Purpose of the EMP (2005) Plan
This Environmental Management Plan is a written statement that consolidates Ngāti Kuri values, knowledge and perspectives on natural resource and environmental management issues. It is an expression of kaitiakitanga.
While the plan is first and foremost a planning document to assist Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura in carrying out kaitiaki roles and responsibilities, it also recognises the role of communities in achieving good environmental outcomes and healthy environments, and thus is designed to assist others in understanding tangata whenua values and policy.
The purpose of the plan is to:
- Describe the values underpinning the relationship between Ngāti Kuri and the natural environment;
- Identify the primary issues associated with natural resource and environmental management in the takiwā, from the perspective of Ngāti Kuri;
- Articulate Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura policies and management guidelines for natural resource and environmental management, consistent with Ngāti Kuri values;
- Provide continuity between the past (those that came before us), the present (our natural resource mahi today), and the future (those that will come after us).
Further, this plan provides a tool to:
- Enable Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura to effectively and proactively apply Ngāti Kuri values to the management of natural resources, wāhi tapu and wāhi taonga.
- Assist local, territorial and national authorities to understand Ngāti Kuri values and perspectives, and fulfil their statutory obligations under the Resource Management Act 1991, Conservation Act 1987 and other environmental legislation.