The Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project:

A Multi-stakeholder Approach to Sustainable Catchment Management

13. Appendices

13.1 Interviews

Interviews (note all excepting those with an * are also catchment residents)

Blair Dickie, Environment Waikato*
Dennis Gibbs, Harbour Care (phone interview)
Angeline Greensil, Whaingaroa Kite Whenua Trust
Sheryl Hart, Recreational Fishers Association (phone interview)
Mat Holl, Waikato District Counsellor
Fred Litchwark, Harbour Care
Sue Moore, Department of Conservation*
Sarah Moss, Whaingaroa Environment Steering Group Chairwoman
Harley Spence, Environment Waikato*
Alan Turner, Waikato District Council*
Michael Hope, Waikato District Council


13.2 Interview questions

These questions were loosely used to guide discussion with the interviewees

QUESTIONS FOR: DoC, MFish, Waikato District Council

The Group - Whaingaroa Environment

  1. What contact have you had with the WE group or the project that initially sought to set this up?
  2. (Describe interactions)
  3. Have you/your organisation provided any resources (time, $$, people etc) to this group?
  4. Describe purpose/role of this).
  5. What is your understanding of the aims of the group?
  6. Discuss how well these match expectations, how these are being achieved)
  7. What do you know of the membership of the group?
  8. Discuss representativeness)
  9. Can you comment on any of the activities of the group?
  10. What are they?

    11. The purpose of the establishment of a multi-stakeholder group was to achieve the following objectives: i) Increased community involvement in natural resource management; ii) Improved management of natural resources in the Whaingaroa Catchment; and iii) Improved health of the Whaingaroa Harbour

    Can you comment on the extent to which the activities of the group are contributing to these?

  11. One of the objectives of this project was to establish a group which would be able to make positive contributions to regulatory authorities for plan changes to achieve community objectives. In your experience as a regulatory agency has this happened? Is this likely to happen? Do you consider the group has the sort of relationship with your agency where this is likely to happen?
  12. Other objectives of this project were to establish a group which would (i)agree upon issues affecting the sustainable management of natural and physical resources; (ii) identify and direct investigations to clarify issues/and or cause and effect relationships. Can you comment on the group's role in this?
  13. Have there been any unforseen outcomes (positive or negative) of the activities of WE or the project?

Process

  1. Do you have any comments to make on the project, and the way the group was established?
  2. The project set-up process was made up of a series of events to generate interest: Can you comment on your experience of these - what was positive/negative about any of them?
    1. Personal contact with people in agencies and the community
    2. 'Kitchen workshops' (meetings organised by members of the community on farms, marae, community centre etc)
    3. Information Day
    4. Public meeting
  3. Do you foresee you or your organisation having any further association with W. E? If yes - what form might that take?
  4. Are there other comments you would like to make regarding the Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project or the Whaingaroa Environment Group?

QUESTIONS FOR Environment Waikato

The Group - Whaingaroa Environment

Describe your own interactions with WE and the project which initially set this up.

  1. Describe the resources (time, $, people) that EW has put towards this group. (
  2. What has been the purpose of those resources/role of staff involved)
  3. Can you comment on the current aims of the WE group?
  4. Can you comment on the current membership of the WE group?
  5. Can you comment on any activities of the group?
  6. The purpose of the establishment of a multi-stakeholder group was to achieve the following objectives:
      Increased community involvement in natural resource management
    • Improved management of natural resources in the Whaingaroa Catchment
    • Improved health of the Whaingaroa Habour
  1. One of the objectives of this project were to establish a group which would be able to make positive contributions to regulatory authorities for plan changes to achieve community objectives. In your experience as a regulatory agency has this happened? Is this likely to happen? Do you consider the group has the sort of relationship with your agency where this is likely to happen?
  2. Other objectives of this project were to establish a group that would (i)agree upon issues affecting the sustainable management of natural and physical resources; (ii) identify and direct investigations to clarify issues/and or cause-and-effect relationships. Can you comment on the group's role in this?
  3. Have there been any unforseen outcomes (positive or negative) of the activities of WE or the project?

