Tangata Whenua Water Advisory Group Stage 2 Recommendations Report

⁠⁠⁠Northland Regional Council and the Tangata Whenua Water Advisory Group (TW-WAG) are seeking professional facilitation and planning services for April – September 2022. The purpose of the role is to assist TW-WAG to prepare a report recommending content for a draft proposed freshwater plan change for Northland in accordance with the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management (2020).

Building on work already completed, the successful applicant will work with TW-WAG, facilitate workshops, draft recommendations, prepare presentations, compile an e-library, and assist TW-WAG to prepare a Recommendations Report.

Highest (or lowest) or any proposal not necessarily accepted.

Proposals are to be submitted in a sealed envelope or via email to regionalplanning@nrc.govt.nz marked “Proposal – Contract No. 22/03 RFP TW-WAG Stage 2 Recommendations Report“.

TW-WAG has completed initial background work and a Stage 1 report, including a review of relevant Hapu/Iwi Management Plans and other literature to identify key issues and values and mātauranga Māori associated with freshwater management from a tangata whenua perspective. This Stage 1 Report identifies some of the attributes. These now need to be compiled into a format suitable for a plan change and expanded on in line with the requirements of the NPS-FM to include attributes to measure, attribute current states, target attribute states and timeframes along with the rules and other actions to achieve target attribute states and objectives for identified Māori freshwater values.

TW-WAG is now starting Stage 2 which is to develop TW-WAG recommendations for content that should be included in the draft proposed freshwater plan change to address Māori freshwater values and objectives and that gives effect to Te Mana o te Wai in Te Taitokerau, and other freshwater management actions that TW-WAG recommends council should
implement (e.g., action plans, education, advocacy) to assist in giving effect to Te Mana o te Wai in Te Taitokerau.

Six workshops are already scheduled between 11 April and 8 September and additional TW-WAG workshops will be required and dates to be set in between the above scheduled dates. All TW-WAG workshops will be online or in Whangarei. TW-WAG workshops will typically be four hours.

A detailed Request for Proposals provides more detail on the tasks involved and further information is available on request.