Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee

Agenda

 

Notice of Meeting Te Pānui o te Hui:

A meeting of the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee will be held on:

 

Date:                                    Thursday 27 February 2025

Time:                                   6pm

Venue:                                 Wharekotuia Room at Environment Canterbury,
200 Tuam Street

 

Membership Ngā Mema

Chairperson Deputy Chairperson Members

Oscar Bloom - Youth Representative Mike Patchett - Community Representative Vacant - Te Hapū  o Ngāti Wheke/Rapaki Helen Rutter - Community Representative Brynlea Stocks - Community Representative Councillor Mark Peters - Christchurch City Council Councillor Greg Brynes - Councillor Environment Canterbury Councillor Phil Dean - Councillor Selwyn District Council Arapata Reuben – Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Vacant  - Te Taumutu Rūnanga

 

24 February 2025

 

Principal Advisor (CCC) Georgina St John-Ives Tel: 941 6228 georgina.stjohnives@ccc.govt.nz

Zone Facilitator (ECan) Murray Griffin Tel: 027 705 4798 murray.griffin@ecan.govt.nz

Democratic Services Advisor (CCC) Luke Smeele Tel: 941 6374 luke.smeele@ccc.govt.nz

 

 

Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee

 

Members’ Register of Interests – 2024

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS NGĀ IHIRANGI

 

Karakia Tīmatanga

1.        Apologies Ngā Whakapāha................................................................................. 4

2.        Declarations of Interest Ngā Whakapuaki Aronga.................................................. 4

3.        Deputations by Appointment Ngā Huinga Whakaritenga........................................ 4

4.        Presentations by the Community Ngā Whakaaturanga a te Hapori........................... 4

5.        Confirmation of Previous Minutes Te Whakaāe o te hui o mua................................. 4

6.        Identification of Urgent Items by Committee Members Te Tautohu i ngā Take Nonoi nā ngā Mema Komiti.................................................................................................... 4

Reports

C          7.        2025 Committee Appointments and Meetings Dates..................................... 11

C          8.        Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Planting Plan – update........................................ 19

C          9.        Committee Updates................................................................................. 21  

10.      Other Matters He Take anō............................................................................... 39

Karakia Whakamutunga

 

 

 

Karakia Tīmatanga

Whakataka te hau ki te uru Whakataka te hau ki te tonga Kia mākinakina ki uta Kia mātaratara ki tai E hī ake ana te atakura He tio, he huka, he hau hunga Tihei mauri ora!

English translation Cease the winds from the west Cease the winds from the south Let the breeze blow over the land Let the breeze blow over the ocean Let the red-tipped dawn come with a sharpened air. A touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day.

 

1.   Apologies Ngā Whakapāha

Apologies will be recorded at the meeting.

2.   Declarations of Interest Ngā Whakapuaki Aronga

Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant and to stand aside from decision-making when a conflict arises between their role as an elected representative and any private or other external interest they might have.

3.   Deputations by Appointment Ngā Huinga Whakaritenga

Deputations will be recorded in the meeting minutes.. 

4.   Presentations by the Community Ngā Whakaaturanga a te Hapori

·         Presentation by Rebecca Inch from Drinkable Rivers.

5.   Confirmation of Previous Minutes Te Whakaāe o te hui o mua

That the minutes of the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee meeting held on Thursday, 28 November 2024  be confirmed (refer page 5).

6.   Identification of Urgent Items by Committee Members Te Tautohu i ngā Take Nonoi nā ngā Mema Komiti

Raised items will be discussed in Other Matters.

