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From: Wikitoria Hinerangi Gray
<[1][FOI #28267 email]>
Sent: Saturday, 31 August 2024 9:05 pm
To: RDC Mail <[2][Rotorua District Council request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - LGOIMA Request for Information on
Cultural Monitoring and Mitigation for the Tarawera Sewerage Pipeline

 

Dear Rotorua District Council,

I am writing to request the following information under the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987:

1. Information on the selection process and role of cultural monitors
during the construction of the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme, including any
reports or findings they have produced.

2. Details on the specific mitigation strategies employed to protect the
cultural and environmental significance of Lake Rotokākahi throughout the
project.

Please provide this information in an electronic format.

Yours faithfully,

Wikitoria Hinerangi Gray

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I refer to your Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act
request of 31 August 2024 regarding legal and regulatory documentation on
the Tarawera Sewerage pipeline, and respond to your specific requests
below:

 

 1. Information on the selection process and role of cultural monitors
during the construction of the Tarawera Sewerage Scheme, including any
reports and findings they have produced.

 

Attached is the Fulton Hogan Discoveries Protocol (Attachment 1 - ECM
20649512).

For the section going past Rotokākahi, which is regarded as being the
section from the Te Wairoa Pump Station installation to the
Rotokākahi/Tikitapu Lookout, this is the sole responsibility of the
Rotokākahi Board of Control (RCOB). 

The role of Cultural Monitor, under Te Pūtaiki o Tarawera, takes full
regard of the mana whenua cultural knowledge of all areas where the
pipeline has passed through ie: Rotomahana Parekarangi 6C2B, Rotomahana
Parekarangi 6G4, 6G4B, and all Te Wairoa 6J blocks as each of these blocks
have their own set of Trustees which will be consulted with by RLC
independently. 

 

Discoveries (findings)

 

One event discovery of a bone occurred near 128 Spencer Road on 7 December
2023.  The bone was determined to be a cow bone.  Fulton Hogan stopped
work and contacted Council and Karen Walmsley as cultural liaison for the
area.  Please refer to the attached email (Attachment 2 - ECM 20654584)
between Fulton Hogan and Karen Walmsley, Te Pūtaiki o Tarawera, informing
of the discovery.   Note:  Third party contact details have been redacted
as per section 7(2)(a) of the Act.

 

The attached Fulton Hogan Tarawera reticulation monthly report December
and January 2024 (Attachment 3 - ECM 20240890) notes the discovery and
recognises the bone as being bovine in origin (see page 6).

 

 2. Details of the specific mitigation strategies employed to protect the
cultural and environmental significance of Lake Rotokākahi throughout
the project.

 

A Risk Register was developed with the Rotokākahi Board of Control Chair
on 1 September 2023 (attached) (Attachment 4 - ECM 19953599).  This Risk
Register was not formally adopted as following a meeting of owners on 5
November 2023, the RBOC confirmed opposition to the scheme in the
Rotokākahi catchment.

 

 

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Please note: Our LGOIMA responses may be published on the Rotorua Lakes
Council website after they have been responded to, with requesters’
personal details withheld. If you have any concerns about this please
contact the Council on [3][email address].

 

 

Ngā mihi

 

 

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Development

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