Natural environment:

Te Puāwaitanga o te Tātai me te taiao māori

Te Puāwaitanga ō te Tātai and natural environment

​Alignment to Te Puāwaitanga ō te Tātai

The actions in the eight priority areas were developed with the values and principles of:
  • manaakitanga
  • kaitiakitanga
  • whanaungatanga
  • rangatiratanga
  • mātauranga
  • taurite.

Kaitiakitanga

Kaitiakitanga is particularly relevant to the actions within this priority area.

A healthy and connected natural environment will restore, maintain, and protect mana whenua whakapapa connections to kaitiaki, whenua, and atua.

Enabling active kaitiakitanga of the natural environment will achieve our goals of climate mitigation and adaptation.

Specific Ngā Mahi a Te Ora / Wellbeing Activities

Specific Ngā Mahi a Te Ora / Wellbeing Activities that relate to the natural environment priority include:

  • co-design a kaitiakitanga and stewardship framework between mana whenua and the council
  • restore, rejuvenate, and replenish our repo using a whole of catchment system for decision-making, including land use change
  • restore and rejuvenate our moana
  • restore, rejuvenate and replenish our puna wai
  • restore, rejuvenate and replenish our mahinga kai
  • State of the Environment reports – see the 2020 report
  • State of the Hauraki Gulf reports – see the 2020 report
  • Sustainability report (supports the environment, wellbeing of individuals and communities, and improved economy) – see the 2019 report (PDF, 12.81 MB).