Abstract
Unlike biophysical systems which follow natural processes, socio-economic systems are man-made. Institutional arrangements and management approaches are typically designed for a purpose and can be modified as circumstances change. In discussing socio-economic systems , not only are the current designs described but also the changing circumstances and innovations in institutional design concepts are considered. Circumstances have changed in Canterbury since the current institutional arrangements were designed in the 1980s.
Recommendations for changes in governance arrangements have been identified through the Canterbury Water Management Strategy and the Land and Water Forum . Furthermore, concepts of democracy have been developed, such as deliberative and monitory democracy , to address the shortcomings of representative democracy. A key change in Canterbury has been the shift from water as a relatively abundant resource to being a scarce resource, i.e. a common pool resource, for which self-governing communities have been demonstrated as the most effective governance arrangements . In other countries shifts from effects-based regulatory approaches to collaborative arrangements are occurring. Involvement of Māori in water governance and management is increasing leading to changes in institutional arrangements .
The shift from central government as the builder of irrigation infrastructure to reliance on the private sector has led a number of issues, such as, the contributions of infrastructure projects to restore ecological health and recreational amenity, and, the co-ordination of infrastructure for integrated water management.
The reliance on regulation to achieve compliance with environmental requirements has not been fully effective. Furthermore, voluntary environmental programmes have led to some improvements but have been inadequate to achieve environmental results. In Canterbury, this has led to the development of a spectrum of regulatory and voluntary approaches as well as the introduction of audited self-management to deliver the achievement of environmental outcomes.
At the individual level regulatory approaches are dependent on the effective exercise of authority. However, behavioural change at the individual level can also be achieved through motivation . Furthermore, the value of water is more than its utilitarian worth. There is a need for individual commitment to a water ethic to respect its significance to natural systems and other human values.
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Note formal performance reporting against community outcomes which are determined by a public process, was introduced in the Local Government Amendment Act 2002.
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Rūnanga is the representative body of whanau (family) traditional marae-based communities within their rohe (territory).
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There is also discursive democracy which is a critical subcategory of deliberative democracy that emphasises the public discussion of differing perspectives (Dryzek 2010).
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Keane links assembly democracy, as practised in Ancient Greece, to the era dominated by the spoken word, representative democracy to the era of print culture, and monitory democracy to the growth of multi-media saturated societies (Keane 2009).
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Common pool resources are natural or human-made resource systems that are non-excludable i.e. it is difficult to exclude potential beneficiaries from accessing the resource, and subtractable i.e. use by one user subtracts from the available resource and reduces the availability of the resource to others.
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For the other planning models: the political influence model is most suited to high diversity but low interdependence of interests where the approach is co-opting players to buy into a common cause of action; the social movement model is suited to low diversity but high interdependence of interests where the approach is converting players to a vision and course of action.
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The Waitangi Tribunal was established in 1975 by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. The Tribunal is a permanent commission of inquiry charged with making recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to actions or omissions of the Crown that potentially breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.
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Papatipu Rūnanga means those Rūnanga as recognised under the Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Act 1996 whose traditional territories are within the greater Canterbury region.
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Even the change to government-appointed commissioners at Environment Canterbury has not changed the shift to collaborative forms of governance.
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This is discussed further in Chap. 11.
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This is discussed further in Sect. 8.2.
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Examples include Opuha Dam which includes a 7 MW power station and started as a joint venture between Alpine Energy (the local electricity distribution company) and Opuha Water (a partnership of two irrigation cooperatives and private investors); Central Plains which started as a feasibility study between Christchurch City Council and Selwyn District Council and became a Trust with financial support from Dairy Holdings (a corporate dairy farmer); North Otago Irrigation which is a farmer cooperative with an initial shareholding by Meridian Energy (a power company operating the hydroelectric scheme on the Waitaki River, the water source for North Otago Irrigation) and with loans from Waitaki District Council; Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation scheme is a joint venture between Barrhill Chertsey Irrigation Limited, a cooperative company with nearly 20 farmer shareholders from within the mid Canterbury district and Electricity Ashburton Limited, the local cooperative lines company.
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DCD is dicyandiamide which is the active ingredient in nitrification inhibitors (Sect. 7.2.3)
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Jenkins, B.R. (2018). Socio-economic Failure Pathways. In: Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region. Global Issues in Water Policy, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1213-0_8
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