Appendix 2 – Interview Schedule

Interview Schedule

Introduction

We have been contracted to carry out an independent review to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of Iwi Management Plans through contact with iwi, councils, and consent applicants. This will result in a formal report offering evaluative comment and making recommendations (where appropriate) in three areas:

1. Effectiveness of IMP’s from an iwi perspective
2. Effectiveness of IMP’s from local authority perspective
3. Effectiveness of IMP’s from perspective of consent applicants.

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Interview Schedule – Iwi / Hapū Member

Organisation name:

Interviewee:

Position:

Interviewer:

Date and venue:

Iwi Management Plan

1. Do you have an Iwi Management Plan?
2. When was it created?
3. Is it regularly reviewed? How often?

Development

4. Why did your organisation develop a plan?
5. How did you get the mandate to develop the plan?
6. Which groups were involved in developing the plan?
7. What were the stages of development for your plan? Please talk me through the process?
8. Did you use the Ministry for the Environment document “Te Raranga a Mahi” or some other document? Was it useful to the process?
9. Was there provision for professional development around the plans?
10. What degree of expertise was available for the process of developing your plan?
11. How effective was the development of the Iwi Management Plan as a capacity building exercise for the roopu?
12. What would you change about this process?
13. Did your roopu receive any assistance to develop your Iwi Management Plan?
14. Given the opportunity would you develop it again?
15. How do you think your Iwi Management Plans will have an ongoing effect on iwi environmental aspirations and engagement in the management of resources?
16. Did you encounter any barriers / problems when developing your plan?
17. Do you face any barriers / problems with implementing your plan?
18. Has there been any objection to your plans?

Usefulness – EFFECTIVENESS

19. How much awareness is there of your plan? Which groups are aware that you have developed one? How are you informing people?
20. How useful has your Iwi Management Plan been in managing your roopu’s participation in resource management issues? In what ways?
21. How useful has your Iwi Management Plan been in clarifying and prioritising environmental issues? In what ways?
22. How effective is your Iwi Management Plan in achieving your roopu’s environmental goals?
23. What has improved as a result of your Roopu developing and implementing the Iwi Management Plan?
24. Have you come up against any issues / areas which are not covered in your plan?
25. How have you dealt with these issues?

Plan Quality

26. What is the scope of your plan? (e.g. environment vs. other stuff)
27. Does your plan accurately describe your iwi / hapū?
28. Does your plan clearly identify problems and issues your organisation is trying to address?
29. Does your plan clearly state what your roopu wants to achieve in regards to these problems and issues?
30. Does your plan incorporate a review process?