                                                    

 

 

Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee

Open Minutes

 

Date:                                    Thursday 28 November 2024

Time:                                   6.08pm

Venue:                                 Wharekotuia Room at Environment Canterbury, 200 Tuam Street

 

Present

Chairperson Deputy Chairperson Members

Oscar Bloom - Youth Representative Mike Patchett - Community Representative Brynlea Stocks - Community Representative Councillor Greg Byrnes - Councillor Environment Canterbury Councillor Phil Dean - Councillor Selwyn District Council Arapata Reuben - Te Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga Vacant - Te Taumutu Rūnanga

 

 

 

Principal Advisor (CCC) Diane Shelander Senior Policy Analyst Tel: 941 8304 diane.shelander@ccc.govt.nz

Zone Facilitator (ECan) Murray Griffin Tel: 027 705 4798 murray.griffin@ecan.govt.nz

Democratic Services Advisor (CCC) Luke Smeele Tel: 941 6374 luke.smeele@ccc.govt.nz

 

 

Website: www.ccc.govt.nz

 

 

 

Karakia Tīmatanga

 

The agenda was dealt with in the following order.

1.   Apologies Ngā Whakapāha

Committee Resolved CWZC/2024/00016 That the apologies from Helen Rutter and Councillor Peters for absence be accepted. Oscar Bloom/Mike Patchett                                                                                                                                  Carried Secretarial Note: The Committee noted that the representative from Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke/Rapaki, Amber Moke, has resigned from the Committee.

 

2.   Declarations of Interest Ngā Whakapuaki Aronga

Arapata Reuben and Councillor Byrnes declared an interest in Item 8.

Brynlea Stocks requested that the interest register be updated to show that she no longer works at Environment Canterbury.

Oscar Bloom requested that the interest register be updated to show that he is employed at Environment Canterbury.

3.   Deputations by Appointment Ngā Huinga Whakaritenga

There were no deputations by appointment.

4.   Presentations by the Community Ngā Whakaaturanga a te Hapori

          There were no presentations from the community.

5.   Confirmation of Previous Minutes Te Whakaāe o te hui o mua

Committee Resolved CWZC/2024/00017 That the minutes of the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee meeting held on Thursday, 31 October 2024 be confirmed. Mike Patchett/Brynlea Stocks                                                                                                                              Carried

 

6.   Identification of Urgent Items by Committee Members Te Tautohu i ngā Take Nonoi nā ngā Mema Komiti

There were no urgent items.

 

7.   CWMS Action Plan Budget – project reporting

Committee Resolved CWZC/2024/00018 Officer Recommendations accepted without change That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee: 1.         Receives the information in the CWMS Action Plan Budget – project reporting Report. Brynlea Stocks/Mike Patchett                                                                                                                              Carried

 

8.   CWMS Action Plan Budget 2024/25 – recommendations
	Committee Comment              ECan staff provided an update to the Committee on the joint erosion and sediment control support being provided in the Port Hills through the Soil Conservation and Revegetation (SCAR) Programme.              The Committee inquired whether any of the projects had received additional funding from external sources.              ECan staff provided an update on the joint support received by ECan and Christchurch City Council for the Stormwater Superhero Trailer.              The Committee noted that in 2023 the Committee had provided $6,000 to the Stormwater Superhero Trailer.              The Committee noted the if the Te Tuna Tāone / Urban Eel - action learning programme did not recevie more funding the project would have to be scaled back significantly.              The Committee requested that the funding for (b.) Christchurch Envirohub Trust for the Stormwater Superhero Trailer be reduced from $10,000 to $7,500.              The Committee requested that funding for (c.) Christchurch Envirohub Trust for Te Tuna Tāone / Urban Eel - action learning programme be increased from $10,000 to $12,500.
	Officer Recommendations That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee: 1.         Receives the information in the CWMS Action Plan Budget 2024/25 – recommendations Report. 2.         Recommends that Environment Canterbury approves the expenditure for the following projects to the following organisations: a.         $15,000 to the Avon Ōtākaro Network for the In River Clean. b.         $10,000 to the Christchurch Envirohub Trust for the Stormwater Superhero Trailer. c.         $10,000 to the Christchurch Envirohub Trust for Te Tuna Tāone / Urban Eel - action learning programme. d.         $10,000 to the EOS Ecology Limited for the Nature Agents education project. e.         $5,000 to the Summit Road Society for the Horotane Valley project, restoring native bush to the valley catchment.
	Committee Resolved CWZC/2024/00019 That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee: 1.         Receives the information in the CWMS Action Plan Budget 2024/25 – recommendations Report. 2.         Recommends that Environment Canterbury approves the expenditure for the following projects to the following organisations: a.         $15,000 to the Avon Ōtākaro Network for the In River Clean. b.         $7,500 to the Christchurch Envirohub Trust for the Stormwater Superhero Trailer. c.         $12,500 to the Christchurch Envirohub Trust for Te Tuna Tāone / Urban Eel - action learning programme. d.         $10,000 to the EOS Ecology Limited for the Nature Agents education project. e.         $5,000 to the Summit Road Society for the Horotane Valley project, restoring native bush to the valley catchment. Mike Patchett/Brynlea Stocks                                                                                                                              Carried

