Te Au o Te Moana | Conference 2023

Opening session

9:30am 

Mihi Whakatau

Te Taku Pārai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira (Mana Whenua welcome) 

Joe Harawira, Sustainable Seas Kāhui Māori (Challenge response)

10:15am

Morning tea

10:45am

Sustainable Seas and framing a blue economy in Aotearoa, Nick Lewis, University of Auckland, Theme Leader Blue Economy

11:00am

Panel discussion: What could a blue economy look like?

Panel members: 

• Conrad Pilditch, University of Waikato, Theme leader Degradation and Recovery 
• Tā Mark Solomon, Sustainable Seas Governance Group 
• Andy Hill, Director, Auckland Economic Strategy Branch, MBIE 
• Clare Bradley, Chief Executive Officer AgriSea NZ Seaweed Ltd, Chair of Aotearoa New Zealand Seaweed Association 

12.15pm

Minister’s address, Hon David Parker, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries 

12:45pm

Lunch

Session two: Blue economy research foundations

1:45pm

Indigenising the blue economy: Fostering new opportunities, institutions, and business, John Reid, University of Canterbury & Jason Mika, University of Waikato

2:00pm

2:15pm

2:30pm

2:45pm

2:55pm

3:05pm

3:15pm

Afternoon tea

Session three: Transitions and support of a blue economy for Aotearoa New Zealand

4:00pm

Introduction to blue economy principles for Aotearoa New Zealand, Julie Hall, Director Sustainable Seas 

4:10pm

Bringing our blue economy research together for impact, Jodie Kuntzsch, Aleotion, Synthesis Leader Blue Economy 

4:25pm

Panel discussion: Strategies and approaches to landing the blue economy research programme for enhanced utilisation of marine resources

Panel members:  

• Dean Spicer, Head of Sustainable Finance NZ, ANZ 
• Stu Yorston, Sustainability Manager, Sealord 
• Eva Siwicka, Assistant Manager, Sustainable Value, KPMG 

5:20pm

Reflections on the day, Bill Kaye-Blake, NZIER

5:30pm

Posters and drinks session

7:00pm

End of day 1

8:30am

Keynote: Hoa’āina – Pilina, Indigenous Literacy and Āina Momona 

Pelika Andrade, Hawai'i 

Keynote: Tūhoe Science of Sensing  

Teina Boasa-Dean, Ngai Tūhoe

9:30am

Panel discussion: Whakawhitiwhiti kōrero – an exploration of diverse
moana relationships

Panel members:

• Tame Te Rangi, Kaipara Moana Remediation Programme Chair, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Rep
• Lisa Te Heuheu, Chief Executive Te Ohu Kaimoana
• Ian Ruru, Principal Māori Scientist MfE

10:30am

Morning tea

Session five: Mauri Tangata

11:00am

Tangaroa Ararau – Te Tiriti, Tikanga and Marine Governance, Beth Tupara-Kātene & Te Puoho Kātene

11:15am

Awhi Mai Awhi Atu, Awhi Mai Awhi Atu whānau

11:30am

Toitū te mana whenua me te mana moana, Pia Pohatu, Sarah-Jane Heeney & Agnes Walker

11:45am

Whakaika te Moana, Te Rerekohu Tuterangiwhiu, Cawthron Institute 

12:00pm

Question and answer session with speakers

12:20pm

Session reflection – Tania Te Rangingangana Simpson, Chair Sustainable Seas Governance Group

12:30pm

Lunch

Session six: Mauri Manaaki

1:30pm

He Kāinga Taurikura o Tangitū – Kia Tipu te Mauri Ora: Treasured Coastal Environment – Growing our inner strength, Kaumātua and whānau from Maungaharuru-Tangitū hapū

1:45pm

He toki kaitiakitanga kia whakapakari te mahi EBM: Under Construction – co-developing tools for enabling Aotearoa-scale Kaitiakitanga and EBM, E Oho!

