Win for Te Urewera partnership
Te Urewera-DOC Tuhoe partnership won the Prime Minister's Award at the Deloitte IPAN Public Sector Excellence Awards 2017, held in Wellington on Wednesday night. The judges said the programme was "An excellent initiative, demonstrating a transformation in the relationship. Most notably there were no direct examples to draw on anywhere in the world - that is true innovation." Win For Te Urewera...
A “ground-breaking” move granting Te Urewera National Park the rights of a person has resulted in a major award for those involved in an initiative described as a “world-first”. The Te Urewera-Department of Conservation Tuhoe Partnership was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award at the Deloitte IPANZ Public Sector Excellence Awards in Wellington last night. The judges said that this...
The Tūhoe Governance group Te Uru Taumatua has received a Prime Ministers award for Crown Māori relationships. The Public Sector Excellence Awards celebrate performance and innovative thinking in New Zealand's public sector. Te Urewera, The Department of Conservation and Tūhoe partnership took out two awards including the Crown-Māori relationship and the Supreme awards. This is the first time a Māori organization...
Guardian mindset could save our flora and fauna
If we have a responsibility to care for and nurture nature, perhaps each species could be given personhood and guardians to exercise it on behalf of the members of that species, suggests Victoria University's Catherine Iorns Magallanes Parliament recently made a river a legal person and gave it a name, Te Awa Tupua: “Te Awa Tupua is a legal person and has all the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of a legal person.” This...
Road, track closures catching people out
ROADING and track closures are catching out some visitors to Lake Waikaremoana who are not aware of the partially-closed status of the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk and SH38 on the Whakatane side. Storm damage in April closed the Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk between Korokoro campsite and Hopuruahine landing. The only access into Lake Waikaremoana is on State Highway 38 on the Wairoa side of the lake. The Lake Waikaremoana website...
Today the Te Urwera Board announced its draft on 'Te Kawa o Te Urewera' which presents a new way to understand the relationship between people and Te Urewera and places respect for and interdependence with nature at its centre. As Te Okiwa McLean reports this is the first management plan since the area became managed by Tūhoe and DOC. Te...