 

9.   Committee Updates
	Committee Comment 1.         The Committee noted the poor water quality outlined in the Water Quality for Contact Recreation Report 2023/24 (the WQCR Report). 2.         The Committee requested a presentation from the authors of the WQCR Report at the CWMZC meeting on the 24 April 2025. 3.         The Committee noted the importance of identifying sources of contamination and raising awareness among the rest of the Zone Committees. 4.         The Committee requested staff invite the other Zone Committees to a hui at the CWMZ meeting on the 24 April 2025 to discuss the increasingly poor water quality outlined the WQCR Report with the objective of coming up with advice for priority actions for Councils.
	Officer Recommendations That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee: 1.         Receives the information in the Committee Updates Report.
	Committee Resolved CWZC/2024/00020 That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee: 1.    Receives the information in the Committee Updates Report. 2.    Requests staff invite the other Zone Committees to a hui at the CWMZ meeting on the 24      April 2025 to discuss the increasingly poor water quality outlined the WQCR Report with the objective of coming up with advice for priority actions for Councils. Mike Patchett/Brynlea Stocks                                                                                                                              Carried

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karakia Whakamutunga 

 

Meeting concluded at 7.53pm.

 

CONFIRMED THIS 27^th DAY OF FEBRUARY 2025

 

Oscar Bloom

Chairperson

 

 

7.     2025 Committee Appointments and Meetings Dates
Reference Te Tohutoro:	25/354639
Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :	Muray Griffin, Team Leader Strategy & Planning (Facilitation), Murray.Griffin@ecan.govt.nz

 

1.   Purpose of Report Te Pūtake Pūrongo

1.1       The purpose of this report is for Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee to Elect the Chair and Deputy Chair for 2025, as set out in the Terms of Reference (Attachment A).

1.2       Review and amend, if needed, meeting dates and times and the committee’s preference for either a meeting, workshop, field trip/site visit, or briefing.

2.   Officer Recommendations Ngā Tūtohu

That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:

1.         Determines that the Chair and Deputy Chair be appointed by using [System A OR System B] voting as set out later in this report.

2.         Elect {Name} as the Chair and {Name} as the Deputy Chair of the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee for 2025 in accordance with the Terms of Reference (Attachment A to this report).

3.   Report Te Pūrongo

3.1       The Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee is established under the auspices of the Local Government Act 2002 in accordance with the Canterbury Water Management Strategy 2009 (CWMS).

3.2       The Committee is a joint committee of Christchurch City Council, and Environment Canterbury.

3.3       The purpose of the Committee is to uphold the mana of the freshwater bodies within their zone by facilitating enduring land and water management solutions that give effect to the Canterbury Water Management Strategy vision, principles, and targets in their zone.

3.4       Committee functions include:

3.4.1   Facilitating community engagement and collaboration.

3.4.2   Facilitating the provision of advice through to councils and others contributing to freshwater management.

3.4.3   Enhancing delivery capability and coalition of the willing – working with stakeholders across all sectors to extend the resources available to implement the CWMS.

3.4.4   Progress annual reporting to the CWMS partners on progress towards delivery of the zone-specific priorities and CWMS target areas identified in the Committee’s Action Plan.

