PAPER: Indigenous Resource Management Plans

Indigenous Resource Management Plans: Transporting Non-Indigenous People into the Indigenous World

March 2017

Thompson-Fawcett M, Ruru J, Tipa G 2017. Indigenous Resource Management Plans: Transporting Non-Indigenous People into the Indigenous World. Planning Practice and Research 32(3): 259-273.

ABSTRACT

The paper explores the degree to which Indigenous groups perceive that resource management plans they develop are able to help deliver outcomes they seek through formal planning systems. It does this by a case study of practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Some Indigenous groups are concerned they are being encouraged to devote considerable effort to production of major planning documents for use in interaction with environmental agencies, yet in practice, such plans can appear to have a limited role in bringing about desired change or affecting wider planning processes. The research contributes a New Zealand dimension to this international debate.

KEYWORDS

Indigenous planning; inclusive participation; iwi management plan; collaborative relationships; New Zealand