Did we get it right?

Why are we here? We all want better protection for kauri If we work collectively we’ll get better results Government announced a National Kauri Dieback Management Plan Your ideas and feedback will help develop the plan A management agency must implement the plan – let’s design this together Working collectively now to develop the plan and management agency to lead protection of kauri means we’ve got the same drive, the same goals and we’re more coordinated from the start. Why are we doing an NPMP? Consistent set of rules across New Zealand that everyone must abide by. Currently it depends where the kauri tree is and the funding in the area as to the treatment or approach it gets. The NPMP will set rules with controls and will enable greater access to funding. We have a chance here to design the organisation to protect kauri that better protects kauri. We’ve got some ideas that we want your help to develop. The Biosecurity Minister will decide on the type of organisation to pick up this work.

What will we talk about today? Timeframes What we heard (from first round of consultation in July 2018) Three sections to this consultation: Refreshed strategy for protecting kauri National Kauri Dieback Management Plan Management agency to lead protection of kauri We’ll outline the timeframes to complete the National Kauri Dieback Management Plan. There’s been some misunderstanding about when this will be actioned. Then we’ll give you a brief summary of ‘What we heard’ from the first round of consultation. Following that, the structure of today’s meeting follows the sections in the consultation information booklet. If you don’t have a copy, put your hand up and we can give you one. There is also a feedback form that has a number of questions in it. We’ll hopefully get time to discuss these today. You can use both items to make a submission before 12 September. Details of how to do this are on the feedback form and you can also visit our website Kauridieback.co.nz/consultation. You may wish to use today’s meeting to absorb information and ask questions, then take some time to consider your thoughts before you make a submission.

Timeframes Date Action From September 2018 Accelerated changes to improve kauri protection November 2018 Third consultation round December 2018 National Kauri Dieback Management Plan proposal approved Organisation to implement the plan and lead protection of kauri created June 2019 National Kauri Dieback Management Plan in place Management agency starts to operate

What we heard – from you Kauri dieback is complex & needs a long-term solution Consider whole of forest health & management, with a holistic understanding of causes & responses Urgent action needed & people want to be involved Share information/knowledge with local solutions & leadership Mātauranga Māori and western science must work together Utilise all resources to bring people together Increase public awareness, education & engagement This is what we heard from you when we asked for ideas for the future management of kauri dieback disease back in July 2018. This gave us a ‘big picture view’ which fed into refreshing the now named kauri protection strategy. It’s important we get this right. It will be used by the management agency that implements the National Kauri Dieback Management Plan to make sure we take protection of kauri in the direction you’ve told us to take it.

The refreshed strategy

Vision Goal Primary objective: Secondary objectives: To reduce the harmful effects of PA on the environmental, social, cultural and economic wellbeing of New Zealand by preventing the spread of PA and minimising its impacts on New Zealand’s kauri, kauri forests, our culture, our communities and economy. Secondary objectives: To reduce the spread of kauri dieback. Maintain kauri dieback free areas. To reduce the impact of kauri dieback within infected sites. To reduce the spread of kauri dieback within, and from, infected sites. Locally eliminate kauri dieback within infected sites where possible. To protect kauri tree and stands with special values from kauri dieback. Vision Ko te kauri he whakaruruhau mo nga Iwi katoa Kia toitu te whenua Kia toitu te kauri The kauri is the shelter for all people So that the land endures So that the kauri endures Goal Sustain the mauri and health of New Zealand kauri forests in the presence of kauri dieback beyond the next 1000 years.

How has the strategy improved? We’re proposing: Stronger emphasis on Treaty partnership Stronger relationships with iwi/hapu, community and local authorities Creation of alternative walkways Establishment of sanctuary zones More funding for, and stronger focus on, mātauranga Māori Bigger focus to develop tools using science to protect kauri More closures and restricted access Minimum standards for open tracks

Questions on the strategy Is there anything you’d like to change or add?

Draft National Kauri Dieback Management Plan How we got here Kauri protection strategy & people’s voice from round one consultation Working group knowledge The plan explained Three zones: prevention – disease control – sanctuary Activities to protect kauri common across all zones Activities to protect kauri specific to prevention zone and specific to control zone Sanctuary zone: higher intensity of management We started the plan by understanding the strategy and what you told us was needed to protect kauri. We met with a group of people with knowledge of kauri dieback and who could bring different perspectives. There will be more to the actual plan. The zones and activities however form the basis for us to build on. After this consultation, we’re hoping we’ll get more feedback which will help us develop rules, …. Etc Talk about the zones and activities in each zone, etc.

The NPMP Insert graphic from Capiche It’s a bit hard to read sorry, but I’ve put this up now so you can see the visual we are talking about now. It’s in your consultation information booklet.

Optional activities common across all zones: Prevention Zones Kauri Lands where the disease is undetected Disease Control Zones Kauri Lands where the disease has been detected Optional activities common across all zones: Reporting Mātauranga Māori (including karakia, whakapapa, rahui and rongoa) Forest closures (including to support rahui) Track upgrades and closures (including alternative recreational opportunities) Use track hygiene advocates and ambassadors to encourage good forest health practices Stock fencing/exclusion Animal vector control/exclusion Monitoring and enforcing compliance Optional activities for Prevention Zones only Surveillance Movement controls Optional activities for Control Zones only Surveillance Treat the disease Monitoring of effectiveness of control Movement controls We started the plan by understanding the strategy and what you told us was needed to protect kauri. We met with a group of people with knowledge of kauri dieback and who could bring different perspectives. There will be more to the actual plan. The zones and activities however form the basis for us to build on. After this consultation, we’re hoping we’ll get more feedback which will help us develop rules, …. Etc Talk about the zones and activities in each zone, etc. Sanctuary Zones Specific sites including pristine reserves, living seed banks, iconic trees and kauri stands, regenerating forests and plantations. Same activities as other zones but higher level of management.

Questions on the plan What do you think? Do you agree with the proposed definition of land zones? Do you agree with the proposed controls?

Values of the “body”

Things the “body” could oversee Criteria for a body Things the “body” could oversee Biosecurity Minister required by law to consider Mātauranga Māori, science, research & development, innovation Compliance & inspections Capacity to manage plan Acceptability of organisation to funders & those managed under plan Accountability to funders Surveillance, reporting & monitoring Give effect to Treaty Partnership Awareness, education, advocacy Additional criteria Corporate functions Empower & share knowledge Representative & inclusive Capability development Accountable & transparent Consistency nationally & variation regionally Interventions & treatment (controls, closures) Information management Futuristic Results driven with focus on excellence Coordination Adaptive, learn & critical to self to make a difference QUESTION: anything missed or shouldn’t be here? Strategy, policy & procedures Drive funding

Karakia ō te kauri - Voice of the kauri What kind of functions need to be managed – locally/regionally/nationally? Who sits in governance? Are there bodies now that would work? What activities & decisions could be made by tangata whenua/NGOs/ community/industry/government agencies?

Is this the right plan to protect kauri into the future? How to make a formal submission Next steps – consultation round three (November 2018) What is happening now on the ground www.kauridieback.co.nz/consultation Email: KauriConsultation@mpi.govt.nz