3.5       The purpose and functions of the Committee are fulfilled by preparing a Zone Committee Action Plan to cover a three-year period that focuses on 3 to 5 priorities.

3.6       The Committee does not have the authority to commit any council to any path or expenditure and its recommendations do not compromise the Council’s freedom to deliberate and make decisions.

3.7       The Committee does not have the authority to submit on proposed Resource Management or Local Government Plans.

 

Elections

3.8       Each year, the Committee shall appoint the Chair and Deputy Chair from the membership by simple majority. There is no limit on how long a person can be in either of these positions.

3.9       The current Chair is Oscar Bloom, and the Deputy is Mike Patchett.

3.10    Oscar has clarified his preference to stand down from the position of Chair in 2025. Mike has clarified he is happy to continue in the position of Deputy Chair, if the committee is happy with this and there are no other nominations.

3.11    The election process is included in Attachment B.

 

Meeting Dates and Times

3.12    The Committee will formally meet at least four times per annum and will hold workshops and host additional community engagement opportunities as required throughout the year. At times, the workload will be substantially higher.

3.13    The Committee can decide on the location of meetings to encourage greater engagement on issues in particular areas.

 

 

 

Attachments Ngā Tāpirihanga

No.	Title	Reference	Page
a ⇩	CWMZC ToR	25/354712	13
b ⇩	Election Process for CWMZC	25/354717	18

 

 

 

8.     Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Planting Plan – update
Reference Te Tohutoro:	25/355088
Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :	Muray Griffin, Team Leader Strategy & Planning (Facilitation), Murray.Griffin@ecan.govt.nz

 

1.   Purpose of Report Te Pūtake Pūrongo

1.1       The purpose of this report is to provide the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee with an update from the Christchurch City Council’s Urban Forest Team on the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Planting Plan.

2.   Officer Recommendations Ngā Tūtohu

That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:

1.         Receives the information in the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River Planting Plan – update Report.

 

3.   Report Te Pūrongo

3.1       The proposed Ōpāwaho Heathcote River planting plan provides a consistent approach to local volunteer groups giving them proposed planting areas along the river from the Heathcote Estuary to Hoon Hay, with clear guidelines in each area of which plant species and where they should be planted in order to support protection and regeneration of indigenous water species and water quality.

3.2       The proposed approach to developing this plan includes several identified areas for planting based on where there are existing groups to support, and council owned land. In some areas where it would be beneficial to plant where there are not any existing groups. The purpose of this plan is to provide a consistent approach, incorporate requirements from the broader Christchurch Urban Forest Plan, and provide clear guidelines and information to groups wanting to plant in the future.

3.3       Engagement with further audiences beyond those river restoration groups already involved is still being developed and the Urban Forest Team would welcome any feedback on the information that will be shared or any guidance from the Christchurch West Melton Water Zone Committee on who to inform on this plan development.

 

Attachments Ngā Tāpirihanga

There are no attachments to this report.

 

 

9.     Committee Updates
Reference Te Tohutoro:	25/356611
Presenter(s) Te Kaipāhō :	Muray Griffin, Team Leader Strategy & Planning (Facilitation), Murray.Griffin@ecan.govt.nz

 

1.   Purpose of Report Te Pūtake Pūrongo

1.1       The purpose of this report is for the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee to receive updates of relevance to their current work programme and CWMS Action Plan priorities.

2.   Officer Recommendations Ngā Tūtohu

That the Christchurch West Melton Water Management Zone Committee:

1.         Receives the information in the Committee Updates Report.

 

3.   Report Te Pūrongo

Community Waterways Partnership – February Newsletter

3.1       Georgina St-John Ives, Community Waterways Advisor, has provided the CWP February Newsletter for the committee. Please find this newsletter attached for the committee’s information as Attachment A in this meeting agenda.

3.2       The CWP actions for 2025 will be looked at by the Steering Group at its next meeting in March. 

3.3       CWP Newsletter (Attachment A).

Local Water Done Well

3.4       On 19 February the Council approved seeking public feedback on three different models for delivering water supply, wastewater and stormwater in the future.

