Kāinga Plan: Te Rereatukāhia launch of kāinga plan
- Apr 6
- 2 min read
Updated: 6 hours ago
Culminating 5 years of research, hapū Ngāi Tamawhariua of Te Rereatukāhia have launched completed their kāinga plan.
Executive Summary
Ngai Tamawhariua puta noa ki te Rereatukahia (Te Rereatukahia) is a coastal community. We have learned that our papakainga is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and that we will have to relocate.
This hapu-led Kainga Plan is the result of five years of work. It will be an enduring document as it looks forward 100 years into the future. The science irrefutably indicates we are already being impacted by climate change and it will only get worse. The time for action is now, because tomorrow may be too late. We have already accepted that much of our whenua will soon become uninhabitable. This was our first step. Now we understand the problem, what is the solution?
Our Kainga Plan outlines what we believe is the solution. We provide this plan for our descendants who are not yet born, ensuring that Te Rereatukahia not only survives, but flourishes for many generations to come. Globally, nationally and locally, we will all have to adapt to the impacts of climate change. We therefore share our journey so that other communities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond, might also adapt, transition and thrive over the coming 100 years.
Te Rereatukahia's Kāinga Plan and Journey document are available here:
Appendix
Appendix A
Te Rereatukāhia Awa — Hydrological and Hydraulic Modelling Report: Prepared for Ngāi Tamawhariua (2024) Pattle Delamore Partners.
Appendix B
BD Tombs Te Rereatūkāhia and Climate Adaptation: Legal rights, responsibilities and obligations around climate adaptation at Te Rereatūkāhia marae in Western Bay of Plenty (2024).
Appendix C
H Winder-Murray ‘Presentation to International Indigenous Climate Change Research Summit (2023)
Appendix D
Stephen McTaggart: Te hapū o Ngāi Tamawhariua ‘Our 100-year plan: Te Hapū o Ngāi Tamawhariua Surveys: 2024 Findings Report.
Appendix E
B Gibberd & J Dahm ‘Te Rereatukāhia Marae and Tūtaetaka Island: Assessment of Coastal Hazards’ (Report prepared by 4d Environmental Ltd and Eco Nomos Ltd).
Appendix F
Appendix G
Paul Cardno ‘Marae UVI sensor and dashboard’ Co developed by Project Kainga and Paul Cardno (2024)
Appendix H
B Rigby ‘Justice, Seasoned with Mercy: A report on the Katikati Te Puna Purchase’ (Report Commissioned for the Waitangi Tribunal: February 2001) WAI 215.
Appendix I
A Mowat “Enhancing Kaitiakitanga: Artificial Intelligence and Technology Enabled Biodiversity Restoration in Aotearoa New Zealand” 2024, Report SUB3422-18960 Whakapapakainga: Low Carbon and High Cultural Connectedness Futures for Community Cross- Generational Benefit, (Thought Strategy Limited), Project Funded by Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
