SUBMISSIONS NEEDED - THE AUCKLAND PLAN 2050

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THE AUCKLAND PLAN 2050

I (Dr Muriel Newman, New Zealand Centre for Political Research) have been contacted by people concerned about the Auckland Council's plan - especially the focus on enhancing the authority of Maori as Treaty partners, so they are actively involved in decision-making and in the management of natural resources through more co-governance arrangements.

If you are concerned, why not put in a submission by March 28 - for details click the link below.

The Auckland Plan 2050

All questions are optional but we will ask for your feedback on:

1. An Inclusive Auckland

2. Advancing Māori well-being

3. Affordable homes

4. Transport (moving easily around Auckland)

5. Environment (protecting and enhancing our environment)

6. Equipping people for future jobs

7. Shaping our growth

8. Any other feedback

1. An inclusive Auckland... Focus area 4: Recognise Te Tiriti o Waitangi/the Treaty of Waitangi as the bi-cultural foundation for a multi-cultural Auckland

2. Advance Māori well-being - To help you answer this question, read about the focus areas in Māori identity and well-being in the Auckland Plan 2050.

Question 2 - The strengths and contributions Māori bring to Auckland will fuel economic growth and advance Māori well-being. With nearly a third of all Māori in Auckland aged under 15 years old, the Auckland Plan proposes investing more in tamariki and rangatahi to advance Māori well-being....

• Focus area 1: Meet the needs and support the aspirations of tamariki and their whanau
• Focus area 2: Invest in marae to be self-sustaining and prosperous
• Focus area 3: Strengthen rangatahi participation in leadership, education and employment outcomes
• Focus area 4: Grow Māori inter-generational wealth
• Focus area 5: Advance mana whenua leadership and decision-making and provide for customary rights
• Focus area 6: Celebrate Māori culture and support te reo Māori to flourish
• Focus area 7: Reflect mana whenua mātauranga and Māori design principles throughout Auckland

Do you think the seven focus areas identified in Māori Well-being and Identity will achieve this? etc

Outcome: Māori identity and wellbeing
www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/plans-projects-policies-reports-bylaws/our-plans-strategies/auckland-plan/maori-identity-wellbeing/Pages/default.aspx

Please see reply below for more info

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ACTION ALERT – HAVE YOUR SAY, AUCKLAND PLAN 2050

The Auckland Plan 2050 is currently open for feedback from the public. But time is running out - the deadline is 28th March.

Of particular concern for us at Democracy Action is one of the six objectives of the Auckland Plan, (the Plan), which provides one class of citizens, defined as ‘Mana Whenua’, with substantial powers over Auckland’s resources. One of the key directions of the Plan is to enhance the authority of Mana whenua and Mataawaka, as Treaty partners, with Māori actively involved in decision-making and management of natural resources. This includes an increase in the number of co-governance arrangements.

The strategic use of the Treaty is being used to undermine democracy.

As Auckland Council’s commitment to honouring the Treaty, the citizens of Auckland are being required to recognise mana whenua as rangatira* in Tāmaki Makaurau. In effect the council is surrendering council authority, and our democracy, by giving a non-elected group of citizens political power over and above others. This is the exact opposite of what the Treaty promised, i.e. that all are to be entitled to the same rights - no more, and no less.

 (*Rangatira: chief, chieftain, master, mistress, boss, supervisor, employer, landlord, owner, proprietor).

The Plan’s ‘Māori identity and wellbeing outcome’ strategy promotes “the advancement of mana whenua leadership and decision-making, in partnership with council, and seeks to increase the number of co governance arrangements”.

Here are some examples of current mechanisms in the Plan that will contribute towards implementing the Māori identity and wellbeing outcome:

• “Co-governance arrangements between Māori and the council, or iwi and the Crown, allow for a more direct influence and greater exercise of authority by mana whenua over the taiao (natural resources). In 2017 there were eight co-governance and co-management arrangements between Auckland Council and Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau. The number of sites that involve Māori in governance roles will grow”.........

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