The Taupō District Council has a “Joint Management Agreement” with The Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board - the statutory board that represents the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Māori tribe. The Joint Management Agreement was entered into in 2009 and gave Ngāti Tūwharetoa unprecedented decision-making powers in resource consenting.
The 2009 JMA looks nothing like the final draft of a replacement JMA that the Taupō District Council and Tūwharetoa will almost certainly enter into before the end of July 2025. You can read the replacement JMA here:
