TAW1.2 To promote co-operative and constructive relationships between the energy sector and Ngāi Tahu, over and above RMA 1991 consultation, to facilitate consideration of effects of wind farms on tāngata whenua values and interests.
TAW1.3 To require the protection of key cultural landscape values, as identified by tāngata whenua, from activities associated with the development and operation of wind farms.
TAW1.4 To require, where a proposal has the potential for significant effects on tāngata whenua values, one or more of the following, at the discretion of the Papatipu Rūnanga:
(a) Cultural Impact Assessment (CIA), as part of the Assessment of Environmental Effects; (b) Site visit; (c) Archaeological assessment, by a person nominated by the Papatipu Rūnanga; (d) Provision of accurate graphic representations of proposals to enable tāngata whenua to clearly visualise; projects on the landscape; and (e) Cultural monitoring during earthworks.
TAW1.5 To require that consultation with tāngata whenua and assessments of actual and potential effects on cultural values occur as part of feasibility assessments, alongside other technical impact assessment reports (e.g. landscape, ecology).
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