Volume One 3. Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi and implementing an iwi management plan will build and strengthen partnerships between iwi and the Council, and build trust and good relationships. [RPS] Policy 3.1.5 – Ensure iwi management plans are taken into account in resource management decision making processes. Having encouraged Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi to prepare iwi management plans, it is important that they are then taken into account by the Council when making decisions on resource management matters. The Council is required by the RMA to take into account iwi management plans when preparing a regional policy statement or regional and district plans. In terms of its decision making on resource consent applications, the Council must have regard to, subject to Part 2, other matters the Council considers relevant and reasonably necessary to determine an application (Section 104(1)(c)). This could include having regard to iwi management plans. As more iwi management plans are prepared and lodged with the Council, it will be important they receive the appropriate recognition in decision making by the Council. [RPS] Policy 3.1.6 – Enable opportunities for marae and papakāin ga development on Māori land that provides for a range of functions including living, working, cultural activities and recreation where it is of a scale, extent and intensity that is determined by the physical characteristics of the site, surrounding environment and tikanga Māori. The policy recognises that papakāin ga and marae settlements are an essential means for Māori to pursue the traditional relationship with their land. The policy encourages and strengthens this relationship by enabling development of Māori land, provided it is consistent with the matters set out in the policy. Māori land includes land that is regarded as Māori land in terms of the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1953, including multiple owned Māori land and customary land. [RPS] Policy 3.1.7 – Foster a principle of partnership between Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi, the Marlborough District Council and statutory management agencies on an ongoing basis to give effect to Policies 3.1.1 to 3.1.6. This policy highlights that to give effect to the other policies in this chapter, a partnership between Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi, the Council and statutory agencies, such as the Department of Conservation, will be necessary. The partnership principle is reflective in the holistic approach of iwi to resource management in being all encompassing. Fostering partnerships with Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi will assist in increasing capacity for iwi to add value to resource management decision making processes. Additionally, there will be times that non- statutory groups will combine with the Council and iwi in the context of community involvement in the management of natural and physical resources. Methods of implementation The methods listed below are to be implemented by the Council unless otherwise specified. These methods provide the framework within which the Council will work in partnership with Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi. [RPS] 3.M.1 Developing partnerships Developing effective partnerships with Marlborough’s tangata whenua iwi will be important in promoting resource management and taking into account the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi. How the partnerships will be expressed on an ongoing basis may be in the form of protocols, memorandums of understanding, strategies or the like. Regardless of what form the partnerships are expressed in, a fundamental component will be simple good faith. 3 – 17