Inquiry into community-led retreat
The Minister for Climate Change has asked the Parliamentary Environment Committee to open an inquiry into community-led retreat and adaptation funding.
- Minister James Shaw's announcement [Beehive]
- Community-led retreat and adaptation funding – issues and options paper
- Report of the Expert Working Group on managed retreat
The Minister for Climate Change has asked the Parliamentary Environment Committee to open an inquiry into community-led retreat and adaptation funding.
In anticipation of an inquiry, the Ministry for the Environment has published a paper, Community-led retreat and adaptation funding – issues and options. This paper looks at the current system and what new powers, roles and responsibilities might be needed to support community-led retreat, as well as how the costs of adaptation might be met.
Community-led retreat means relocating homes, businesses, cultural sites or taonga out of harm’s way, in a carefully planned process that involves the community at every step.
The Ministry has also published a technical report into retreat by the Expert Working Group on Managed Retreat, chaired by Sir Terence Arnold KC and including experts in te ao Māori.