Process

  1. Do you have any comments to make on the project, and the way the group was established?
    2. The project set-up process was made up of a series of events to generate interest: Can you comment on your experience of these - what was positive/negative about any of them?
    1. Personal contact with people in agencies and the community
    2. 'Kitchen workshops'
    3. (meetings organised by members of the community on farms, marae, community centre etc)
    4. Information Day
    5. Public meeting
  2. Do you foresee you or your organisation having any future association with WE? If yes what form might that take?
  3. Are there other comments you would like to make regarding the Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project or the Whaingaroa Environment Group?

QUESTIONS FOR ASSOCIATES OF WE

The Group - Whaingaroa Environment

  1. Describe your own interactions with WE and the project which initially set this up.
  2. Can you comment on the current aims of the WE group?
  3. Can you comment on the current membership of the WE group?
  4. Can you comment on any activities of the group?
  5. The purpose of the establishment of a multi-stakeholder group was to achieve the following objectives:
    • Increased community involvement in natural resource management
    • Improved management of natural resources in the Whaingaroa Catchment
    • Improved health of the Whaingaroa Habour
  1. One of the objectives of this project were to establish a group which would be able to make positive contributions to regulatory authorities for plan changes to achieve community objectives. Do you have any comments on the group's capacity to do this?
  2. Other objectives of this project were to establish a group which would (i)agree upon issues affecting the sustainable management of natural and physical resources; (ii) identify and direct investigations to clarify issues/and or cause-and-effect relationships. Can you comment on the group's role in this?

Process

  1. Do you have any comments to make on the project, and the way the group was established?
  2. The project set-up process was made up of a series of events to generate interest: Can you comment on your experience of these - what was positive/negative about any of them?
    1. Personal contact with people in agencies and the community
    2. 'Kitchen workshops'
    3. (meetings organised by members of the community on farms, marae, community centre etc)
    4. Information Day
    5. Public meeting
  3. Do you foresee yourself having any future involvement with WE? If yes what form might that take?
  4. Are there other comments you would like to make regarding the Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project or the Whaingaroa Environment Group?

QUESTIONS FOR SARAH MOSS (Chairwoman of WE)

  1. Describe your own interactions with WE and the project which initially set this up.
  2. What is the current membership of the group?
  3. (Discuss representativeness)
  4. What have been/ are the principal activities on the group?
  5. Can you describe what you see as the principal milestones of the group? Can you describe the current aims of WE?
  6. What resources/relationships do you think are key to achieving these aims?
  7. The purpose of the establishment of a multi-stakeholder group was to achieve the following objectives:

Process

  1. Do you have any comments to make on the project, and the way the group was established?
    2. The project set-up process was made up of a series of events to generate interest: Can you comment on your experience of these - what was positive/negative about any of them?
    1. Personal contact with people in agencies and the community
    2. 'Kitchen workshops'
    3. (meetings organised by members of the community on farms, marae, community centre etc)
    4. Information Day
    5. Public meeting
  2. Are there other comments you would like to make regarding the Whaingaroa Catchment Management Project or the Whaingaroa Environment Group?


13..3 Kitchen Workshops

Kitchen workshops/meetings Attendants Range of Issues Raised
Community House /Raglan Whaingaroa Habour Care
  • Soil erosion
  • Coastal erosion
  • Sewage contamination of the Habour
  • Sewage treatment system plans
  • Livestock densities
  • Economic factors affecting farming
  • Effectiveness of stream side planting
  • Flood pattern changes
  • Changes in fish stocks
  • Effects on fish of commercial trawling
  • System changes to Habour shoals/channels etc.
  • Aquiculture possibilities
  • Clean water and viable fishery for future
  • Road construction effects
  • Pesticide/herbicide use
  • Exotic plants
  • Native vegetation
  • Feral goats and possum pests
  • Access to information
  • Roles of District and
  • Regional councils
Moss Farm, Residents upper Waitetuna Valley
Raglan Fire Hall Recreational Fishers Association
Home, Ohautira Road Residents lower Waitetuna Valley
Radiology Laboratory, Hamilton Horongarara Point residents
Glen Massey School Glen Massey residents
Waingaro School Waingaro residents
Raglan Marae Representatives from three of the marae of the catchment
Moss Farm, International Rural Women's Day meeting Local rural women


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