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Wednesday <strong>November</strong> 8 <strong>2017</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
BAY HARBOUR<br />
PAGE 9<br />
Future-proofing<br />
Whakaraupo/Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong><br />
Photo: Kelvin McMillan<br />
This plan belongs to the community and we want<br />
“you to journey with us as we turn it into a reality<br />
“<br />
Yvette Couch-Lewis<br />
Kia ora koutou katoa.<br />
When Te Hapū o<br />
Ngāti Wheke, Te<br />
Rūnanga o Ngāi<br />
Tahu, Environment<br />
Canterbury,<br />
Christchurch City<br />
Council, and the<br />
Lyttelton Port<br />
Company signed a Memorandum of<br />
Understanding committing to work together<br />
to create an action plan for restoring the<br />
cultural and ecological health of Whakaraupō/<br />
Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong>, we wanted it to be a plan<br />
that all those who live in the area and use the<br />
harbour could see themselves contributing to.<br />
So in the past few weeks we have held a<br />
series of meetings to present the initial draft<br />
plan to key stakeholders in the area. We<br />
wanted to make sure we were on the right<br />
track and that the plan aligned with what the<br />
community expected of it.<br />
We were excited to hear the initial draft was<br />
easy to read and understand, and people<br />
appreciated the story that flowed through<br />
the plan.<br />
The Lyttelton Port Recovery Plan gave us the<br />
conceptual requirements to base the plan<br />
around mahinga kai and Ki Uta Ki Tai (from<br />
the mountains to the sea) whole of catchment<br />
management, and it has been important to<br />
stay true to these values.<br />
One way we have tried to do this is by placing<br />
a metaphorical korowai over the catchment,<br />
where the species weaved into the korowai<br />
are the kaitiaki (guardian) species of the<br />
health of our natural environment and our<br />
engagement and impact on the landscape.<br />
The plan is written using a series of pou - or<br />
guiding principles- which include:<br />
•“Change Making” – the idea that everyone<br />
can be a change-maker with the power to<br />
influence the future of Whakaraupō/Lyttelton<br />
<strong>Harbour</strong>;<br />
•“Mō tātou a mo kā uri a muri ake nei” (for us<br />
and our children after us);<br />
•and “Collaboration” – the idea that<br />
change will come about with Whakaraupō<br />
communities working together to create real<br />
and sustainable change.<br />
This plan belongs to the community and we<br />
want you to journey with us as we turn it into<br />
a reality.<br />
Thank you to all those who made the time<br />
to attend these meetings and providing your<br />
thoughts and feedback.<br />
We received some great feedback from<br />
those who attended the initial meetings and<br />
our team spent last week incorporating that<br />
feedback into the draft plan.<br />
In the coming weeks, the plan will be available<br />
for public consultation on our website<br />
healthyharbour.org.nz.<br />
We will also have information hubs around<br />
the harbour with staff available to answer any<br />
questions you may have about how you as<br />
an individual or group can get involved in the<br />
plan an input into the health of Whakaraupō.<br />
So please keep an eye out for details and we<br />
look forward to hearing from you.<br />
Yvette Couch-Lewis is the Chair of the<br />
Whakaraupō/Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong> Catchment<br />
Management Plan Governance Group.<br />
healthyharbour.org.nz<br />
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