Resource Management Act 1991

Standards, policy statements, and plans - Mana Whakahono a Rohe: Iwi participation arrangements - Initiating Mana Whakahono a Rohe

58P: Other opportunities to initiate Mana Whakahono a Rohe

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"Starting a Mana Whakahono a Rohe at a different time"

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You can start a Mana Whakahono a Rohe at a later time if you do not want to participate now. You can do this unless it is 90 days before a triennial election under the Local Electoral Act 2001. You must consider joining an existing Mana Whakahono a Rohe if one already exists in your area. You can initiate a Mana Whakahono a Rohe with a local authority or with hapū. The local authority and iwi authority or hapū must agree on the process, time period, and implementation. They must agree on how the Mana Whakahono a Rohe will work after negotiations are finished. If hapū are invited to enter a Mana Whakahono a Rohe, the rules apply as if the references to an iwi authority were references to hapū. This is for the parts of the Mana Whakahono a Rohe that relate to its contents, as seen in sections 58M, 58N, 58R, 58T, and 58U. You can start a Mana Whakahono a Rohe with a local authority at any time, as long as you follow the rules.

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58O: Initiation of Mana Whakahono a Rohe, or

"Iwi authorities can ask local councils to work together on resource management issues"

58Q: Time frame for concluding Mana Whakahono a Rohe, or

"Explains how long it takes to finish making an agreement between local authorities and Māori groups"

Part 5Standards, policy statements, and plans
Mana Whakahono a Rohe: Iwi participation arrangements: Initiating Mana Whakahono a Rohe

58POther opportunities to initiate Mana Whakahono a Rohe

An iwi authority that, at the time of receiving an invitation to a meeting or hui under section 58O(2)(b), does not wish to participate in negotiating a Mana Whakahono a Rohe, or withdraws from negotiations before a Mana Whakahono a Rohe is agreed, may participate in, or initiate, a Mana Whakahono a Rohe at any later time (other than within the period that is 90 days before a triennial election under the Local Electoral Act 2001).
If a Mana Whakahono a Rohe exists and another iwi authority in the same area as the initiating iwi wishes to initiate a Mana Whakahono a Rohe under section 58O(1), that iwi authority must first consider joining the existing Mana Whakahono a Rohe.
The provisions of this subpart apply to any initiation under subsection (1).
A local authority may initiate a Mana Whakahono a Rohe with an iwi authority or with hapū.
The local authority and iwi authority or hapū concerned must agree on—
the process to be adopted; and
the time period within which the negotiations are to be concluded; and
how the Mana Whakahono a Rohe is to be implemented after negotiations are concluded.

If 1 or more hapū are invited to enter a Mana Whakahono a Rohe under subsection (4), the provisions of this subpart apply as if the references to an iwi authority were references to 1 or more hapū, to the extent that the provisions relate to the contents of a Mana Whakahono a Rohe (see sections 58M, 58N, 58R, 58T, and 58U).

Notes

Section 58P: inserted, on 19 April 2017, by section 51 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).