Te Pae Ao is the adminstering committee charged with the management of our natural resources on nine reserve sites in the Ngāti Rangi area of interest and the Rotokura lake beds.
They will be addressing concession applications in and around the reserves and will implement the new Reserve Management Plans currently being developed under the Kawaora framework. It is a critical element of the conservation partnership framework between Ngāti Rangi and the Crown established in Rukutia Te Mana, the deed of settlement (under subpart 10 of the Ngāti Rangi Claims Settlement Act 2019 – Rukutia te Mana).
Te Pae Ao statement of purpose: Kia Matua te Mana o te ao tūroa e tū nei | to give precedence to the natural world and its relationships with its communities, by working:
• to maintain and enhance the mouri ora of the reserve sites:
• to maintain kawa ora in respect of the reserve sites:
• to enhance and give expression to the relationship of Ngāti Rangi and their kawa, tikanga, and ritenga with the reserve sites.
Te Pae Ao administers the following reserve sites under the Kawa ora framework
- Kiokio Conservation Area,
- Mangaehuehu Scenic Reserve
- Mangateitei Road Conservation Area
- Part Ngā Roto-o-Rangataua Scenic Reserve
- Raketapauma Conservation Area
- Raketapauma Scenic Reserve
- Rangataua Conservation Area (including part Rotokura Ecological Area)
- Rangataua No 2 Conservation Area
- Rangataua Scenic Reserve
- Rotokura lake bed
- Roto Ārangirangi lake bed
Te Pae Ao Membership
Te Pae Ao is made up of two representatives from the Department of Conservation and two representatives from Ngāti Rangi elected by the Ngāti Rangi appointments panel. In the interim the committee has co-opted an iwi specialist advisor to the committee to guide the process in its development phase.
The committee meets monthly and the inaugural term is for three years from 28 September 2023. The committee will be due for re-election in September 2026.