Proposed Plan Change 3 – Kārewarewa Urupā

Proposed Plan Change 3 recognises and provides for Kārewarewa Urupā as a site of significance to Māori. Kārewarewa Urupā is located in the area around Barrett Drive, Te Ropata Place, Marewa Place, and Tamati Place at Waikanae Beach.

This plan change includes the following amendments to the Operative District Plan 2021:

• adding Kārewarewa Urupā to Schedule 9 of the District Plan (Sites and Areas of Significance to Māori)
• amending the District Plan maps to include Kārewarewa Urupā.

Status: Further submissions close 5pm, Wednesday 18 December 2024.

Immediate legal effect

PC3 had immediate legal effect from Wednesday 18 September in accordance with section 86B(3)(d) of the Resource Management Act 1991. This means that the District Plan rules for sites and areas of significance to Māori will apply to subdivision, use, and development at Kārewarewa Urupā on and from this date.

Making a further submission

This is a summary of the RMA’s requirements for further submissions. See Clauses 7 , 8 and 8A of Schedule 1 to the RMA for full details on making further submissions.

The following may make a further submission:

• anyone representing a relevant aspect of the public interest; or
• anyone who has an interest in the proposal greater than the general public has; or
• the local authority itself (for this plan change, the Kāpiti Coast District Council).

A further submission can only express support or opposition to a matter raised in an original submission. It must not raise new points.

A further submission must follow the prescribed form (Form 6 of the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003).

A copy of the further submission must also be sent to the original submitter within five working days of providing it to Council.

How to make a further submission

Copies of a Form 6 template [PDF 869 KB] are available online or in hard copy format from the Civic Building at 175 Rimu Road, Paraparaumu.

Further submissions may be emailed to [email protected], while hard copy further submissions may be sent to Kāpiti Coast District Council at 175 Rimu Road, Paraparaumu 5032.

Deadline for making a further submission

Further submissions must be received by the Kāpiti Coast District Council no later than 5pm on Wednesday 18 December 2024.

Definitions

Urupā

Under the District Plan urupā means (Māori) burial ground.

Wāhanga

This term is not defined in the District Plan or in the RMA. However, the word “wāhanga” can be considered in this context to mean ”classification”.”Tahi” means “one” and “rua” means two.

Wāhanga tahi

Schedule 9 of the District Plan describes this classification as follows:

• Type – Urupā (Māori burial grounds) and parekura (battlefield).
• Key development threats – Land disturbance, earthworks.
• Sensitivity to development – High – sites are largely unoccupied/undeveloped.
• Desired level of protection - High – rules intended to provide a high level of protection as there is a high-risk land disturbance will encounter koiwi.

Wāhanga rua

Schedule 9 of the District Plan describes this classification as follows:

• Type – Urupā (Māori burial grounds), pā (village), papakāinga (place of settlement).
• Key development threats – Land disturbance, earthworks, construction of new buildings and alterations, additions and relocations of existing building, and network utilities.
• Sensitivity to development – Moderate – land is modified and currently occupied by residents and/or businesses.
• Desired level of protection - Moderate – rules intended to allow for a reasonable level of development to occur provided land disturbance volumes are reasonably low and discovery protocols are followed.

Wāhi tapu

A site or an area which is sacred or spiritually meaningful to tangata whenua. Wāhi tapu may be associated with creation stories of tangata whenua, a particular event (such as a battle or ceremony); it may be where the whenua (placenta) was returned to the earth, or where a certain type of valued resource was found. (District Plan definition).

Timeline

Map of affected area

See a larger image of this map [PNG 2.35 MB], or see page 5 of Proposed Plan Change 3 – Kārewarewa Urupā [PDF 1.02 MB].