2:00pm

Ngā Tohu o Te Ao, Ngā Tohu Collective 

2:30pm

Question and answer session with speakers 

2:50pm

Session reflection – Tā Mark Solomon, Sustainable Seas Governance Group 

3:00pm

Afternoon tea

Session seven: Te Ao Turoa – Synthesis

3:30pm

Te Ao Māori Synthesis foundations and work programme

Synthesis activity leaders and Mātāpuna, alongside participants, will explore the proposed core concepts

5:20pm

Closing reflection on the day, Anaru Luke, Cawthron Institute, Chair Sustainable Seas Kāhui Māori

5:30pm

End of day 2

8:30am

Keynote: Our report on commercial fishing was delivered in 2021: what happened next? 

Juliet Gerrard, Prime Minister’s Chief Scientific Advisor 

Session eight: Cumulative effects and multiple stressors

9:00am

Degradation & recovery from a hapū/iwi perspective (Te Au o Te Moana), Kura Paul-Burke, University of Waikato 

9:20am

Cumulative effects – can making it complex simplify the management processes? Simon Thrush, University of Auckland 

9:40am

Ecological response footprints for cumulative effects management, Jasmine Low, University of Auckland 

9:55am

Frameworks to inform management for marine ecosystem recovery, Rebecca Gladstone-Gallagher, University of Auckland 

10:10am

Risk assessment frameworks to guide cumulative effects management, Fabrice Stephenson, University of Waikato & Shaun Awatere, Manaaki Whenua, Theme Leader Tangaroa

10:30am

Morning tea

Session nine: Exploring governance and policy options

11:00am

How mātauranga and tikanga Māori and New Zealand law can be applied in the marine estate, Robert Joseph, University of Waikato 

11:15am

Law and policy options for EBM, Liz Macpherson, University of Canterbury 

11:35am

Cumulative effects management challenges and solutions, Judi Hewitt, University of Auckland, Theme Leader Risk and Uncertainty 

11:50am

Scaling the Challenge and challenging the scales – the implications of scale for EBM, Joanne Ellis, University of Waikato  

12:05pm

Spatial tools development and implementation to aid decision making, Carolyn Lundquist, NIWA & Becky Shanahan, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council 

12:20pm

Ki uta ki tai – Estuary threshold and values, Drew Lohrer, NIWA 

12:30pm

Lunch

Session ten: Whakatutuki – Synthesis

1:30pm

Introduction to synthesis, our approach, and aims for delivering impact, Chris Cornelisen, Cawthron Institute, Theme leader synthesis 

1:40pm

Ecosystem-based management synthesis, Anne-Maree Schwarz, Contractor, Strand Leader EBM 

1:50pm

Research processes, Karen Fisher, University of Auckland, Theme Leader Enhancing EBM Practices 

2:00pm

Question and answer session with synthesis strand leaders

2:20pm

Priority topics presentations  

2:40pm

Facilitated discussion – Sustainable Seas synthesis 

3:00pm

Afternoon tea

Session eleven: Reflections and future thinking

3:30pm

Panel discussion: What does a better future for the ocean look like? 

Panel members:  

• Natalie Prinz, University of Waikato, Sustainable Seas Stakeholder Panel 
• Darcy Karaka, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu, Sustainable Seas Engagement Advisor 
• Eva Siwicka, KPMG 
• Volker Kuntzsch, Cawthron Institute, Sustainable Seas Governance Group 
• Megan Oliver, Wellington Regional Council   
• Maru Samuels, Iwi Collective Partnership

4:15pm

Synthesis of conference dialogue, Ian Perry, Chair Sustainable Seas Independent Science Panel

4:30pm

Poroporoaki 

Mihi to Mana Whenua on behalf of participants & the Challenge  

Te Taku Pārai, Ngati Toa Rangatira (Mana Whenua closing) 

5:00pm

Conference end