Climate Change
Hauraki Climate Change Symposium Report
Background
Pou Take Āhuarangi, the Climate Change Pou of the National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF), facilitated a one-day Climate Change Symposium in Hauraki on 29 Oketopa 2025 at the Thames Civic Centre. The symposium was hosted by Ngāti Tamatera and Ngāti Maru on behalf of Pare Hauraki. This symposium is part of a wider NICF programme of regional climate resilience wānanga to support and enable Māori-led risk identification, assessment, adaptation planning and implementation at a local level.
Pou Take Āhuarangi engaged with Ngāti Tamatera in advance of the symposium to identify the key climate change realities and impacts Pare Hauraki faces and prepare marae exposure assessments. Pou Take Āhuarangi positioned this as an initial engagement for the rohe to provide foundational understanding and awareness of risks posed to Pare Hauraki marae and support discussions on planning and implementation.
