharakekenui-Styx catchment. A SMP for each major catchment in
Christchurch City District is required by conditions of the Council’s
Comprehensive Stormwater Network Discharge Consent (CSNDC). A SMP
describes how the Council has developed and will implement contaminant
mitigation targets for the catchment.
3.2 The
Council must develop SMPs in consultation with 5 nominated parties including
the relevant zone committee. The Christchurch West Melton Zone Committee
will be somewhat familiar with the process, having been consulted about three
previous SMPs. Paul Dickson will make a presentation about:
3.2.1 The SMP development
process and;
3.2.2 To ask if the Zone
Committee wishes to be consulted with, and how.
4. Report Te Pūrongo
4.1 The
conditions of the Comprehensive Stormwater Network Discharge Consent CRC231955
require the Council to develop SMPs for the District’s seven major
catchments.
4.2 SMPs
respond to consent conditions, and funding provisions in the Council’s
Long Term Plan (LTP). Conditions set minimum requirements and LTP funding makes
provision for water quantity and quality mitigation.
4.3 The
most important role of SMPs is to set contaminant load mitigation targets, and
develop means of achieving them, to demonstrate the Council’s compliance
with consent conditions.
4.4 The
key issues:
4.4.1 Maintain the
river’s Fair to Good water quality while growth and development in the
catchment occurs.
4.4.2 Mitigating additional
runoff from new development so that flood levels in the middle and lower river
are maintained or that any increase is not more than minor.
4.4.3 Managing growth of
aquatic macrophytes (water weed) so that low-lying river margins east of
Marshland Road are not inundated.
5. Next Steps
5.1 Briefings
to the Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood and Waitai
Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Boards, Department of Conservation and
Environment Canterbury Engineers.
5.2 A
draft SMP will be released for public comment in July 2023.
5.3 Feedback
will be considered for incorporation into the SMP.
6. Useful Links
6.1 The
Styx: Vision 2000 – 2040 https://ccc.govt.nz/environment/water/water-policy-and-strategy/the-styx-vision-2000-2040
6.2 https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Environment/Water/Monitoring-Reports/2022-reports/CSNDC-Annual-Surface-Water-Quality-Report-2022-2021-data-FINAL-report-30.06.22.pdf
Attachments
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Tāpirihanga
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No.
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Title
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Reference
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Pūharakekenui-Styx
Stormwater Management Plan Presentation
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23/774882
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10. Erosion and
Sediment Control Update
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Reference Te Tohutoro:
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23/783647
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Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :
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Mike
Patchett, Deputy Chair CWMZC
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1. Purpose of Report Te
Pūtake Pūrongo
1.1 The purpose of this report is to update the Christchurch West Melton
Water Management Zone Committee on the sediment control recommendations made to
the Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury in August 2022.
2. Deputy Chair recommendation
That the Christchurch
West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:
1. Notes the Christchurch City Council and
Environment Canterbury resolutions of April 2023 and May 2023, respectively.
2. Requests a joint written report and joint
verbal presentation from Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury
staff by or on 28 September 2023 to report to the Zone Committee on the
progress of implementing each of the resolutions their Councils passed.
3. Recommends that the Christchurch City Council
adopt a holistic Ki uta ki tai
approach to the development of the Port Hills Management Plan and work
collaboratively with mana whenua and key stakeholders.
4. Request that senior ECan staff consult the
Chair regarding the scope of their
report to ECan Council on reducing sediment runoff within the Christchurch City
Council
Boundary.
3. Background
3.1 The
Zone Committee made recommendations to Christchurch City Council and
Environment Canterbury in August 2022 relating erosion and sediment control.
3.2 The
Chair and Deputy of the Zone Committee gave a presentation about these
recommendations as part of their verbal presentation of the Committee’s
triannual report to Christchurch City Council Three Waters Committee in late
2022.
3.3 An
agenda item was created for a Christchurch City Council meeting, and this took
place on 5 April where the Deputy presented about the recommendations (Chair
was unavailable). Clive Appleton of Christchurch City Council spoke to his
staff report and recommendations, with Nathan Dougherty of Environment
Canterbury alongside, providing some assistance. The Councillors made
resolutions based on Clive’s recommendations from his paper, as well as a
new one he raised on the day – a Port Hills management plan.
3.4 The
Chair and Deputy gave a presentation to Environment Canterbury’s Land and
Water Committee on 3 May 2023 about these recommendations, as part of the
Committee’s triannual report to Environment Canterbury. Environment
Canterbury staff, Jess Newlands, and Nathan Dougherty, had provided staff
recommendations via a staff report. The Councillors adopted the staff
recommendations, and an additional one was added based on a suggestion from Cr
Southworth. This was based on identifying a need for the Councillors to better
understand the relative roles and responsibilities of Environment Canterbury
and Christchurch City Council in terms of erosion and sediment control, as that
is essential before the Council can identify any further improvements to
erosion and sediment control that Environment Canterbury could contribute to.
