✨ Submissions on Akaroa Taiāpure
4880 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 194 18 NOVEMBER 2005
APPENDIX D
OUTLINE OF SUBMISSIONS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST HEARING (in order of their presentation)
Ōnuku, Wairewa and Koukourārata Rūnaka
The key representatives of the Ōnuku, Wairewa and Koukourārata Rūnaka were Ngāi Tahu
kaumātua Sir Tipene O’Regan and Morehu Gray, Nigel Scott (Senior Policy Analyst,
Kaupapa Taiao) and Ngāi Tahu representatives Robin Wybrow, Charlie Crofts, Edward
Ellison and Iaean Cranwell.
As the applicants requesting a taiāpure over Akaroa Harbour, the rūnaka advocate the placing
of a taiāpure over the whole of Akaroa Harbour and oppose any amendment of the taiāpure
boundaries.
Accordingly, the rūnaka oppose the designation of the Dan Rogers area as a marine reserve
and its exclusion from the proposed taiāpure.
Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society
The representatives from Royal Forest & Bird were Eugenie Sage (Regional Field Officer for
North & South Island) and Christopher Denny (Marine Biologist).
Forest & Bird supports a taiāpure in Akaroa Harbour but object to the current proposal on the
basis that it makes no provision for the Dan Rogers marine reserve.
Forest & Bird submitted that the establishment of a marine reserve at Dan Rogers would
ensure that a part of Akaroa Harbour is conserved and protected. Their central submission is
that a marine reserve should be created at Dan Rogers in conjunction with the taiāpure over
the balance of Akaroa Harbour.
Sea-Right Investments Ltd
The representative from Sea-Right Investments was Roger Beattie (Managing Director). Sea-
Right Investments Ltd is a Christchurch-based fishing, marine farming and marketing
company that holds resource consents and marine farming permits in Akaroa Harbour.
Sea-Right Investments Ltd agrees in principle with a taiāpure being established over only part
of Akaroa Harbour. Their objection to the current proposal is that it is for a harbour-wide
taiāpure.
Sea-Right Investments Ltd submits that the present harbour-wide proposal gives
disproportionate weighting to one sector group in a multiple-use environment. Instead, the
harbour should be divided according to the user groups of the harbour and their specific areas
of interest.\52
Department of Conservation
The representative from the Department of Conservation was Mike Cuddihy (Canterbury
Conservator).
The Department of Conservation supports a taiāpure over most of Akaroa Harbour. The
Department also supports the Dan Rogers marine reserve application.
The Department of Conservation submits that the taiāpure and the Dan Rogers marine reserve
would complement each other and are both mechanisms that would make a contribution to
the Government’s policy objectives of establishing a network of protected marine areas.
\52 As explained in the body of the report, Sea-Right appealed against our initial report and recommendations,
and has subsequently amended its position in relation to the taiāpure in the light of the agreement reached
between it and the applicants.
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11 names identified
- Tipene O’Regan (Sir), Key representative of Ōnuku, Wairewa and Koukourārata Rūnaka
- Morehu Gray, Key representative of Ōnuku, Wairewa and Koukourārata Rūnaka
- Nigel Scott, Senior Policy Analyst, Kaupapa Taiao
- Robin Wybrow, Ngāi Tahu representative
- Charlie Crofts, Ngāi Tahu representative
- Edward Ellison, Ngāi Tahu representative
- Iaean Cranwell, Ngāi Tahu representative
- Eugenie Sage, Regional Field Officer for North & South Island, Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society
- Christopher Denny, Marine Biologist, Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society
- Roger Beattie, Managing Director, Sea-Right Investments Ltd
- Mike Cuddihy, Canterbury Conservator, Department of Conservation