Communities and coast

​The actions in this priority area are cross-cutting as communities are on the frontline of all major challenges facing Tāmaki Makaurau.

From inequality to pandemics, unemployment to homelessness, criminal violence to poor health, poverty to systematic exclusion, communities are the theatres where these problems play out and hence where they can best be addressed.

This speaks true for climate change and climate induced migration as well - this multiplicity of challenges covered under this priority area justifies its linkage to six of the principles under Te Puāwaitanga ō te Tātai namely:

• Manaakitanga The process of showing respect, hospitality, generosity and care for others.
• Rangatiratanga There are two components: 1. chieftainship, right to exercise authority, chiefly autonomy, chiefly authority, ownership, leadership of a social group, domain of the rangatira, noble birth, attributes of a chief. 2. kingdom, realm, sovereignty, principality, self-determination, self-management - connotations extending the original meaning of the word resulting from Bible and Treaty of Waitangi translations.
• Mātauranga Māori knowledge and expertise.
• Ōritetanga Equity.
• Tōnuitanga Prosperity, abundance, plenty.
• Kaitiakitanga Guardianship, including stewardship; the processes and practices of looking after the environment. .

Economically and culturally strong, healthy and socially cohesive communities are a necessary prerequisite for a climate resilient Tāmaki Makaurau.

The specific Ngā Mahi a Te Ora/ Well-being Activities that relate to the community and coast priority include:

• co-design kaitiakitanga and stewardship framework between  mana whenua Hapū and iwi with ancestral relationships to certain areas in Tāmaki Makaurau where they exercise customary authority.  and the council
• restoration and rejuvenation of our  moana Sea, ocean, large lake. , our  repo Wetlands. , our  puna wai Freshwater springs  and our  mahinga kai Food-gathering place (rivers, bush, sea, gardens etc.).
• establishing  rangatahi  Youth, younger generation. role in governance and monitoring (building capacity to participate in decision-making)
• intergenerational  Relating to, involving, or affecting several generations. education programmes
• measuring the state of Māori wellbeing of Tāmaki Makaurau
• using our dual knowledge systems to determine what it could look like for Tāmaki Makaurau
• enabling whānau to prosper, be resilient and strong as we transition away from carbon dependence.

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