4. Report Te Pūrongo
4.1 Christchurch
West Melton Zone Committee recommendations that relate to erosion and sediment
control, 25 August 2022:
4.1.1 That
the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:
· Receives the
report from Environment Canterbury and Christchurch City Council on erosion and
sediment control.
4.1.2 That
the Christchurch West Melton Zone Committee recommends to Christchurch City
Council and Environment Canterbury:
· That an
independent audit of the environmental effectiveness of the regulatory
instruments, arrangements and capacity building applying to erosion and
sediment control and contaminated stormwater management, be conducted.
· That this
audit be used to improve the regulatory frameworks, instruments, and
environmental outcomes for waterways within our Zone.
· Advocate to
central government, the environmental problems associated with erosion and
sediment control from developments on highly erodible hillsides and requests
that these be subject to tighter requirements or restrictions.
4.2 Christchurch
City Council resolutions, 5 April 2023: [unconfirmed minutes]
4.2.1 That
the Council:
· Recommend that
Council and Environment Canterbury staff continue to work together to improve
construction industry compliance with erosion and sediment control matters.
· Continue
exploring other best practicable approaches and business practices to gain
better environmental outcomes.
· Note that if
erosion and sediment control issues continue to be a problem, a variation may
be sought to the Council’s Comprehensive Stormwater Network Discharge
Consent in order to allow Environment Canterbury to exercise its powers under
the Resource Management Act to enforce industry compliance.
4.3 ECan
resolutions, 3 May 2023: [unconfirmed minutes]
4.3.1 That
the Water and Land Committee:
· Receives this
progress update on the three “Central” Canterbury Water Management
Strategy (CWMS) zone committees, on their current priorities, and progress in
advancing their Action Plans and budget.
· Notes the
resolutions passed by Christchurch City Council on this matter on 5 April 2023
and as detailed in paragraph 29 of this paper.
· Note that
staff consider an independent audit as recommended by the Christchurch West
Melton Zone Committee is premature given existing Christchurch City Council
work underway and given that the City’s Comprehensive Stormwater Network
Discharge Consent may be reviewed when it is transferred to and managed by a
Water Services Entity created under the Water Services Entities Act 2022.
· Recommends
that staff bring a report to the next Water and Land Committee meeting
explaining the roles and responsibilities of Environment Canterbury in relation
to reducing sediment runoff within the Christchurch City Council boundary.
· Recommends
that Canterbury Regional Council and Christchurch City Council staff work
together to:
Improve
construction industry compliance with erosion and sediment control matters.
Continue
exploring other best practicable approaches and business practices to gain
better environmental outcomes.
Attachments Ngā Tāpirihanga
There are no
attachments to this report.
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11. Other
Matters
This item
provides an opportunity to discuss other matters of note.
Karakia
Whakamutunga
Karakia Whakamutunga
Closing Prayer
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Unuhia, unuhia
Unuhia ki te uru tapu nui
Kia wātea, kia
māmā te ngākau,
te tīnana,
te wairua i te ara tangata
Koia rā e Rongo,
whakairia ake ki
runga
Kia tina! TINA! Hui ē!
TĀIKI Ē!
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English translation
Draw on, draw on,
Draw on the supreme
sacredness
To clear, to free the
heart, the body
and the spirit of mankind
Rongo, suspended high above
us (in ‘heaven’)
Draw together! Affirm!
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Karakia mō te kai
Prayers for food
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Nau mai e ngā hua
O te wao
O te ngakina
O te wai tai
O te wai Māori
Nā Tāne
Nā Rongo
Nā Tangaroa
Nā Maru
Ko Ranginui e tū iho
nei
Ko Papatūānuku e
takoto nei
Tūturu whakamaua ki a
tina
Tina, haumi ē, hui
ē
Tāiki ē
E Rongo, e Rongo
Hōmai ngā tipu
Hei whakakī i te
tīnana
Hei oranga
Au eke, au eke
Hui ē, tāiki
ē!
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English translation
Welcome the gifts of food
From the sacred forests
From the cultivated gardens
From the sea
From the fresh water
The food of Tāne
Of Rongo
Of Tangaroa
Of Maru
I acknowledge Ranginui
above me
Papatūānuku who
lies beneath me
Let this be my commitment
to all
Draw together
Affirm!
Rongo, Rongo
Give us the foods, with
which to fill the
body, and have health
That I may ascend
Affirm!
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