3.5       The options of enhancing the status quo with an in-house delivery model, a water services Council-Controlled Organisation (CCO), and a Two-Waters (water supply and wastewater) Council-Controlled Organisation were evaluated as part of the Local Water Done Well Indicative Business Case (external link).

3.6       Consultation is scheduled to take place in March.

3.7       For more information:

3.7.1   Go to: Local Water Done Well: Christchurch City Council https://ccc.govt.nz/services/water-and-drainage/changes-water-services

3.7.2   Newsline article: https://www.newsline.ccc.govt.nz/news/story/christchurch-to-have-say-on-water-delivery

Draft Annual Plan 2025-26

3.8       Councillors have now adopted the Draft Annual Plan 2025/26, which sets out what the Council intends to do over the next 12 months, and how it will pay for it.

3.9       Public feedback on the Draft Annual Plan opens on Wednesday 26 February and runs until 11.59pm on Friday 28 March 2025. For more information and to find out how to have your say, visit letstalk.ccc.govt.nz.

Draft Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy

3.10    The draft adaptation was publicly consulted in late 2023. The Banks Peninsula had a briefing on the draft plan The Council will meet on 31 January to consider the feedback received and hear oral submissions.

3.11    The Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan for Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour and Koukourarata Port Levy went to the Council on 31 January 2025.

3.12    Please refer to: https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open/2025/01/CNCL_20250131_AGN_10410_AT_WEB.htm  for the report, which includes the draft plan and the analysis of submissions.

3.13    At the meeting Councillors heard introductory remarks from staff and oral submissions. The minutes from the meeting aren’t on the Council’s web site yet, but in the recording of the meeting:

3.13.1 Councillors asked questions for staff to consider and respond to

3.13.2 The meeting is adjourned to allow time for staff to respond to the questions raised

3.13.3 The meeting will continue 4 March 2025.

3.14    The recording of the meeting in its entirety is on the Council is available here: https://councillive.ccc.govt.nz/meeting/31-01-25-coastal-hazards-adaptation-planning/

Environment Canterbury Updates

3.15    CWMS Action Plan Budget 23/24 – Erosion and sediment control and soil conservation on the Port Hills project – Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke Inc. The Banks Peninsula and Christchurch West Melton Zone Committees have provided co-funding support ($5K each) to this project through the CWMS Action Plan Budget 2023/24. A meeting has been arranged for mid-March to confirm an approach for advancing this project utilising funding, staff, and resource support from Environment Canterbury’s SCAR (Soil Conservation and Revegetation) Programme confirmed in late 2024. This meeting will include representatives from both the Christchurch West Melton and Banks Peninsula Water Zone Committees.

3.15.1 To view this toolkit – Link: Erosion and Sediment Control Toolbox - Environment Canterbury https://www.esccanterbury.co.nz/

3.15.2 Murray Griffin, CWMS Facilitator (Environment Canterbury) will provide updates to the committee on how this project is being developed with this support of the SCAR Programme.

3.16    Canterbury Mayoral Forum – CWMS Zone Committee Review 2024 – Reporting and Next Steps. Murray Griffin, CWMS Facilitator (Environment Canterbury) will provide an update on the CWMS Zone Committee Review.  Please find this report presented to the Canterbury Mayoral Forum at its 29 November 2024 meeting attached for the committee’s information as Attachment B.

3.17    Council Meetings. Council Meeting agendas can be viewed and downloaded from this link: https://www.ecan.govt.nz/get-involved/council-and-committee-meetings/

 

Attachments Ngā Tāpirihanga

No.	Title	Reference	Page
a ⇩	CWP Newsletter	25/356612	24
b ⇩	CMF ZC Review Report	25/356751	31

 

 

 

10. Other Matters He Take anō

This item provides an opportunity to discuss other matters of note.

 

 

Karakia Whakamutunga

Karakia Whakamutunga

Closing Prayer

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!

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!

 

 

Karakia mō te kai

Prayers for food

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!

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!