UNCONFIRMED

Motutangi Drainage Area Committee Meeting Minutes

10 September 2026

 

MINUTES OF Far North District Council
Motutangi Drainage Area Committee Meeting
HELD AT THE
Conference Room - Te Ahu, Cnr State Highway 1 and Mathews Avenue, Kaitaia ON Thursday, 10 September 2026 AT 2:15pm

PRESENT:               Chairperson Jeremy White, Member Adele Gardner

STAFF PRESENT: Tui Mokaraka (Team Leader – Water Services), Alistair Clarke (Waters Technical Officer), Natasha Rmandic (Democracy Advisor)

1          Ngā Whakapāha Me Ngā Pānga Mema / Apologies and Declarations of Interest

Apology

Resolution  2026/3

Moved:       Chairperson Jeremy White

Seconded:  Member Adele Gardner

That the apology received from Member Paul Harvey be accepted and leave of absence granted.

Carried

2          Te Whakaaetanga o Ngā Meneti o Mua / Confirmation of Previous Minutes

2.1         Confirmation of Previous Minutes

Agenda item 4.1 document number A5765733, pages 6 - 9 refers

Resolution  2026/4

Moved:       Member Adele Gardner

Seconded:  Chairperson Jeremy White

That the Motutangi Drainage Area Committee confirm that the minutes of the meeting of the Motutangi Drainage Area Committee held on 20 April 2026 are a true and correct record.

Carried

 

3          Ngā Pūrongo / Reports

3.1         Land Drainage Committee Progress Report – Motutangi

Agenda item 5.1 document number A5913001, pages 10 - 62 refers

Resolution  2026/5

Moved:       Chairperson Jeremy White

Seconded:  Member Adele Gardner

That the Motutangi Land Drainage Area Committee:

a)       Receive the Motutangi Land Drainage Area Committee Progress Report – September 2026; 

b)      provide any amendments or modifications to the Works Programme for 2026/2027

c)       Support inclusion of the Department of Conservation concession as an appendix to the management plan.

Carried

4          tE kAPINGA hUI / Meeting Close

The meeting closed at 2:38PM.

The minutes of this meeting were confirmed at the next Motutangi Drainage Area Committee Meeting.

 

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CHAIRPERSON