Guidelines for the use of Pohewa Pae Tawhiti to support decisions around changes in land use

Pohewa Pae Tawhiti (PPT) (Visualising Horizons) combines whakaarotau and pohewa (priorities and visions) with biophysical data (current and modelled future) to enable potential options for land use change on the whenua or farm.

It can be used by trustees, board members, committees of management and/or farmers who are working collectively around land-use decision making.

This Process Guidelines document is intended for a facilitator and has been prepared to help lead the trust or board members through the seven steps of the Pohewa Pae Tawhiti framework to explore different options appropriate to their context and land. Although these steps are presented here in a linear fashion, in practice some of steps are likely to be undertaken simultaneously or in an iterative approach depending on the situation.

Pohewa Pae Tawhiti is a research programme that has been co-designed by Te Arawa Arataua; the representatives of Te Arawa ture whenua Māori authorities as well as Te Arawa iwi authorities that administer farms and forests.