At a special council meeting this Rotorua Lakes Council adopted a Statement of Proposal for a Te Arawa Partnership Model and approved its release for public consultation and submissions.
The proposal follows a council meeting in December last year which approved 'in principle' a partnership model proposal put to the council by representatives of Te Arawa.
The model includes the establishment of a Te Arawa board outside of the council to represent Te Arawa interests. The board would nominate representatives to be considered by the mayor and councillors for appointment to certain council committees, Resource Management Act consent hearing panels and strategic working groups.
Two Te Arawa board representatives on the council's strategy, policy and finance committee, and its operations and monitoring committee, would have voting rights under the proposal.
The statement of proposal, submission form and other information will be made available to the public from Monday, March 2 from Rotorua Lakes Council's customer centre, Rotorua District Library, City Focus and the council website www.rotorualakescouncil.nz.
